LG polls: Over 8,000 policemen on alert July 23 2011

The police Department said around 8,000 policemen and 500 Special Task Force (STF) personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order in the areas that polls are being held.

Police media spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said the security in hot spots identified by the Commissioner of Elections have been strengthened. He said extra security measures were in Ruwanwella and Chilaw, as the highest incidents of election violations were reported from those areas and Kaduwela.