THE Fiji Police Force will conduct awareness campaigns on safety in schools in the Western Division before the end of the school year.

Acting Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho said police officers would give children general safety tips during prize-giving ceremonies in light of several crimes against children cases in the Western Division.

“We are coming towards the end of the school year and we do not want any similar case or any kind of case involving our children to happen during these school holidays,” he said.

“I have directed our chief of operations officer to direct our divisional heads and send out police officers on awareness campaigns during school prize-giving.”

He said school heads should work with police in educating young children on the importance of safety and reporting crimes.

“To the principals and school headteachers, please do make time for our police officers to come around.” He said they wanted to cover as many schools as possible before the students went on school holidays.

“We want to brief our children on some basic safety tips to keep them safe during this coming school holidays.”