Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has launched a school visiting programme everywhere in the metropolis with the main thrust of sensitizing the students and teachers against various forms of social crimes.
In phases, all 519 educational institutions will be brought under the awareness and sensitization campaign in all 12 police stations to boost the level of confidence of the students.
RMP Commissioner Biplob Bijoy Talukder said they have launched the programme as per their social responsibilities to make the city safe and secure.
On the initial day of the programme, on Thursday, RMP officials arranged view-shsharing meeting with students in 17 institutions, talking about the detrimental impacts of drug addiction, eve-teasing, cybercrimes, child marriage, dowry, juvenile gangs, and human trafficking.
The students were also given ideas on how to cross the roads safely and abide by the traffic rules.
During the spontaneous and participatory open discussion, the students were fervently requested to use social media cautiously, besides remaining away from drug addiction.
Officers-in-Charge of all the police stations, bit officers, teachers, and others concerned were engaged in the school visiting programme.
The commissioner said that the present government has declared zero tolerance to drug-addiction and bringing school-going youths under the need-based
Awareness programmes can be a crucial means of protecting the young generation from the grip of social crimes.
"We have to build a healthy society to achieve sustainable development goals," he said, adding that the movement against drug abuse will have to be turned into a social movement.
RMP Commissioner Biplob Bijoy Talukder said they are putting in their level best efforts to maintain peace and tranquilly everywhere in the metropolis through people's participation.
They are conducting motorbike rehearsals by police teams on different main roads and at tourist and amusement spots so that peace-loving people are sensitised against social crimes, he added.
Students at schools and colleges are being discouraged from going outside during their academic time. Guardians are also being requested to care about their kids' proper grooming.
In adjacent and surrounding areas of educational institutions, unnecessary gatherings of youths and juveniles who are supposed to be derailed are brought under surveillance to prevent eve-teasing and to control juvenile crimes.
