PictureDCOP Hamidu Mahama (second from right) leads the pack of police personnel in an endurance walk to psychologically prepare for the December elections
THE Upper East Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, has advised police personnel in the region to exhibit a high sense of professional discipline and competence to win the confidence and sympathy of the public.
Police personnel, he said, should refrain from acts that would impugn the credibility and dignity of the profession.
DCOP Mahama gave the advise last Saturday after he had led officers and men of the service to embark on a three-hour endurance walk through the principal streets of Bolgatanga.
The exercise was also to create awareness on preparedness of the Ghana Police Service to ensure that the ongoing electioneering and the general election are conducted peacefully.
DCOP Mahama cautioned that anyone caught for causing trouble, prior to or during the election, would be treated as an individual criminal and not a member of any political party.
He asked political parties to adhere to the electoral laws as well as the Public Order Act in order to safeguard the prevailing peace.
DCOP Mahama proposed that to ensure peace before, during and after the elections, all stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission (EC), the media, security services, political parties, civil society and Ghanaians in general should play their respective roles effectively.
The Regional Police Command, he added, was adequately resourced both logistically and in terms of personnel, adding that very soon the region would take delivery of more logistics, which would be deployed to ensure that people who were preparing to undermine the process were brought to book.
The exercise, he indicated, would be replicated in major towns such as Navrongo, Sandema and Bawku to demonstrate the readiness of the police to deal with all election-related violence.
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