Constable Care is a community awareness mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 originally used by the Western Australia Police

Western Australia Police

The Western Australia Police services an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction. In 2008, its 7,526 employees included 5,647 police officers.-History:-Early history:...

 to inform primary school children about basic safety issues. Now he is a part of a non-profit organisation, the Constable Care Child Safety Foundation, sponsored by the Perth Sunday Times newspaper.

Constable Care was originated in 1984 by a member of the New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 Police Force Safety Advisory Section, Wayne Hodges. The concept was adopted in the late 1980s by the Western Australia Police

Western Australia Police

The Western Australia Police services an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction. In 2008, its 7,526 employees included 5,647 police officers.-History:-Early history:...

 and the West Australian

The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by ASX-listed Seven West Media . The West is published in tabloid format, as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times, a News Limited publication...

newspaper which published each day a less-than-poetic rhyming couplet under Constable Care's byline, encouraging younger readers to be safety-conscious and civic-minded. Since moving to a different newspaper, Constable Care has lost his former moustache and his face is now less angular.

Constable Care is a not for profit community based foundation working in partnership with the Western Australia Police and primary schools across the State with the specific focus on teaching children about safety, crime prevention and the promotion of respect and responsibility. Constable Care is a nationally registered charity and specialises in the area of early intervention life skills education. The focus is aimed at protecting our next generation and "Teaching Kids To Do The Right Thing".

The Constable Care Child Safety Foundation travels around Western Australia to perform interactive plays and puppet shows. Based in Maylands

Maylands

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 WA, they travel the state visiting over 500 schools a year including remote indigenous community schools. The performances are suited to school kids from kindergarten to Year 7 and cover topics such as bullying, health and hygiene, substance use/abuse, graffiti, anti-social behavior, vandalism, stealing, stranger danger

Stranger danger

Stranger danger describes the danger to children presented by strangers. The phrase is intended to sum up the danger associated with adults who children do not know. The phrase has found widespread usage and many children will hear it during their childhood lives...

, road safety, personal responsibility and the four kinds of respect - respect for yourself, respect for other people, respect for property and respect for the environment.

Australian TV Host Rove McManus

Rove McManus

John Henry Michael "Rove" McManus is an Australian comedian, television presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the self-titled variety show Rove, and is the owner of the production company Roving Enterprises...

 was once a Constable Care performer.

CEO

David Gribble is the Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of the Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Incorporated. He took over from Vick Evans in 2011.

Former CEO

Vick Evans was the Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of the Constable Care Child Safety Foundation Incorporated for fourteen years. He was credited with making the program relevant to today's youth and for generating corporate support for it. He was succeeded by David Gribble.

Evans had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease

The motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...

in 2010, and passed away in April this year.