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A Wolverhampton school has been scanning pupils into the building as part of a security trial.

Students at Parkfield High had to walk through a portable scanner to see if they were carrying any weapons.

It's all part of an exercise by the police to teach children the dangers of carrying knifes.

PC Steve Carrier from Blakenhall Neighbourhood Policing says schools are an ideal place to learn about the dangers of carrying a knife:

"It has sent a message to the pupils to say that if you're out their carrying anything you shouldn't the police will find out you will be dealt with positively…."

Arthur Thomas - Headteacher of Parkfield says it's a lesson that needs to be learnt in school:

Learning the dangers of carrying knives

"It's part and parcel of our citizenship programme we are all of us reading in the newspapers and hearing stories of knife and youngsters with knifes in 2008 and I think we've a responsibility to encourage youngsters to lead sensible and purposeful lives.

This initiative will complement their current teaching around citizenship and reinforce the input given through the force’s innovative resource ‘Tooled up for School’.

See the West Midlands Police website and their 'One Knife One Life' site for more details: