Drug competition sees pupils shine
Brighton Beach media officer Captain Louise Le Roux was thanked for implementing, co-ordinating and creating the teaching aids for the campaign. The station thanks educational institutes for affording police the opportunity to host the project and pupils for their active participation.
WINNERS of the Dunville Road Neighbourhood Watch and SAPS, Brighton Beach drug eradication creative Competition were announced on Monday, 25 May.
A partnership between the founders of the Dunville Road Neighbourhood Watch and SAPS Brighton Beach saw a campaign being hosted at five High schools during March.
With the focus being the health implications drug use and dependency has on our youth, the campaign consisted of 175 posters on substance dependency being provided for display in each classroom, a brochure on drug awareness, and a post-it to enable children to make electronic reports anonymously on those using and distributing banned substances on school premises. The final phase of the project was to afford pupils the opportunity to create a poster, poem or essay on drug facts which also reflects the impact drugs have on the youth.
During a prizegiving on Monday, winners in the various categories were invited to meet the Brighton Beach police station commander Colonel Carel Grobler, and also afforded an opportunity to sit in the Station Commander’s ‘hot seat’, as part of their reward. Winners also received a mini certificate signed by Col Grobler and a R200 clothing gift voucher for each recipient.
Winners: Most creative poster Riyolin Govender of Grosvenor Boys High School, most creative essay Asanda Chili of Grosvenor Girls High School and most creative poem Erin Houghton of Grosvenor Girls High School.
“Brighton Beach SAPS Management extends its thanks and appreciation towards the founders of the Dunville Road Neighbourhood Watch who sponsored the teaching aids and prizes for the campaign, and for initiating the partnership with our sector commander W/O Wikus Van Vuuren,” said Capt Le Roux.
Brighton Beach media officer Captain Louise Le Roux was thanked for implementing, co-ordinating and creating the teaching aids for the campaign. The station thanks educational institutes for affording police the opportunity to host the project and pupils for their active participation.
