The Yunyoo-Nasuan District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has held a police-community dialogue session as part of efforts to promote peaceful coexistence.
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It created the platform, where personnel of the Ghana Police Service and community members in the district interacted to defuse suspicion and build trust to improve Police-community relations and confidence.
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The event, held at Nasuan, with support from the European Union, focused on preventing and containing violent extremism.
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Participants included representatives of political parties, traditional authorities, religious leaders, women and youth groups amongst others.
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Corporal Hamidu Abdul Aziz, who represented the Yunyoo-Nasuan District Police Commander, educated participants on Police-community relations and the need for community members to offer support to the Police by volunteering information to make the area safe.
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He encouraged community members to be vigilant to report suspicious characters to the Police to act on through investigations.
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Mr. James Wajar, Headmaster, Nasuan Senior High School, also took participants through community and Police relations, emphasising the need for collaboration to safeguard lives and property.
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He told the people to see the police as partners in development and support them in their work.
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Mr. Wilberforce Zangina, North East Regional Director, NCCE, encouraged community members to collaborate with the Police to ensure peaceful elections this year.Â