{"id":764335,"date":"2019-12-13T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/13\/igp-assures-public-safety-during-yuletide\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T12:14:09","slug":"igp-assures-public-safety-during-yuletide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/13\/igp-assures-public-safety-during-yuletide\/","title":{"rendered":"IGP Assures Public Safety During Yuletide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>IGP James Oppong-Boanuh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nInspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given an assurance<br \/>\nthat the public will be protected adequately during the Yuletide.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid the Police Administration was deploying over 15,000 police personnel both<br \/>\nin uniform and mufti to various vantage points, particularly crime-prone areas,<br \/>\nto maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA<br \/>\nnumber of operational strategies have been put in place to increase police<br \/>\nvisibility, protect lives and property, effectively manage traffic, maintain<br \/>\nlaw and order, and also guarantee the safety and security of police personnel<br \/>\nbefore, during and after the Yuletide festivities,\u201d he said in Accra yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs<br \/>\nthe Inspector-General of Police, I wish to assure all Ghanaians and every<br \/>\nforeign national that pragmatic and concrete measures have been put in place to<br \/>\nensure the safety and security of your premises, communities, market places,<br \/>\ncommercial centres, beaches, streets, churches, recreational centres, highways,<br \/>\nhospitals, among others,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nsaid the police had intensified day and night patrols, increased community<br \/>\nengagements and sensitization on security matters, deployed some technological<br \/>\ndevices to enhance information gathering, stepped-up traffic management, intelligence-led<br \/>\noperations, snap checks and highway patrols. <\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nIGP said the laudable interventions would only be effective if the police were<br \/>\ngiven the needed support from the public insisting that \u201ceffective crime<br \/>\nprevention and detection is anchored on shared responsibility between the police<br \/>\nand the public it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\npolice can only be successful in this collective effort if it receives reliable<br \/>\ninformation from the general public,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt<br \/>\nis worthy to mention that this period is also marked by heavy vehicular<br \/>\ntraffic, road crashes due to drunk-driving and other road violations, increased<br \/>\ncriminal activities such as robbery, narcotic drug trafficking, burglary,<br \/>\ntheft, pick-pocketing, assaults, public nuisance and other fraudulent activities.<br \/>\nAll these criminal activities tend to have a negative impact on the celebration<br \/>\nof the Yuletide festivities which could have dire consequences on lives and<br \/>\nproperty,\u201d the IGP said.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nurged the public to continue to be mindful of their personal safety and also<br \/>\nfollow basic safety tips to prevent harm.<\/p>\n<p>He<br \/>\nasked the public to always volunteer information for the police to act<br \/>\nappropriately and also report unprofessional conducts on the part of the police<br \/>\nfor appropriate action.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IGP James Oppong-Boanuh The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given an assurance that the public will be protected adequately during the Yuletide. He said the Police Administration was deploying over 15,000 police personnel both in uniform and mufti to various vantage points, particularly crime-prone areas, to maintain law and order. \u201cA number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":761289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IGP Assures Public Safety During Yuletide - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/13\/igp-assures-public-safety-during-yuletide\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"IGP Assures Public Safety During Yuletide - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"IGP James Oppong-Boanuh The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given an assurance that the public will be protected adequately during the Yuletide. 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