{"id":184184,"date":"2018-08-07T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/184184\/primrose-police-visit-primary-schools-to-promote-safety\/"},"modified":"2018-08-07T08:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T06:46:04","slug":"primrose-police-visit-primary-schools-to-promote-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/07\/primrose-police-visit-primary-schools-to-promote-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Primrose police visit primary schools to promote safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of officers from the Primrose Police Station, with members of the Primrose Crime Prevention Youth Desk, recently visited both Sunnyridge and Primrose primary schools.<\/p>\n

The visit was aimed at promoting a safe learning environment.<\/p>

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\u201cDuring the visit, we encouraged the learners to study hard in order to achieve their goals,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

The officers also strongly discouraged the children from bringing weapons to school.<\/p>

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\u201cWe have received a number of complaints about learners who bring illegal substances, knives and other dangerous weapons to school,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n

To address the complaints, police searched the bags of several learners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found nothing illegal which is encouraging,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only things that were found were steel spoons and forks, and we encouraged the learners to rather use plastic ones as steel ones can be used as a dangerous weapon during a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The management of each school thanked the team for the visit and hope to see them again in the near future.<\/p>\n