GREATER Manchester Police is set to unveil it's exciting new interactive website for schoolchildren.

The first such website in the country, it is an innovative addition to GMP's Schools Liaison programme which has been carried out by officers working across Greater Manchester since 1992.

Constructed by experts at Nottingham Trent University, funding for the site was provided by the GMP Shrievalty Trust.

The site's mascot 'Sergeant Stripes' the badger guides users through pages of personal safety information, crime and consequences, details about laws in relation to drugs, alcohol and other social problems as well as interactive quiz's and scenarios. The site includes full cross-curriculum lesson plans for teachers linked to National Curriculum Key Stages at all levels.

The site at www.education.ntu.ac.uk/gmp is designed for teachers, parents, police officers and young people and is available to users both nationally and internationally. In its pilot stage the site attracted hits from as far a field as North America and Australia.

Sergeant Trevor Pile, GMP's School Youth Liaison Officer said: "The website contains up-to-date material, which is flexible to ensure its use across different age ranges and levels of ability. It is an important and contemporary way which assists our young people to grow into better citizens."

Teachers and pupils helped to test the site and have agreed it was interesting and user friendly, suitable for various age ranges and levels of ability.

Greater Manchester Police's website is HERE