Detectives have issued a warning to hotels in Kirklees following an operation carried out last week to raise awareness about Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE).
As part of Safeguarding Week, the Integrated Offender Management and Safeguarding teams in Kirklees carried out a planned operation focusing on raising awareness of CSE related activity taking place in hotels in and around Kirklees.
The aim was to see if staff were able to spot the signs of CSE and if they took appropriate action to the circumstances.
Nine hotels were visited in identical situations with police officers and police cadets posing as customers seeking to book a room. Police say four of the nine hotels tested during the operation failed to identify the risks and all hotel staff were debriefed by police officers.