In a free online session for Safeguarding Adults Week, Detective Inspector Richard Weber provided attendees with a baseline understanding of the County Lines threat.
The seminar explored signs and symptoms of County Lines activity, while providing an overview of the County Lines picture locally and nationally. We also discussed how your organisation can help tackle exploitation in your community.
We cannot arrest our way out of the County Lines issue and need to work together to identify the perpetrators and safeguard those vulnerable to criminal exploitation. Many of those subject to criminal exploitation feel unable to speak out or don’t recognise that they are being exploited. It is therefore vital that professionals and charities are able to recognise these hidden harms and to know what to do when they see them. This session will provide delegates with an improved understanding of the threat and their role in countering it.
– Detective Inspector Richard Weber
You can access the slides from this seminar here.
We also have a couple of guides to County Lines on our website: