THE POLICE TODAY
- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICE
The Ghana Police Service as it is now called has as its motto “Service with Integrity”.
The functions of the Ghana Police Service as stated in the Police Service Act, 1970 [Act 350] of Ghana are as follows;
- Crime detection and prevention
- Apprehension (arrest) and prosecution of offenders
- Maintenance of law and order
- Due enforcement of the law
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- ARCHIVE - 2007/2008
Four suspected armed robbers arrested.
Sekondi, Feb. 13, GNA - A Sekondi High Court has remanded in prison custody four persons suspected to have mounted illegal road blocks, assaulted and robbed their victims of several valuables. They pleaded not guilty to seven counts of robbery, assault, obstruction and would re-appear on February 13. They are Salifu Musah, 23, farmer, Ibrahim Issah, 20, cattle dealer, Wedrago Adama, 21 and Mohammed Gariba, 30, herdsmen. Prosecuting Madam Patience Klinogo, Principal State Attorney, told the court presided over by Mr. Clemence J. Honyenugah that on July 31 last year, the accused persons and others now at large, mounted a road block with logs at Apemanim on the Tarkwa main road, stopped all vehicles, compelled the occupants to disembark, searched their victims and robbed them of money, watches and mobile phones. She said several vehicles fell victim to the group but a taxi driver, on reaching the scene, reversed and informed the police at the Mile 37 Police Station.
When a police patrol teams got to the scene the robbers had fled into a nearby bush but the logs used for the road block were still in place. Madam Klinogo said the police team took up positions at the Apremdo barrier near Kwesiministim and searched vehicles from the Agona Nkwanta, Axim and Tarkwa routes.
A Hyundai bus travelling from Agona Nkwanta to Takoradi arrived at the Apremdo barrier and when a search was conducted on them, the suspects were arrested. A mobile phone and 2.5 million cedis were found on Salifu Musah and he took to his heels but the police aided by some onlookers arrested him.
The four accused persons abandoned their bags and when they were opened police found 3.7 million cedis, four wrist watches, four mobile phones and a talisman.
Source:
GNA
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Armed robber dies in cable theft
Tema, Jan. 19, GNA - One out of three armed robbers in the early hours of Saturday was killed in a shoot-out with Tema police who had laid ambush to cause their arrest for stealing high tension cables in the Tema heavy industrial area.
The two others who sustained bullet wounds managed to escape, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) John Kudalor told newsmen in Tema.
He said following continuous theft of cables belonging to the Ghana Telecommunications (GT) its management lodged complaint with the Police for assistance to track down on the culprits while some monetary offer has been set aside for informants of cable theft. He said as a result, the police had been on the alert, therefore acting upon a tip-off that some people were planning to steal some cables around the Sethi Brothers Limited and Tropical Cables Limited, police personnel were detailed to lay ambush. Between 0300 and 0400 hours of Saturday the armed robbers executed their plan and succeeded in cutting a quantity of the cables but on seeing the police they engaged in a gun battle that claimed one of them while the two took to their heels.
ACP Kudalor said the police would take the finger print of the deceased robber to the forensic laboratory to check if he was known before depositing the body at the morgue for autopsy. Two unused cartridges, two gun shots, a knife, torch light and pliers were found on the deceased who was wearing four different shirts and a coat, the Commander stated, adding that information indicated that the robbers sell the cables at cheaper prices. He appealed to the public to volunteer information on suspicious characters, especially those with wounds to the police, assuring them of not revealing their identities. In another development, armed robbers attacked the residence of the former Tema Regional Police Commander, Mrs Agnes Sikanartey at Sakumono Estates.
There were no casualties but the robbers perforated the building with gun shots and that of the neighbours, Chief Inspector Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, Regional Public Affairs Officer told newsmen. The buildings were also smeared with blood stains, indicating that the robbers were wounded in the attack.
Source:
GNA
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Ashaiman police arrest criminals and prostitutes
Ashaiman, Jan 18, GNA -- The Ashaiman Police have arrested about 20 suspected criminals and 15 prostitutes in a swoop on Thursday evening. The operation which took place around Asensu bar, Lebanon, New Town Bridge, Night Market, Heaven's gate and Odaseni bar was carried out between 2000 to 2300 hours.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Frank Awu, Ashaiman District Police Commander told the GNA on Friday that the operation aimed at clamping down on criminals in the town as Ashaiman has been perceived by many to be a criminal zone.
DSP Awu said the ages of the suspected prostitutes ranged from 20 to 60, adding that five of them were caught in the act inside their cubicles at their hideouts. He said wrappers of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were retrieved from the suspects.
