Philipsburg:--- The Zero Tolerance, Voluntary Korps and the Public transportation unit controlled a number of school buses on Thursday reported police spokesman Ricardo Henson. Henson said the controls began at 05:45 am in the parking lot of John Cooper Jose Lake Sr. Ball Park. The police spokesman said some 52 buses were controlled. One of which was towed away because the bus in question had no insurance and the driver had no driver's license. Police also detained one student while another was given a fine.
During the control some 23 pairs of scissors were confiscated, one pocket knife, three lighters, six bandannas or head ties, one pair of pliers, one eating fork, 12 afro combs, six styling combs and one sling shot.
During these controls the police noticed than several of the of the male students using the buses to get to school would wear T-shirts of different colours, such as red, black and green under their uniform shirt. These colours indicate which group of persons these students are a member of or they associate with.
The Police department is asking cooperation from parents and schools to inform their kids or students that they should wear only white T-under shirts and not of any other colour under their school uniforms and should follow all dress codes of the school they attend. In this way we will give the younger kids/students the right message.