{"id":257192,"date":"2024-11-28T14:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:02:56","slug":"police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Police, media in a group photograph after the interaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE BONO Regional Police Command led by the regional Commander, DCOP Joseph Gyamera Oklu, have engaged media personnel in the region on the importance of ensuring peaceful election before, during, and after the December 7 polls.<\/p>\n<p>DCOP Joseph Oklu emphasised the need for collaboration between the police and the media to promote peace during the electioneering period, elaborating on the need for journalists to always crosscheck facts with the police for swift action before it is put on the airwaves to avoid jeopardizing the peace and security of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalists have a crucial role to play and it is critical on your part not only for the country but for your safety too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that security and peace are not only needed during elections but for the country at all times. \u2018There are incidents that need journalists protection and the police are duty-bound to make sure all of us are safe,\u201d he told them.<\/p>\n<p>DCOP Joseph Oklu tasked the media to be responsible in their reportage by putting the security of the nation ahead of their personal interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Normally journalists want sensational news but before they go out with information they fail to ask these questions; is it for popularity, will it help the nation, promote the peace of the country or will it immediately solve the problem?\u201d he quzzied.<\/p>\n<p>Bono Regional Commander of CEPS, ACP Felicia Dadeboe Azuma, on her part advised the media to resist inciting people with their reportage since most groups, families, and ethnic groups are interrelated irrespective of where they find themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The police added that they have met identifiable groups in the region including churches, and mosques, and will meet with others before December 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police, media in a group photograph after the interaction \u00a0 THE BONO Regional Police Command led by the regional Commander, DCOP Joseph Gyamera Oklu, have engaged media personnel in the region on the importance of ensuring peaceful election before, during, and after the December 7 polls. DCOP Joseph Oklu emphasised the need for collaboration between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - 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\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police, media in a group photograph after the interaction \u00a0 THE BONO Regional Police Command led by the regional Commander, DCOP Joseph Gyamera Oklu, have engaged media personnel in the region on the importance of ensuring peaceful election before, during, and after the December 7 polls. DCOP Joseph Oklu emphasised the need for collaboration between [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"898\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/security-officers-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/security-officers-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/security-officers-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/security-officers-1.jpg\",\"width\":898,\"height\":393},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/28\\\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Police, media in a group photograph after the interaction \u00a0 THE BONO Regional Police Command led by the regional Commander, DCOP Joseph Gyamera Oklu, have engaged media personnel in the region on the importance of ensuring peaceful election before, during, and after the December 7 polls. DCOP Joseph Oklu emphasised the need for collaboration between [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":898,"height":393,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections","datePublished":"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/"},"wordCount":303,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/","name":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-28T14:02:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/security-officers-1.jpg","width":898,"height":393},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/28\/police-engage-media-on-peaceful-elections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police Engage Media On Peaceful Elections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}