The Beat (magazine)

{{Short description|British magazine}}

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The Beat is a free magazine for young Londoners.{{sfn|New Statesman}}

The quarterly magazine is funded by the Association of Chief Police Officers. It covers problems such as gangs, drug abuse and weapons, besides dispensing advice on crime-prevention and tips on how the young can keep their communities safe.

About 100,000 copies are being sent to state schools in London,{{sfn|New Statesman}} reaching almost every year-six student in the capital.{{sfn|Met Police}} The inaugural issue was distributed during Easter, April 2010.