Activities for this year’s Nat’l Crime Prevention Week in Butuan all set

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 30 -- This year's National Crime Prevention Week (NCPW) celebration here will kick-off on September 2, with several activities to mark the event.

Among the activities are motorcade around the city thoroughfares and a press conference on September 2 with government officials and Peace and Order Councils (Regional Peace and Order Council, Provincial Peace and Order Council, City Peace and Order Council) at the Capitol Covered Court.

The Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) will be holding the Awareness Drive on Crime Prevention on September 3,1:00 p.m. with students of St. Joseph Institute of Technology (SJIT), this city. Speakers will be coming from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), among others.

On September 4, the Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga will be spearheading the conduct of Information Drive on Crime Prevention at the Libertad Elementary School, Butuan City with grades 5 and 6 pupils as participants, while on September 5, DepEd will conduct the same activity with students of Agusan National High School (ANHS). Speakers will be coming from different concerned government agencies.

Also, as part of the week-long activities, the city government here with the PNP will be conducting the activity dubbed "A Day with the Street Children" on September 6 at the Kapihan sa Datu, Sports Complex. Along with the program is the distribution of shoes to selected street children.

The public is encouraged to support and participate in the lined-up activities since peace and order is everyone’s concern. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)