{"id":382724,"date":"2017-12-13T07:54:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=382724"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:18:26","slug":"8-things-police-are-doing-to-keep-us-safe-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/8-things-police-are-doing-to-keep-us-safe-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"8 things police are doing to keep us safe this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apart from the over 14, 200 police officers that will be on the alert to\u00a0ensure law\u00a0and order over the Christmas holidays, the Director of Operations of the Police Service, COP George Akuffo- Dampare, has noted eight key changes Ghanaians\u00a0can expect from his outfit.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”PysR9SqjpYMRpvei4roXLpiU9ysLYd7E”]”We know as a people that during this period, there is heightened activity from the movement which accompanies socio-economic activity that brings people from all walks of life to and from cities and towns across the country,” COP Dampare said on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“When you put all this together, it calls for increased policing in a way to take care of this heavy human and vehicular traffic across the country, and to do that calls for the mustering of all the resources that we have at our disposal to bring comfort to the good people of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The police are thus engaging in the following proactive measures:<\/p>\n