{"id":58368,"date":"2024-12-23T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58368"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:24:29","slug":"fct-police-deploy-3180-officers-for-christmas-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/23\/fct-police-deploy-3180-officers-for-christmas-security\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Police Deploy 3,180 Officers for Christmas Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has deployed 3,180 officers to ensure safety during the Christmas celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Approved by the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, the operation focuses on securing places of worship, event centers, and public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh confirmed the deployment targets high-risk areas, including black spots, uncompleted buildings, and shanties.<\/p>\n<p>Measures include Rapid Response Squads, Tactical Teams, stop-and-search operations, vehicular and foot patrols, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), sweeps of critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The police will also collaborate with other security agencies to enhance public safety.<\/p>\n<p>CP Disu urged cooperation from religious leaders and recreational facility managers and discouraged the use of fireworks to prevent panic.<\/p>\n<p>He extended Christmas greetings to FCT residents, assuring them of the command&#8217;s dedication to their safety during the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Command has deployed 3,180 officers to ensure safety during the Christmas celebrations. Approved by the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu, the operation focuses on securing places of worship, event centers, and public spaces. Command spokesperson Josephine Adeh confirmed the deployment targets high-risk areas, including black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58370,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58368\/revisions\/58370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}