The 5fm/SAPS Teddy Bear Patrol

Over the past six years the Communication Service, Office of the National Commissioner, has run an annual community project in partnership with the SABC radio station 5fm.

The goals of the project are to lend communication support to the SAPS priority "Crimes against Women and Children", to constructively bring the youth of SA in contact with the SAPS, to assist under-privileged children who are often victims of or witnesses to crime and to proactively project a positive image of the SAPS to all communities.

Each year we have held this project with great success, touching thousands of children's lives and generating a huge amount of positive publicity for the SAPS on radio, television (SABC2) and in the print media. Each year we have a different theme from collecting teddy bears to be handed out to children affected by crime, to playing soccer with youths throughout the country or taking a group of children on an outing.

We have various sponsors which support our efforts and have built up a good relationship between 5fm and the SAPS.

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