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Responding To and Managing Sexting Incidents: Updated Advice for Schools

15 January 2016

In September 2015 the National Police Chief Council released a statement on the procedure they have to take when a ‘sexting’ incident is reported to the police. As a result SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre have updated their advice for schools when responding and managing a sexting incident into two infographics.

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