{"id":234496,"date":"2020-03-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/234496\/police-school-search-aims-to-curb-violence-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T08:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T06:42:22","slug":"police-school-search-aims-to-curb-violence-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/05\/police-school-search-aims-to-curb-violence-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Police school search aims to curb violence in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To combat the rise of violence in schools, officers from the Germiston Police Station together with other stakeholders recently carried out searches at Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool Germiston and Galway Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>The Germiston SAPS was assisted by Social Crime Prevention Unit coordinators from different police stations in the Ekurhuleni West SAPS district (Alberton, Thokoza, Eden Park, Boksburg and Dawn Park), as well as EMPD members, officers from Boksburg Correctional Services, members of the Department of Community Safety, the EMPD K9 Unit and the Department of Education.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233720\/school-searches-yield-dagga-knives-and-cigarettes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School searches yield dagga, knives and cigarettes<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAt Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool Germiston, we searched seven classrooms, with a total of 261 learners,\u201d explained Const Maxwell Mabunda, communications officer for the Germiston police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe confiscated a knife and two boxes of cigarettes from learners during the search.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>At Galway, the team searched eight classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe searched four Grade Six classes and four Grade Seven classes, with a total of 300 learners,\u201d Mabunda said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing was found during the search.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/228868\/children-taught-about-safety-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children taught about safety<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Moving forward, the Germiston SAPS plans to hold more searches and seizure operations in the schools within their precinct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also plan to visit our schools to educate learners on what they can and cannot have at school and what the consequences are of having the wrong things at school,\u201d said Mabunda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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