Police report decline in school violence after deployment
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October 29, 2025
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Deputy Police Commissioner Junior Benjamin says there has been a noticeable reduction in school violence since police officers were deployed to high-risk schools almost two months ago.
However, he said while incidents inside schools have declined, some are now spilling onto the streets. “Some schools that we're still yet to see the number of violence going down,” Benjamin said, adding that this was feedback from a few principals.
The government assigned 95 trained Special Reserve Police officers to ten primary and 50 secondary schools at the start of the school year.
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