Core Messages

Who is Constable Kenny Koala?

Constable Kenny Koala is a community personality within the ACT region and has been a visible educator and friend to many people. For over 25 years Constable Kenny Koala has been educating children, primarily aged 3-11 on a range of crime prevention and child safety messages.

The slogan for the program is: What do we want? NO TROUBLE!

Safety Messages

The Constable Kenny Koala Program is principally aimed at delivering safety messages to young children. The program has a very strong community focus and endeavours to bridge the community and the Australian Federal Police.

The core of the Constable Kenny Koala Program is to educate primary school children at various levels. While the heart of the campaign is safety, this is taught through lessons and activities that involve a range of curriculum elements including language, mathematics and social skills. This is key to the successful implementation of the campaign as it allows teachers to integrate the Constable Kenny Koala message into the curriculum.

The Constable Kenny Koala Program has four primary safety messages; Threats to Self and Others, Community Responsibility and Traffic and Road Safety. The program is designed to teach children how to effectively deal with various situations that may, in later years lead to crime or the fear of crime.

The safety topics are as follows:

Threats to Self and Others

Drugs (legal and illegal)
Dealing with strangers
Bullying
Who to contact if you get into trouble
Dangerous objects

Traffic and Road Safety

Rules for the car
Rules for the road
Rules for riding a bike, scooter or skateboard

Community Responsibility

Littering
Vandalism and graffiti
Shoplifting and burglary

Decision Making & Consequences (Years 5 & 6 only)

Consequences of your actions / decisions
Who / what is affected by your actions / decisions
Think about consequences before acting
Future effects of consequences