Dedicated police officers will be embedded at 10 "high-risk" Victorian secondary schools under a plan from Opposition Leader Matthew Guy to tackle youth crime.

Visiting Kew Primary School, Mr Guy also promised that if elected in November, the Coalition would work with police to revive the police in schools program.

Together the programs are expected to cost $50 million over four years.

The Opposition said the police in schools program was designed to assist police "to better engage with young Victorians who are still at school, and to restore respect for police and the community".

The police would mainly be in primary schools, it said.

Under the program, 100 extra police will be funded to work as school resource officers.

Victoria is the only state that does not have a police in schools program. The previous one was axed in 2005.

But the most controversial arm of the proposal is likely to be the two-year pilot project of dedicated embedded police officers in 10 yet to be identified "at risk" secondary schools for a two-year trial period.

The embedded officers would be at high schools and would be operational, but it would be up to police command to decided if they were armed.

The purpose of the plan would be to "tackle this violent scourge of youth crime, to keep Victorians safe", the Opposition said.

Coalition 'totally out of touch'

Victoria Police already has 100 youth resource officers working with schools, and the Andrews Government has allocated money for 42 more at the request of police.

"As far as I'm aware Victoria Police have not in any way wanted to see an embedded police in schools program," Police Minister Lisa Neville said.

"They want to see specialist youth police workers dealing with the toughest of our kids and stopping recidivist youth offending."

Australian Education Union secretary Meredith Peace said it was not opposed to engagement with police, but the priorities of the Opposition were misplaced.

"He [Matthew Guy} is totally out of touch with what is happening in our schools, and what they need in terms of support," Ms Peace said.

"We need to see a comprehensive education plan that includes committing funding rather than what is yet another thought bubble that is discontent form the needs of students and the needs of our schools."

'It's about respect, tolerance': Guy

Mr Guy told reporters the plan would improve the relationship between young people and police.

"This is about combating crime before it's a problem, it's about respect, it's about tolerance," Mr Guy said.

Mr Guy said the plan would improve the relationship between police and young people. ( ABC News: Richard Willingham )

He said the plan would complement the party's tough sentencing and bail and parole changes.

Victoria Police would not comment on the pledge but said it looked forward to working with whoever wins the November state election.

The secretary of the Police Association Wayne Gatt welcomed the plans, saying it had a role in improving the relationship with youths.

"[Nothing] bad can come from young people hearing from police," he said.

The issue of violent crime by youths gained traction in January when Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said Melburnians were afraid to go out for dinner at night because of the fear of gang crime.

The outcry led Victoria Police to set up a taskforce to work with the African Australian community.