PC Jim Gillanders at Firrhill High. Photo courtesy of the Edinburgh Evening News.
A number of school link officers from Lothian and Borders Police have been placed in Edinburgh’s secondary schools. PC Jim Gillanders has been working at Firrhill High to assist and give advice on issues such as cyber bullying, knife crime and truancy. There are twelve school link officers working at schools across the city, and Jim splits his time between Firrhill and Wester Hailes Education Centre.
Read more about the valuable work Jim undertakes in the Edinburgh Evening News.
You can also read more about the ‘campus cops’ scheme in our previous blog posts from September and November.
