Philipsburg: --- The police department is calling on all Carnival lovers who are attending the shows and other activities in the Carnival Village to take better care of their children and make sure their children are with them at all time. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson in a press release said while the police are extremely busy with maintaining law and order in the carnival village the police was burdened with a number of children who somehow got lost from their parents. Henson said there were a number of incidents on Sunday after the junior parade. The missing children ended up at the police outpost and several officers had to babysit the minors until their parents and or guardians were found. Henson said Festival Village was packed to capacity and while there were no incidents of fights and other criminal behavior officers were stuck babysitting.
The police had at least 15 cases of children getting lost. Henson said, some of the children stayed for no less than an hour at the police station. Some of them fell asleep during the time they were there.
When the parents of these children came to pick up their children, they were severely reprimanded about their irresponsible behavior. The police department is asking all persons traveling with children to keep an keen eye out for them. Make sure at all times they know where these children are. Make sure that these children do not put themselves in arms way since the police have more important work to do than babysitting.
