Members of the Honeydew police and the station’s community patrollers visited Blue Eagle High School in Cosmo City to conduct searches on the learners as well as educate them on crime on 5 February.
Learners were searched for drugs and dangerous weapons.
Honeydew police’s Sergeant Mamasedi May said, “Showing an active presence in our schools is something that we as the police will be pushing hard for this year.”
Learners were asked to lay their schoolbags out in lines to be searched with BCI Security’s K9 units on hand to assist.
The security company’s Corinda Loots said, “We are always happy to assist the police in operations that they conduct to help make our community safer.
“Our dogs are highly skilled and certified to conduct sniff-and-searches. They are also highly skilled at detecting dangerous weapons. Our presence lets learners know that crime will not be tolerated, but it also shows that we are here for them and care about them. We will be continuing in these kinds of operations throughout the year.”
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