West Midlands Police have asked all Sandwell schools to send out a letter regarding County Lines, a growing issue nationally. The idea is to ensure families know what signs to look for. Please take the time to read this letter. In brief please let us know if you spot any of the following signs……
· Returning home late, staying out all night or going missing
· Being found in areas away from home
· Increasing drug use, or being found to have large amounts of drugs on them
· Being secretive about who they are talking to and where they are going
· Unexplained absences from school, college, training or work
· Unexplained money, phone(s), clothes or jewellery
· Increasingly disruptive or aggressive behaviour
· Using sexual, drug-related or violent language you wouldn’t expect them to know
· Coming home with injuries or looking particularly dishevelled
· Having hotel cards or keys to unknown places.
