ROP team visits school to increase safety awareness

Muscat: In order to promote road safety awareness among young children, Royal Oman Police (ROP) officials interacted with a number kindergarten children.
A spokesman from the ROP said, “The team from the Little Policeman magazine visited Al-Shomukh Nursery in Al Qurum and spoke to children about the rules of safety while riding a school bus, as well as the safety rules that need to be followed at home and during play. The children wore police uniforms and were given copies of the Little Policeman magazine.”
This is the latest attempt by the ROP to increase awareness on safety among young children and students. During the Muscat Festival, the ROP held several briefing and interactive programmes with parents and children.
“The little policemen invited friends to visit them in the amusement parks at the Muscat Festival 2019,” said the ROP, which also conducted many awareness drills in the first and second weeks of February, which was when young Omani children returned to school after the holidays.
“Be careful about the safety of the students while boarding and getting off the bus and make sure the bus has no students inside when they are taken to and from school,” the police told parents, adding, “Be sure to instil the right behaviour in your children with regard to school systems and to follow them and guide them, and urge them to choose the right partners and be of help to them.”
“Be sure to abide by the traffic rules and ensure that pedestrian crossings are free of pedestrians, especially those that are close to schools; the safety of children is everyone’s responsibility.”
The police will also set up an awareness stall at the Muscat International Book Fair.
An ROP official said, “The Sultan Qaboos Academy of Police Sciences is preparing to participate in the 24th edition of the Muscat International Book Fair, as it is keen to publicise its scientific publications and demonstrate its role in spreading awareness among all segments of society.”