CRIME conscious children at a Bamber Bridge primary school have scooped a prize after impressing police officers with their crime-busting ideas.

Police in South Ribble had joined up with local schools to help show children ways to keep their local community safe.

The scheme involved youngsters discussing ways to cut crime in their area, using crime statistic provided by local police officer, who visited the schools to hear what ideas they youngsters had come up with.

Topics of discussion include ways of reducing levels of crime, road casualties and ways of halting anti-social behaviour.

And according to local officers, the best school for crime-busting solutions was St Saviour CE School, who identified the difficulties and dangers of being a children trying to cross the notoriously busy Station Road.

Through art, literacy and discussion with parents and pupils, the children were able to produce posters and poems to highlight the dangers in a bid to try and persuade speeding drivers to slow down.

The school won £100, which was handed over on Monday.

PC Kay Stephenson, the youth involvement officer for South Ribble said: "Young people are rarely given an opportunity to air their views and make a difference to their communities.

"So, in South Ribble, the police invited primary schools to produce a project which would make difference to the area they live in.

"St Saviours identified the dangers for pedestrians using Station Road including dangers from traffic, litter and dogs fouling the pavements."

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