DSP Awu said the suspected criminals would be screened and arraigned, while advice would be sought from the Tema Regional Police Command concerning the fate of the prostitutes. The Ashaiman Commander urged all to volunteer information to the police on activities of suspected criminals and their hideouts for action to be taken on them.
Source:
GNA
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Robber killed in gun battle with police
Juaso (Ash), Jan 15, GNA - The Juaso police on Tuesday killed one armed robber and arrested another at Juaso in the Asante-Akim South District following a gun battle with seven armed robbers. A driver and his mate who sustained gunshot wounds inflicted on them by the robbers are receiving treatment at the Juaso District Hospital while police make effort to arrest the remaining five who fled into a nearby bush.
The robbers mounted a road block at the Breku section of the Kumasi/Accra highway around 0230 hours and robbed passengers of their monies and other property.
Superintendent of Police Francis Oppong, Juaso District Police Commander, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that he received a call from an informant that armed robbers had attacked drivers and passengers at the outskirts of Breku.
He said the robbers had fled when the police got to the scene and the police conveyed the wounded driver and his mate to the hospital. Mr Oppong said moments after the police had returned to the police station, they received information that the robbers were on motorbikes heading towards Kumasi.
He said the police laid ambush at the Juaso junction where a gun battle ensued between them and the robbers leading to the death of one of the robbers.
Among the items retrieved from the robbers were two motorbikes, two SB short guns, three locally-manufactured pistols, two knives, three mobile phones and a cash of GH=A2654.
Source:
GNA
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Residents of Wortoe want police post
Ho, Nov. 15, GNA- Residents of Wortoe, near the Ho Polytechnic, have called on the Ho Municipal Assembly to as a matter of urgency set up a police post in the community to control activities of thieves, armed robbers other criminals in the area. They said houses were raided daily and people attacked and robbed at gun point. The residents some of whom were students of Ho Polytechnic said frequent criminal activities in and around the area were making life uncomfortable and unsafe. The residents said as a result, fear had engulfed the area as they live in constant fear while going about their daily activities. They alleged that criminal activities in the area were always high when Polytechnic students were back on campus and pleaded with the Municipal Assembly to ensure that a police post was provided to protect life and property.
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GNA
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Man kills wife and attempts suicide
Winneba, Dec. 19, GNA - A security officer of the University of Education, Winneba, on Thursday clubbed his 47-year-old wife, Aba Adobaa, to death during a misunderstanding.
Winneba police said the security officer attempted to commit suicide by drinking a poisonous liquid and was taken to the Winneba Government Hospital.
He was later transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and he is said to be responding to treatment.
The police said the deceased father, Opanyin Kofi Afedzie, reported at the station on Thursday that his daughter had been killed by her husband in his room at Kojo Beedu, suburb of Winneba.
The police said when they went to the room they found the woman dead while the husband, suspected to have drank some poisonous substance, was unconscious. The body of Aba Adobaa has been deposited at the Winneba Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy while police investigations continue, he said.
Source:
GNA
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Police hunt for robbery gang
Tepa (Ash), Nov. 6, GNA- Police in the Ahafo Ano North District of Ashanti have launched an intensive search for a gang of armed robbers who had for some time now been operating in the district.
The robbers said to be numbering about eight had within the past months succeeded in robbing passengers who commute between Anyinasu-Jacobu in the district of several millions of cedis and valuable items.
The latest of such robberies occurred on Sunday November 4 at Agyei Kwame Junction when the gang was said to have robbed some passengers travelling from Kumasi to Goaso of an unspecified amount of money and other items.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Stephen Awuah-Baffour, Commander in-Chief of the district told the Ghana News Agency at Tepa that the latest incident occurred at about 23:20 hours and that the robbers used some beams and logs to block the road. He said this compelled the driver of the vehicle to stop, adding that, the robbers then come out of bushes where they had laid ambush to attack the passengers.
ASP Awuah-Baffour stated that the robbers who were in mask and spoke Twi and Hausa ordered the passengers to surrender everything they had on them.
The Police Commander said the robbers shot and wounded some of the passengers during the operation and that all the injured were treated and discharged at a hospital.
He urged the residents to be vigilant and volunteer information that would lead to the arrest of the culprits.
Source:
GNA
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Police offer reward for arrest of hardened criminal
Kumasi, Oct. 12, GNA -
The Ghana Police Service have offered GH=A22,000 as reward to any member of the public that would volunteer information l3eading to the arrest of a suspected hardened criminal who for sometime now had been committing multiple robberies in the Kumasi Metropolis and the Sunyani Municipality.
The suspect according to the police used an unregistered motorbike to undertake his robberies and was believed to be of medium height, fair in complexion and had a tribal mark on his left cheek.
