Green Policing Goes to School: Kampar Police Chief Invites Students to Plant Trees
The Kampar Police Resort championed the spirit of Green Policing at SMPN 1 Bangkinang Kota. Through the ‘Police Goes to School’ programme, officers encouraged students to care for nature and the environment.
Kampar Police Chief AKBP Bobby Ramadhan Putra Sebayang, who attended the event, also led the ceremony on Monday morning (7/9/2026). In his address, the Police Chief urged students to take greater care of environmental conservation and the prevention of forest and land fires (karhutla) from an early age.
Bobby said the activity was aimed at building awareness from an early age. Through the event, students are expected to become pioneers of the nature-loving movement.
“Through the spirit of Green Policing, we wish to instil a love of and concern for the living environment in the younger generation from an early age. Students are agents of change, and we hope they can become pioneers in protecting nature and preventing forest and land fires in their surroundings,” Bobby said in his statement.
He noted that the Police Goes to School programme is not merely routine outreach. The effort is intended to build students’ awareness on matters ranging from the environment to traffic discipline.
“We want to present a humane National Police force while providing complete grounding — from legal awareness and road safety to concern about fire disasters and nature conservation,” he added.
During the event, the students also read out the ‘Promise to Love Nature’ declaration as a shared commitment to protecting the environment. After the ceremony, the Police Chief and students planted trees in the school grounds as a concrete step towards preventing forest and land fires and promoting reforestation.
The event featured a variety of interactive sessions combining safety education, disaster simulations and environmental action, such as safety riding instruction. The Kampar Police Traffic Unit delivered a briefing on the importance of safety and traffic discipline for students.
The students were invited to observe and directly practise initial fire response in a fire-extinguishing simulation. This activity was carried out in collaboration with the Kampar District Fire and Rescue Service.
In closing, the Police Chief stated that protecting the environment is everyone’s responsibility, including schoolchildren who will become the nation’s next generation.
“We hope this education does not stop at the school grounds, but is passed on by the students to their families and respective neighbourhoods,” he concluded.