The doors of police stations in Chikkamagaluru district were open to students on Saturday. Hundreds of children visited the stations and interacted with the officers on the day as part of the initiative – Open Day.
The purpose of the programme was to make children understand the functioning of the police and assure them that police stations are ‘children friendly’, said Akshay M. Hakay, Superintendent of Police of Chikkamagaluru.
Around 1,200 children participated in the programme across the district. The police staff invited them to the station and offered them chocolates.
The senior police officers told children that police were appointed for the people’s good. They could walk in the station anytime with their problems.
“The exercise was done to bridge the gap between the police and children. Whenever children face any issue, they can approach the police without fear”, the SP said.
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