How sure are you that if something happens to your child when you’re not around, they’ll know who to call and what to do?
Members of the BCI Security group and ER24 response services felt it was important to pay a visit to the little ones at the Happy Feet Nursery School and teach them what to do in dangerous situations.
First, BCI’s Corinda Loots and ER24’s Marga Scheepers showed the kids an easy way to remember the Gauteng Police call centre number by holding their index finger to their thumb with the other three finger extended to form the 10111 number.
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They were taught not to take sweets from strangers, to tell a parent or teacher when a stranger approached them and what basic first aid looks like.
Then came the fun part. An obstacle course was set up on the playground and the Happy Feet kids were introduced to Peanut and Bakwena – BCI K9 Unit’s star ‘investigators’. Peanut the cheerful hound went straight to work. At a command, Peanut walked excitedly into the obstacle course, sniffing at every cone like he was looking for a treat. He finally stopped at one cone, sat down and looked at Corinda who took out a packet of an unknown illicit narcotic substance from the cone, and promptly rewarded Peanut with his favourite chew toy.
Next up was the intimidating looking Bakwena (which means crocodile) that sat patiently next to his handler, Lee-Wade Loots for orders. They set off and Bakwena expertly made his way through and over the few obstacles.
Lastly came the main attraction. BCI’s Elias Khotseng emerged from behind a bush with thick padding on his left arm, wildly swinging a whip with his right and yelling aggressively. Bakwena was released and jumped for the padded arm, viscously biting at it as Elias swung him around, trying to shake him off. Bakwena wouldn’t back down and finally tore the padding off the arm, which was all part of his regular training and did not hurt Elias in any way.
