New Taipei City Haishan police station held a crime prevention campaign for children on Feb 10. In addition to a question-and-answer prize giving contest, life-sized cartoon characters sang and danced to the online hit song “Little Apple.” Not only did the children fall over one another in eagerness to be photographed with the characters, they also exclaimed the one wearing glasses looked just like the popular cartoon character Detective Conan.
Haishan police station’s Chiang Chen-mao said that many offenders are led astray while growing up, therefore concepts of crime prevention and control should be instilled from an early age. Chiang also called on adults to be ever-vigilant of their charges during the winter holiday period, saying children should avoid contact with strangers to prevent giving evildoers an opportunity to transgress.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Edward Jones)
Photo: Hsu Kuo-chen, Liberty Times
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新北市海山警分局二月十日進行兒童犯罪防治宣導,除了進行有獎徵答外,還派出大頭娃娃唱跳網路爆紅神曲「小蘋果」,小朋友不但爭相合照,還直呼戴著眼睛的大頭娃娃「好像柯南!」
海山警分局長江振茂表示,很多犯罪者都是在成長過程中誤入歧途,因此犯罪防治觀念應向下扎根,他也再三呼籲學童寒假期間外出,大人應隨時緊盯,小朋友也應避免與陌生人接觸,避免歹徒伺機侵害。
(自由時報記者余衡)
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