Stop and search for children who were ‘sledging downhill’

Chris Brooke
UK Daily Mail
Friday, January 15th, 2010

It seemed an obvious fun thing to do when their school was closed for the day because of the weather. But when Jacob Mogre, 12, and his friend Charlie Stakim, 11, took their sledge to a snow-covered hill they had not reckoned with the long arm of the law.

For just as they were about to begin a long slide down the slope, they were beckoned by two police community support officers.

The boys were asked why they were not in school and then quizzed about damage to a nearby fence.

They politely told the officers they knew nothing about the fence, but instead of simply being allowed to carry on playing they were given an official ‘stop and search’ form which they had to sign themselves.

‘Sledging downhill’ was given as the ‘grounds for intervention’ on Monday.

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