Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Robert Ayalingo, Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Commander on Tuesday said a well equipped joint operation centre would be established at the Regional Police Headquarters to receive information on all issues on the elections on Friday, December 7.
It would include a sub-committee on media, intelligence investigations, legal and prosecution.
DCOP Ayalingo said the centre would coordinate and monitor the elections to respond quickly and nib any electoral violence in the bud as well as periodic briefing to the press on situational reports.
He was speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Sunyani on measures instituted to ensure violence free elections in the Region.
DCOP Ayalingo urged the media to be closer to the centre for reliable information but not rely on the general public for false information likely to create tension in the Region.
He said more than 300 security personnel would be dispatched from Accra after the special voting to beef up the 2,800 personnel to cover the 2,740 polling stations in the Region.
DCOP Ayalingo said two security personnel would be positioned in each of the 540 flash points identified.
He pointed out that Special Task Force Personnel from Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) and Special Weapon and Tactics Unit (SWAT) trained to handle riots would be deployed to the flash points to ensure the electorate exercised their franchise without fear and intimidation.
DCOP Ayalingo said 10 sports utility vehicles had been acquired for the Brong-Ahafo Regional Security Task Force for monitoring on December 7.
Seventy-four pickups from public institutions and 20 buses had been mobilized in addition to 75 Police vehicles to enhance operations in the flash points.
DCOP Ayalingo said the Police Administration had made provision for all the necessary logistics support for effective and efficient performance on Election Day.
He said all health institutions in the Region had been contacted to ensure the availability of health personnel to attend to emergencies in addition to 15 ambulances available for the 29 constituencies in the Region.
On security personnel, who could not trace their names for the Tuesday Special Voting, DCOP Ayalingo said a list had been compiled and would be on duty at polling stations closer to where they registered to enable them exercise their franchise on December 7. while performing their duties efficiently.
He pointed out that some Regional commanders of security agencies failed to submit their names when they were being compiled, while some cases were genuine omissions on the part of the Electoral Commission (EC).
GNA
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