Crime Prevention Talk 3rdOct2020

Written by Kei Rui Min, Senior Sixer & Scribe

This Saturday, we were doing the Crime Prevention Badge. I was very excited as I had never attended a talk from a police officer before.

This week’s meeting was a little different, instead of splitting up into 2 groups we were going to have only one meeting. However, the meeting would be 2 hours long.

We started of the meeting as usual and we were soon joined by a police officer. We also learnt that he worked at the Queenstown Police Station.

At the start of the talk, he addressed us about common crimes that children our age commit. We also went through some of the emergency numbers that we can call in case of an emergency. I learnt a lot of things such as that we should only call 999 in case of an emergency that requires immediate attention. Also, I learnt how to identify scam calls and what hotline to call if I want to find out more. After a quick Q&A session, it was time for the officer to go. 

After that, Baloo asked us a few questions on the talk. I could not answer them and learnt that I had to be more careful and attentive when listening so that I could learn more things. Then, Mdm Kerina addressed us about some of the things that we had to do in order to complete and get that badge. We were given 2 weeks to complete them on SLS before submitting it. Lastly, we were told that next week would be games day! I cannot wait for next week’s meeting as I think it will definitely be very interesting!