Humberside Police are asking if you have everything you need

Officers serving the East Riding are highlighting their campaign to raise awareness of child crime and sexual exploitation. Could you help?

Humberside Police say: Will you play your part and help protect young people from exploitation?

They have a number of roles available, allowing you to do just that and say many choose to join the police force to give back to the community they know and love, whilst helping to protect the most vulnerable residents protect and help, creating a community that is stronger, safer and more resilient.

Police say they always encourage communities to speak to them, express their concerns and provide any information that can assist officers in their investigations. This information helps build the bigger picture around all types of crime, but what if you could dig deeper and use that information to tackle the most heinous crimes, such as child crime and sexual exploitation?

Protection of vulnerable people

Over the past four weeks you’ve heard from the officers working to protect vulnerable people within our specialist Vulnerability Hub, led by the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit (PVP).

You can join the team as a PVP Support Officer, responsible for providing clerical and administrative support to the Vulnerability Hub for child protection cases, scheduling, updating files and issuing a variety of reports.

You will also be responsible for conducting urgent and critical research, assisting with the analysis and distribution of information from local communities, and collecting and summarizing the information. You will also liaise with partner agencies such as social services to ensure accurate information is obtained to help protect those who may be at risk or already involved in cases of exploitation.

HP – PVP Support Officer – Humberside & South Yorkshire Police (tal.net)

Sentencing Services

As you heard from Inspector Nathan Reuben, responsible for the force’s Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation teams, the information you provide helps police to see the bigger picture so they can understand the situation and the offenses being committed. fully understand the crimes committed.

Police then put together a full evidence package, allowing them to take offenders to court.

As a case worker in the Conviction Services you will carry out a varied range of tasks, including entering and updating court results, warnings, reprimands and warnings on the National Police Computer (PNC).

You will also create, update and maintain criminal records for the PNC, including bail conditions for magistrates and Crown Court, simple warnings, conditional warnings and youth warnings.

HP – Case Worker (Sentencing Services) – Humberside & South Yorkshire Police (tal.net)

Research

Organized crime groups can often take advantage of vulnerable young people and exploit them criminally and sexually. That’s why we have a dedicated Yorkshire & Humber Regional Organized Crime Unit that investigates serious and organized crime and aims to bring those responsible for the greatest harm to justice.

As an investigator you will provide support to investigative teams and departments to help build complete and accurate pictures of a range of crime and criminal activity in the region.

You would delve into examining internal and external systems to find important information that will assist in their investigations and investigations, and ultimately help bring justice to the victims.

EXT – Investigator – Humberside & South Yorkshire Police (tal.net)

If you have any concerns or information about child sexual or criminal exploitation, please call 101 quoting Operation Makesafe.

You can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

In an emergency, always call 999.

Signs that a child or young person is in an exploitative relationship can vary. Some examples are:

• going missing from home or care
• physical injuries
• abuse of drugs or alcohol
• involvement in committing violations
• repeated sexually transmitted infections, pregnancies or terminations
• school absenteeism
• deterioration of physical appearance
• evidence of online sexual bullying
• evidence of vulnerability on social networking sites
• emotional distance from family members
• receiving gifts from unknown sources
• recruiting others into exploitative situations
• poor mental health
• self-harming
• thinking about or trying to commit suicide