He was said to normally carry out his nefarious activities wielding two AK 47 rifles and also believed to be a Muslim.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Bright Oduro, Ashanti Regional Crime Officer told a press conference in Kumasi on Friday that, the suspect usually embarked on his operations in broad-day light. The wanted suspect, he said, had succeeded in committing about five different serious robberies in Kumasi and many more in Sunyani in recent times, resulting in the death of one person whilst also making away with several millions of cedis and other valuables. ACP Oduro said the latest robbery, which was believed to have been carried out by the suspect occurred at Buoho in the Kwabre District of Ashanti last Thursday where the robber was said to have robbed at gun point three workers of the Gold Crest Security Company of about GH=A2600, shot and injured one of them in the process. "We have mounted an unprecedented hunt for this notorious criminal and expect the public to resolve to give the police the lead to the arrest of this suspect", he noted.
In a related development, the Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested six suspected criminals who were believed to be planning to embark on a robbery in Kumasi on Wednesday. The suspects who were all arrested at Aboabo Number Two, a suburb of Kumasi, include; Nashiru Iddrisu, 20, Adama Ibrahim, 20, Abdul Rashid, 20, Nasim Awudu, 19, Klusaly Ali, 19 and Musa Alhassan, 18. ACP Oduro who briefed the press in Kumasi on the incident said a number of items including, a locally-manufactured pistol, two knives, a cutlass, four live cartridges, a military jacket, among others, were retrieved from them when they were arrested. The police, he said, would soon put them before court after investigations.
Source: GNA
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Committee set up to investigate disturbances at Teleku Bokazo
Nkroful(WR), Oct.12, GNA - A seven-member committee has been established to investigate the cause of the disturbances at Nkroful, Teleku Bokazo and Anwea in the Nzema East District. The committee under the chairmanship of Ms Patience Klinogo, Chief State Attorney in the Region, would also ascertain the number of people whose properties were destroyed, the cost involved and make recommendations to forestall future occurrence to create rapport between the communities and management of Adamus Resources Limited operating in the area.
This was the outcome of a meeting of representatives of the three communities and management of Adamus Resources Limited, convened by the Western Regional Coordinating Council at Nkroful on Thursday. Other members of the committee were representatives of the district assembly, communities, Mineral Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Concerned Youth Association, opinion leaders and assembly members.
Addressing the meeting, Mr Anthony Evans Amoah, Western Regional Minister, asked the committee to work in all the three communities and expected to submit its report within two weeks. He said the committee was established to restore peace in the area and cordial relationship between the company and the communities.
Mr Amoah said although the company had a permit to prospect for gold in the area it should collaborate with the communities. He assured the people of Nkroful that work on the construction of a Jubilee School would resume on November 1 this year.
Mr Amoah suggested that the school should be named after Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's First President.
Mr Freddie Blay, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Ellembele, called on youth leaders in the communities to ensure that the youth act within the law. He assured the people that those whose properties were destroyed would be compensated.
Awulae Annor Adjaye, Omanhene of Western Nzema Traditional Area and President of Nzema Manle Council advised management of the company to refrain from interfering with the construction of the Jubilee School. He urged people in the three communities not to unilaterally oppose private investment.
The people opposed surface mining being undertaken by the company because of lack of land in the area for farming and other productive ventures.
Source:
GNA
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Two Policemen Brutalised
3 October 2007
Two policemen were seriously wounded when the youth of Teleku-Bokazo and Anwia in the Nzema East District of the Western Region went on rampage last Sunday and vented their spleen on employees of a mining company. The po1icemen, Constable Augustine Opoku-Agyeman and L/Cpl Appiah, both of the Mobile Force Unit of the Ghana Police Service in Takoradi, sustained machete wounds and were admitted to the Axim Government Hospital. Lance Corporal Appiah has since been discharged.
The rampaging youth vandalized the property of Adamus Resources Limited, a gold prospecting company, and reportedly seized two AK 47 assault rifles loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition each. The protest, according to sources, was to prevent the company from engaging in surface mining, as well as resettling the inhabitants, who feared that they might lose their identity and also have their water bodies polluted.
Vehicles belonging to the company and the Nzema East District Assembly were also vandalized, while core samples from the prospecting and water pumps were carried away in the confusion.
Officials of the company were said to have held a series of meetings on its operations with 14 selected communities, except the two (Teleku-Bokazo and Anwia). They included Duale, Akango, Salman, Aluku, Kikam, Akropong, Nvuama, Nvenlesolo, Bomoakpole, Avrebo and Adelekazo.
According to the Project Manager of Adamus Resources, Mr Simon E. Meadows-Smith, since the arrival of the company its officials had met with the communities the company had identified for prospecting.
"We have not even been given the license to mine yet. We are only prospecting and it is the outcome of the prospecting that will determine if it will be economically viable to mine," he added.
