The £3m initiative will see 16 detached youth workers joining 38 PCSOs to form partnership reassurance teams. The teams will seek to engage with hard-to-reach young people to address issues that concern them and help to deter antisocial behaviour. Labour councillor John Taylor, the leader of Staffordshire County Council, said: "Young people tell us that they need more activities and don't like being demonised. Putting youth workers into the same neighbourhoods as the PCSOs will allow us to offer positive, practical...


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