Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Boston Police Departments Kids' Day Visit


  Today two police officers named Officers Ramsey and Rodriguez came to our afterschool program. They talked to us about bullying. Something that is happening everywere and very often. Also they talked about sexual harrasment.
   They taught us alot about bullying. Some of the things they talked about was cyber bullying. They told us that it was not nice to bully people over the internet because there are many different consequences. Some of them include bringing police officers into the situation. And you can't lie about it either because they have it all on record and you could be charged if the victim reports you to the police. Officer. Ramsey also discussed an incident where someone was being cyber bullied and the girl committed suicide.
     Some of the things they talked about while talking about sexual harrasment was how you can be charged if you lift your shirt or show any of your private body parts in public. Also about how it is not good to show other people your body parts. Unless they are your parents or your doctor you should not be showing it to anyone.
     Anyway we learned alot when the police officers came and we are very glad that they came. Now, we can think twice about the consequences that will happen if we make bad choices.

-Abby

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job Abby. You gave a great description of the visit by the officers and you helped me think about some of the conversations I might want to have with the kids in my life. I want my nieces and nephews to be prepared!

Remy said...

Abby!! Great summary of what you learned during the police officer's visit! It is a SUPER important lesson about sexual harassment and how we need to protect our own bodies, so thank you for putting that out there and letting everyone know what it is and what is appropriate or inappropriate. You are so wise and a great role model!!