Let's work together

As we build up to the Coca-cola Games, we urge parents, guardians and teachers to work ?with Police ?in ensuring the safety and security of students.

Chief Operations Officer (COO) Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Livai Driu said ?while ?Police will be putting in place measures leading up to the start of the meet on Thursday, however what is needed is the support of the community at large.

“This morning we met with the Coca-cola Games Committee? where we reaffirmed our?? ?intent of making this year's athletics meet Drug ?and incident free.? Officers from the Police Special Response and K9 Units will be pushed forward to assist with operations”.

“Community policing officers will also be visiting the schools billeted along the Suva-Nausori corridor as a proactive measure to speak to students, teachers and parents about safety issues”.

The Chief Operations Officer said the main area of concern is with regards to the movement of people to and from the games venue and this is where traffic officers will be beefing up on their operations.

“Traffic officers will be conducting random checks and we are warning students and supporters that we will not hesitate to confiscate items such as flags if they are being used in an unsafe manner”.

“We have spoken also to bus operators who have assured us of their support in ensuring that there isn’t a repeat of what transpired last week where students were seen behaving in an unruly manner”.

ACP Driu said the most important support element for an Drug free and incident free athletics meet should come from home.

“We cannot stress enough of the need for parents and guardians to continuously talk to their children about their behaviour, because once they are involved in any form of illegal activities and the matter is reported, we will have no choice but to pursue investigations. This can be avoided if we all work together”.

The Chief Operations Officer said the Fiji Police’s intent is ?to achieve? a Drug Free and incident Free three day athletics meet, and is counting on the support of all Fijians to be able to achieve this. ??

We wish all participating students well with their preparations.

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