{"id":6749,"date":"2024-07-05T08:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6749"},"modified":"2024-07-05T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T08:43:09","slug":"the-police-are-ready-for-2024-elections-igp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6749","title":{"rendered":"The Police are ready for 2024 elections \u2013 IGP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Inspector General of Police Dr George Akuffu Dampare has said that the Police are ready for the 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Dampare indicated that preparations are far advanced because the Police administration sees elections not as an event but as a process in a cycle where the end of one is the beginning of another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have been ready for years because we have institutionalised and mainstreamed election security for the first time in the history of this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-ecaf912038f19413c0b32704fb137167 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB1l0wBm1Gg?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cElections are not seen as events but as a process in a cycle where the end of one is the beginning of another,\u201d he said while speaking at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Thursday, July 4, during an engagement with the eminent group formed by the Christian Council of Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added&nbsp; \u201cAll the elections for the past almost three years, including internal elections of the parties, the selection of parliamentary candidates, and presidential candidates, have been historically secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an indication of our readiness, working in concert with security forces and more importantly, with patriotic Ghanaians who want to see the country remain at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector General of Police Dr George Akuffu Dampare has said that the Police are ready for the 2024 general elections. 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