8 year old Bryan spends the day with the Commissioner In October 2009, in celebration of National Children’s Week, the Children & Young People Commissioner, (CYPC) held a Commissioner for a Day competition.

The CYPC invited children and young people to describe a time that they stood up for themselves or someone else.

Children and young people were asked to write a story or poem, draw a picture, take a photo, design a poster, or record a song or performance.

The CYPC received 63 entries to the competition, with children and young people contributing a many different stories, pictures, poems and songs - all describing how they had stood up for their own, or someone else’s, rights.

8 year old Bryan, from Holy Trinity Primary School, was runner-up in the competition. Bryan wrote a rap about wanting to be a police officer, and standing up for people’s rights on Canberra’s streets.

‘When I grow up I want to be the best I can and walk the beat as a police man, lose your knife criminals, stay out of strife, you can have a better life. People feel the need to fight, my job is to keep this out of sight, I walk the beat on the street no more crime I repeat.’

Bryan won the opportunity to spend the day with the police, and visited police headquarters in the city, as well as the police dog training ground in Majura. Bryan also got to perform his rap to the ACT Police Commissioner.

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