Philipsburg:-- A student has decided to surrender his pellet gun after D.A.R.E officers lectured at his school. According to a press release from the police. The officers responded to request made by the Sister Magda Primary School and the St. Dominic Primary the school. The lecture was given to students of grade 5 and 6. The officers were asked to speak about the dangers of students taking weapons to school, illegal drug use, gangs and gang related violence. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said after the lecture
A student approached the police officer and told him he wanted nothing to do with violence or gangs and told the officer that he wanted to handover an air rifle (pellet gun) he had hidden at home.
The youngster mother was notified of the situation the officer went along with the student to his home and in the presence of his mother handed over the air rifle to the officer.
The main reason for targeting students attending primary school, is that a short while back the police have noticed that the carrying of weapons to school and violent behavior that is taking place in the Secondary schools has also trickled down into the primary schools.
