{"id":663844,"date":"2019-07-24T21:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The leadership of the Ghana Police has cautioned officers in the Service to desist from breaking traffic regulations under the guise of \u201cemergency\u201d situations.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Internal memo from the police which was sighted by <strong>"},"modified":"2019-07-24T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:28:13","slug":"ghana-police-service-cautions-officers-against-breaking-traffic-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/24\/ghana-police-service-cautions-officers-against-breaking-traffic-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Police Service cautions officers against breaking traffic laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The leadership of the Ghana Police has cautioned officers in the Service to desist from breaking traffic regulations under the guise of \u201cemergency\u201d situations.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Internal memo from the police which was sighted by <strong>citinewsroom.com<\/strong>, any police officer found flouting any of the traffice laws will be sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>The Police Service in the memo also warned the officers that video recordings of any violation will be shared with the general public.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#WAI: 34 errant drivers arrested on Pokuase-Amasaman stretch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ElywSJvQLIk?start=218&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt has been observed by the Police Administration that whilst initiatives have been taken to enforce Traffic Regulations in partnership with the media, a number of Police personnel continue to violate the same laws under the guise of emergency. Henceforth, personnel found violating any traffic regulation without attending to any emergency will be sanctioned. Video recordings of such violations will be shared with the general public.\u201d The statement read<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of security officials, including police, customs and military officials, were arrested last week as part of <strong>Citi TV<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0 War Against Indiscipline campaign, for breaching various traffic regulations at East Legon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#WAI: Security personnel dominates culprits arrested for road violations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LZiBH3_xKKk?start=17&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the #WAI campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The War Against Indiscipline is a campaign put together by\u00a0<strong>Citi TV<\/strong>, with support from\u00a0<strong>Citi FM<\/strong>\u00a0and the Ghana Police Service to curb the indiscipline on the country\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n<p>The War Against Indiscipline was started by\u00a0<strong>Citi TV<\/strong> in May 2019 and\u00a0has received massive support from the Ghana Police service.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The campaign is to avert the increasing loss of lives through road carnage due to recklessness and general disregard for traffic regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is to draw attention to the nuisance caused by drivers and motorbike riders on Ghana\u2019s roads.The\u00a0 #WAI campaign has accrued to the state, over <strong>GH\u00a2258,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leadership of the Ghana Police has cautioned officers in the Service to desist from breaking traffic regulations under the guise of \u201cemergency\u201d situations. 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