The IGP, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed that all police
officers on election duties on December 7 should trim their long beards and
wear the prescribed blue-black, black and camouflage uniforms.
This is pursuant to his earlier
announcement about uniforms to be worn by cops for duties on December 7, 2020.
No police officers on election
duties, except those on excuse, should have beards, he said. For those with
medical cover not to shave, he said they should trim their beards.
CID personnel and their PID
counterparts shall bear their identification tags, the IGP directed.
“Under no circumstance should
the brown khaki be entertained even during route marches for the 2020
election,” he stressed.
Continuing, he said, “For the
avoidance of doubt, the appropriate traditional uniforms are blue-black, black
and camouflage.”
Commanders will be sanctioned
alongside defaulting police officers, the IGP warned in his directives to all
the police formations across the country.
Shaving by personnel is a tradition order in the military and
related regimented organisations.
Some personnel are however
exempted from shaving due to medical reasons. Such persons are given doctor’s
excuse shaving permits, as these are called.
The IGP, it seems, does not want
a repeat of the situation which occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon
Constituency by-election during which an allegation made the rounds that some
bearded police officers were deployed for the exercise.
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