{"id":41529,"date":"2022-12-13T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:41:23","slug":"police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas","title":{"rendered":"Police increase vigilance ahead of Chrismas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police have intensified vigilance to curb crime in the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have intensified our crackdown operations on criminality in the run-up to Christmas. As you are aware, this month of December is a holiday season full of parties, celebrations, shopping, and thanksgivings, among others,\u201d Mr Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, said during the police media briefing yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Force will pay close attention to public safety so that the festive season is uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have commenced crackdown operations countrywide that are aimed at tackling crime disorders, burglaries, theft of animals and food, and traffic violations,\u201d Mr Enanga added.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson also said they have increased patrols, visibility and other security interventions that will run through Christmas into the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have sent out teams to partner with all shopping, business centres, markets, and even the transport sector as well as authorities in cities and major towns. We are working with the lord mayor and mayors in other towns to ensure their localities and businesses remain crime-free,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The police warned people who intend to cause trouble or commit crime that they will spend the festive season behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur crackdown operations are by a team of dedicated officers who are prepared to do everything within their means to deliver a safe experience for everyone who is living and working in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Enanga called upon the public to report suspicious people to the nearest police station.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, police without giving figures, said they had registered an increase in victims of cyber fraudsters and conmen ahead of the festive season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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As you are aware, this month of December is a holiday season full of parties, celebrations, shopping, and thanksgivings, among others,\u201d Mr Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":41527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-41529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police increase vigilance ahead of Chrismas - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police have intensified vigilance to curb crime in the festive season. \u201cWe have intensified our crackdown operations on ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police increase vigilance ahead of Chrismas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police have intensified vigilance to curb crime in the festive season. \u201cWe have intensified our crackdown operations on ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-13T17:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-13T17:41:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670938591.33.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police increase vigilance ahead of Chrismas\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-13T17:06:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-13T17:41:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/12\/postQueueImg_1670938591.33.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/police-increase-vigilance-ahead-of-chrismas\",\"name\":\"Police increase vigilance ahead of Chrismas - 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