{"id":8452,"date":"2025-10-17T12:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:08:13","slug":"press-statement-16th-october-2025-the-zrp-assures-zimbabweans-of-peace-and-security-on-17th-october-2025-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 &#8211; THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong> assures all Zimbabweans and visitors that comprehensive security measures have been put in place to ensure peace, law, and order prevails before, during and after <strong>17<sup>th<\/sup> October 2025<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In line with the police\u2019s constitutional mandate to maintain law and order, safeguard lives and property, the <strong>Commissioner-General of Police<\/strong> has deployed officers nationwide to protect the public and key infrastructure in all the provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public are implored to go about their daily activities without fear. All essential services, including schools, businesses, public transport and government institutions, will continue to operate as usual.<\/p>\n<p>The public is urged not to be misled or intimidated by rumours, misinformation, or threats circulating on social media platforms. Acts of violence, threats, vandalism, or incitement to commit crime will be severely dealt with in line with the country\u2019s laws<\/p>\n<p>Any attempts to engage in unlawful demonstrations, gatherings, or processions will be met with the full wrath of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabweans should feel free to report any suspicious activities, threats, or disturbances affecting their socio-economic activities to any nearest police station, or contact the National Complaints Desk on <strong>024 270 3631<\/strong> or WhatsApp at <strong>071 280 0197<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(NYATHI. P)<\/strong> Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Chief Staff Officer <strong>(Press and Public Relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the <strong>Commissioner-General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police assures all Zimbabweans and visitors that comprehensive security measures have been put in place to ensure peace, law, and order prevails before, during and after 17th October 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police assures all Zimbabweans and visitors that comprehensive security measures have been put in place to ensure peace, law, and order prevails before, during and after 17th October 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T12:06:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T12:08:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452\",\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-17T12:06:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T12:08:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 &#8211; THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"description\":\"ZRP\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18\",\"name\":\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3a3fae625a5f1135fd6e17c518d7247f0cc1aebff5b8946693e7f8c52eaae24?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3a3fae625a5f1135fd6e17c518d7247f0cc1aebff5b8946693e7f8c52eaae24?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police","og_description":"The Zimbabwe Republic Police assures all Zimbabweans and visitors that comprehensive security measures have been put in place to ensure peace, law, and order prevails before, during and after 17th October 2025.","og_url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452","og_site_name":"Zimbabwe Republic Police","article_published_time":"2025-10-17T12:06:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-17T12:08:13+00:00","author":"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452","url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452","name":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 - THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND - Zimbabwe Republic Police","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-17T12:06:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T12:08:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8452#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PRESS STATEMENT\u00a0: 16TH OCTOBER 2025 &#8211; THE ZRP ASSURES ZIMBABWEANS OF PEACE AND SECURITY ON 17TH OCTOBER 2025 AND BEYOND"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/","name":"Zimbabwe Republic Police","description":"ZRP","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/d81a69846c6967caf1827072f6f8de18","name":"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3a3fae625a5f1135fd6e17c518d7247f0cc1aebff5b8946693e7f8c52eaae24?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3a3fae625a5f1135fd6e17c518d7247f0cc1aebff5b8946693e7f8c52eaae24?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"zrpadm1n zrpadm1n"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw"],"url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?author=3"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8453,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions\/8453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}