Police showcase their jobs to girls
Girls throughout the city were treated to special Take a Girl Child to Work Day events hosted by the SAPS.
It was all about the education of girls on Thursday, at various police stations in the city.
The police stations got fully behind the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day initiative and invited youngsters to visit them at the various stations.
Thirty girls from Cladelton International College, Dinwiddie High School, Besek College and Germiston High School were treated to a special function in the big hall at the Germiston Police Station.
Here they listened with interest to information on the many careers available in the police service, including being involved in the forensic side and the bomb squad, as well as the explosives unit.
Representatives from EMPD Social Crime Prevention, the Justice Department and the Department of Education also chatted to the girls.
Sixteen girls, 10 from Germiston High and six from Institute Status Acres, visited the Railway Police: Germiston, based at the Germiston Station.
They were given a tour of the station, as well as informative talks from members of the dog unit, Gauteng Bomb Disposal Unit, the explosives unit, equestrian unit and the railway police themselves.
Const Margaret Rampora, the operations coordinator for the railway police, said: “We wanted to educate the girls about the SAPS in general.
“We are not only about chasing suspects, there are many other positions that women can take up in the police force.”
The Primrose SAPS Women’s Network hosted girls from neighbouring high schools in Primrose.
The station’s members all got involved by showing the girls how the different departments operate and they encouraged the girls to take up careers in the police service.
Each girl received a certificate of attendance.
The police members and the girls also all celebrated the birthdays of Lieut-Col Albertina Vesi, the Primrose SAPS station commander, as well as the birthday of Lerato Mokou, one of the girls who was part of the initiative.
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