Can Youth curb crime by participating in crime prevention?

Youth could curb crime by taking part in crime prevention activities... This was said by the Deputy school head urges young people to participate in crime prevention
in September 2003.

The Deputy head teacher of Lotlamoreng CJSS, Ms Batanang Bokete has urged young people to participate in crime prevention committees to help combat crime.

Bokete said this when addressing a one-day youth workshop at Goodhope. She said the youth should take the lead because currently elderly people dominated committees.

She said Botswana Police Service was committed to providing a professional law enforcement service for a peaceful, safe and secure nation, in partnership with the community.

She said peace, safety and security were essential elements to ensure continued prosperity as articulated in Vision 2016.

She said police service has a vital role in promoting these attributes.

Bokete said the youth should come up with constructive strategies to achieve goals on fighting crime.

She explained that the police workshops were organised to sensitise the youth on crime and provide them with the skills for preventing criminal activities.

She challenged the youth to be on forefront to prevent activities affecting their lives as stated in the national youth policy.

She said they should not allow criminals to take advantage of their ignorance to indulge in criminal activities. Bokete appealed to the youth to avoid night gangs that could lure them into committing crime and destroying their future.

She said such gangs could also involve them in murder and rape cases.

She also spoke about vandalism perpetrated by students in education institutions, saying it was costing government a lot of money.

Barolong Paramount Chief Kgosi Lotlamoreng II commended the police for their efforts to sensitise the youth on crime prevention.

He said government was concerned about the alarming rate of crime committed by the youth.

Can youth form crime prevention clubs to deal with crime prevention?