ASTON Manor Primary School learners had fun learning about safety and security tips when the police and metro police visited the school to put on a display of exciting demonstrations.
Working in conjunction with Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department, the SAPS Tembisa Cluster, which includes Kempton Park, Sebenza, Norkem Park and Tembisa SAPS, have combined their operations and work together to educate schools around Kempton Park and Tembisa about safety and security.
“We feel it is important for children to learn about safety and security, whether it’s being safe when walking alone on the street, knowing emergency numbers to dial when needed, or basic knowledge on the negativity of drugs,” W/O Cobus Holloway of Kempton Park SAPS emphasised.
The different units had short theatrical displays as examples of emergency scenarios that occur in everyday life and how the police handle such situations.
Metro police officers showed the kids how the dog unit trained its dogs and how these animals helped during investigations through sniffing out and help identify things like drugs and bombs on crime scenes.
The emergency services stopped by to demonstrate an accident scene, where a little child was knocked down by a car and what the paramedics’ and police’s responsibility was in such a situation.
The police put on an action play by demonstrating a car hijacking and high-speed chase between the criminals and the police around the school field. Fake firearms were shot and fake bombs were exploded on the field, which got the learners super excited and screaming with excitement.
Little Miss South Africa 2013, Bianca van der Westhuizen, was there to give a “children against crime” speech to the learners, who received her short talk with great enthusiasm.
