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Friday, July 11, 2025

TTPS: Collaboration essential to end bullying in schools

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TTPS Media Ambassador ASP Rajesh Lal speaks with host Jason Williams during the ‘Police and You’ segment on CNC3’s The Morning Brew show, on Thursday 10 October 2024.

TTPS Media Ambassador ASP Rajesh Lal speaks with host Jason Williams during the ‘Police and You’ segment on CNC3’s The Morning Brew show, on Thursday 10 October 2024.

 

The Po­lice Ser­vice says a col­lab­o­ra­tive ap­proach is re­quired to suc­cess­ful­ly com­bat bul­ly­ing in schools, which sees par­ents, stu­dents, teach­ers, and NGOs join forces with the po­lice.

TTPS Me­dia Am­bas­sador ASP Ra­jesh Lal says every ef­fort should be made to en­sure that chil­dren are safe at school.

A 15-year-old stu­dent of St Stephen's Col­lege died by sui­cide on Oc­to­ber 3, 2024, af­ter his par­ents say he was bul­lied for many years at school.

ASP Lal be­lieves the home en­vi­ron­ments of stu­dents who bul­ly should come un­der some scruti­ny, as chil­dren who bul­ly don’t on­ly come from low­er so­cio-eco­nom­ic en­vi­ron­ments.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS Me­dia Am­bas­sador, two key ques­tions that should guide any in­ter­ven­tions are: ‘What is the lev­el of tox­i­c­i­ty in the bul­ly’s home?’ and, ‘What are the prob­lems af­fect­ing that child who has be­come a bul­ly?’  

“Be­cause the bul­ly al­so may have some is­sues,” he points out.  “Or [they] may not have any is­sues and may be­lieve they could do any­thing and get away with it.”

“Maybe they are spoilt, or [maybe] they want to take out their rage on oth­er per­sons who may be vul­ner­a­ble,” he said.  “We don’t know, and that is why we are ask­ing that oth­er stake­hold­ers join with us, so that we all could get to­geth­er and come to a so­lu­tion to end bul­ly­ing in schools.”

The TTPS spokesman al­so cau­tioned par­ents against tak­ing mat­ters in­to their own hands if their chil­dren are vic­tims of bul­ly­ing.  He warned that the po­lice will be re­quired to do their job, re­gard­less.

“While you are in cus­tody—be­cause we are not sure whether you will be grant­ed bail or giv­en a cus­to­di­al sen­tence,” ASP Lal not­ed, “what hap­pens to your fam­i­ly then?  Would they now be sus­cep­ti­ble?  Will they now be vul­ner­a­ble, now that you are no longer there?”

The TTPS Me­dia Am­bas­sador was a guest on to­day’s edi­tion of CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew show.


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