ABSTRACT
A police station is the focal point from which the police operate, and it is embedded within a division. Dean End Police Station, known locally as the 'fortress', is situated in a neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham. The ethnographer chatted about community policing in the shop with PC Burton, who thought that it was important to have a police presence in the community. PC Burton and the ethnographer then moved on to a local youth and community centre, which was also funded through the City Challenge. The programme was designed to target pupils progressively from infants to sixth form, developing the concept of good citizenship within the National Curriculum's 'Personal Health and Safety Education' module. The inspector in charge of the 'schools liaison' programme told the ethnographer that he and his team had seen positive results from the programme.
