Operation Whittington targets teenage runaways

Title

Operation Whittington targets teenage runaways

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Mark Phillips interviews Inspector Charles Barber, of the clubs and vice unit based at West End Central police station in Saville Row, on a police operation in central London, code-named Whittington, which aims to target youngsters who’ve run away from home or fallen into a life of vice.

Contributors

Mark Phillips; Charles Barber

Keywords

London; Social problems; Police; Adolescents; Metropolitan Police; Children (age group); Prostitution; Prostitutes; Vagrants; Operation Whittington

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