Mr. Michael Finn:

Not every young person is into sport. I acknowledge all of the fantastic work sports organisations do in keeping young people out of mainstream policing, but they do not cater for everyone. It is a question of trying to find something that will cater for that niche of people in their formative years, which is a time when they can be led astray. From my policing experience, services that take young people away from a life of crime are a good investment. They can fall into that life easily if they do not have support, guidance or something that channels their energy. In my experience, giving them the capacity to use that energy productively is a positive.