Yesterday at Excelsior High School, the student body was treated to a special show. Community Policing members acted out a few skits, which portrayed real life events, where a person must choose to do the right thing in the face of adversity.
The idea behind it was to engage the young people on decisions which have lasting consequences, and which youths often disregard. One of the police officers explained how these consequences can make already challenging social conditions even worse:
Organizer
"We are doing this event as it relates to the 16 days of activism and we are doing it leading up to the 16 days of activism. We are doing dramas and domestic violence and peer pressure in high schools. What you sew you reap and if the students put in their studies in school they will definitely reap good grades and that's what we are trying to encourage. We want good statistics for Belize."
"The response is great, it's overwhelming. The students they love it and they always want us to come back."
After performing at Excelsior, the officers headed to Ladyville Tech, and then Down to high schools in Southern Belize.
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