{"id":160532,"date":"2015-10-17T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=160532"},"modified":"2015-10-19T19:22:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T19:22:51","slug":"ghana-police-demonstrates-crowd-control-readiness-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/ghana-police-demonstrates-crowd-control-readiness-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Police demonstrates crowd control readiness [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Police Service has demonstrated their readiness to combat riotous demonstrators during a riot and crowd control simulation exercise carried out at the National Police Training School at Teshie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Director in charge of Police Operations, COP John Kudalor, the exercise is to test the readiness of their personnel to manage multitudes of people and control violent demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160533 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5640.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5640\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5640.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160534 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5642.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5642\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5642.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5642-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160535 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5688.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5688\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5688.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5688-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a demonstration that led to the alleged physical abuse of some \u2018<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/29\/unseen-hands-manipulating-police-against-us-lmvca-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Let My Vote Count\u2019 demonstrators<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, COP Kudalor indicated that \u201cthe police used the box formation in controlling that demonstration because of the dynamics of that particular demonstration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160536 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5693.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5693\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5693.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5693-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained that, in the \u201cforce continuum\u201d, there is a graduation in the strategies used in dispersing crowds depending on how events unfold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further indicated that, \u201cin crowd control, the police gauge the mood of the crowd and apply the appropriate method in controlling the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160537 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5715.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5715\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5715.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5715-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5796.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160542 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5796.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5796\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5796.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5796-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participants of the simulation exercise were further trained in crowd negotiation strategies, command, arrest procedures and formation drills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5757.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160539 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5757.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5757\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5757.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5757-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160540 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5774.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5774\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5774.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5774-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160541 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_5787.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_5787\" width=\"600\" 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