Before taking any action, the Ghana Police Service has established a specialist legal squad to investigate all politically linked situations legally to determine if they include elements of crime or not.
As a result, it said that the service would not get involved in any circumstances in which there was no illegal activity.
After meeting with the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to discuss recent political developments, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, issued a statement yesterday in that regard.
"This is a paradigm shift from the practice in the past where people were detained for politically motivated incidents as a matter of urgency," as a consequence of politicians on both sides trying to incite public unrest against the police and give the idea that they are supporting one side against the other.
When there are no legal grounds for charging such individuals, they are finally freed, giving the public the appearance that the police were misled into making the arrests, according to the statement.
"This effort has been utilized to analyze all current occurrences," it said, citing, among other things, remarks made by the Minister of Food and Agriculture and the NDC's Suame constituency youth organizer.
The IGP requested the meeting, which was brought about by press releases from both parties that were released afterwards. by requests for the police department to detain specific people from both political parties for a variety of suspected offenses.
The NDC requested that Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Agriculture and Member of Parliament (MP) for Abetifi, be placed under arrest for reportedly saying that the NPP will never cede power to the NDC.
On the other hand, the NPP responded to the NDC's petition with a similar one, requesting that the police detain Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the national chairman of the NDC, and former president John Dramani Mahama for allegedly making incendiary remarks in the past.
Updates
According to the police, they gave a status report on acts of political violence and other associated offenses that were reported during the most recent internal elections.
They included the detention and prosecution of around 14 NPP members for disruptive behavior during their Enchi constituency election and the detention of nine out of sixteen people sought for disruptive behavior at the NDC's national youth and women organizer polling in Cape Coast.
The public would be properly updated on these matters throughout the week, according to the statement. "An update was also provided on the status of the 2020 general election-related cases, including Techiman South and Odododiodio seats," it stated.
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Once more, the police service announced that it had created a police election security secretariat to collaborate with all political parties and other stakeholders to better manage security for all national elections.
"This is a radical change from the previous regime, in which a task force for election security was assembled only a few months before the general election."
The Police Election Security Secretariat has worked with the various political parties in their respective internal elections from the polling place through the constituency to the national executive elections since it was established more than a year ago, according to the statement.
It further stated that the secretariat was currently coordinating the legislative and presidential primaries with both parties.
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The police statement also stated that both parties were instructed during the meeting that they should "do their politics and let the police do their policing" in light of the new policing initiatives.
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