Asked if the company has plans of resettling the people of Teleku-Bokazo and Anwia, Mr Meadows said of the 14 communities that had been selected for prospecting, only Salma would have its inhabitants resettled.
He was, therefore, surprised that the people were saying that the company wanted to resettle them take over their town. The Community Relations Manager, Mr Patrick Ampong, who made available minutes of various meetings, as well as the letters sent to communities for meetings, said the main aim of the company was to ensure that the majority of the people who would work for the mines would come from the communities.
"As a result, we have started a programme to train the youth in various technical areas that will be useful for the company and benefit the communities," he said.
Meanwhile, the farmers’ group at Teleku-Bokazo has, in a letter signed by Mr Joseph S Anwanzi, called on the group calling itself the Youth and Concerned Citizens of Teleku-Bokazo to halt the harassment of workers of Adamus Resources.
"We want to make it clear to you that you are not our financiers and, therefore, you have no right to fight on our behalf," the letter said.
Meanwhile, the police have arrested 18 people to assist in investigations into the acts of vandalism.
Source:
Daily Graphic
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Police warned against settlement of defilement and rape cases at home
Winneba, Sept. 16, GNA - Mr. Jordan Quaye, Winneba District Police Commander, has said rapes and defilement cases were serious offences and should not be settled at home.
He said anybody who attempted to collect any form of compensation on behalf of any rape or defilement victims should be reported to the police.
Mr Quaye told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Winneba on Saturday that between January and September the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Police in Winneba recorded 3 rape and 7 defilement cases.
The cases are pending at the Agona Swedru circuit court. Mr Quaye appealed to the people in the district to help the law enforcement agencies to eliminate the practices completely in the district.
He said the district police command was not happy with the way children roamed "dangerously in the streets" and appealed to parents to take full control of their children.
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GNA
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20 Policemen Share One Room
3 September 2007
Overcrowding of suspects and prisoners in detention cells and prisons has grown to unacceptable proportions in Ghana bringing up the questions of human rights of people in custody. But there is an even major overcrowding “problem” and that has to do with the law enforcing agencies themselves.
At the Nima Divisional Police Station in Accra, due to acute accommodation shortage, about 20 police personnel are compelled to squeeze themselves into one room.
Those who cannot succumb to these humiliating living conditions shelter with their relatives and friends. A top police officer at the Nima Police Station who revealed the situation to ADM said the lack of restful sleep, due to the overcrowding and lack of required logistics at the unit and other stations grossly affect their performance. “The police have been quiet and not complaining, so people do not know much about the actual problems we have. I think it is better to let the public know and understand the situation, so that, they don’t think we have the tools but we are not working”.
The officer said police personnel are working 12 hours a day, instead of the normal working hours of eight. “Definitely this will affect us”, the officer said, “if our people get good rest and all the needed logistics are in place, the police will work better than the public would even expect from them”. The officer appealed to what he called well-meaning Ghanaians and wealthy people within the society to contribute generously to the Police Service, so that they can give back better service.
A Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Angwubutoge Awuni speaking on television last week also raised the same issue. He told the ADM that the Police Administration was aware of conditions at the station and efforts are being made to improve conditions. He said the Inspector General of Police last month requested a list of personnel who are not accommodated to be factored into the plans of the service. To beef the workforce of the police, the government decided to recruit about 2000 personnel every year, but this move is facing problems due to accommodation problems.
“We need re-orientation. It takes a long time before refresher courses are organized, it is important to take people to the classroom and refresh their minds on current laws especially those on human rights to make us more effective and efficient”.
The Police Service has come under criticism for some time now, in one way or the other, over it perceived inability to manage situation in the country. However, what has been hyped as a face saver for their non-performance is the under resourced circumstances under which it operates.
Some of the problems that have not enabled them to be up-to-the-task include the lack of vehicles, communication gadgets, personnel, accommodation among other security equipment. Even though it is the responsibility of the government to see to the wellbeing of the police service as a public institution, since the police are responsible to install peace and order in the society, it is also wise for the general public to do what they could to assist the service, perhaps contributing their widow’s might to the Police Fund.
Source:
Accra Mail
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68 Police Officers Fired
Sixty eight police officers have been dismissed from the Police Service so far this year for gross misconduct. These include 10 dismissals in August alone. The acting Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Samuel Kwesi Ofori, disclosed this to the Times yesterday after the Inspector General of Police had held an emergency meeting with officers of the Police Motor Traffic Transport Unit.
Gross misconduct is breaking the rules or not following the laid down regulations.The August dismissals include two senior officers, Superintendent Osei Assibey Ahenkan, Akropong, Divisional Commander and Assistant Superintendent of Police Stephen Anane Boye Tetteh, Akosombo District Commander. The two officers, as well as Constables Bright Odoi Nkansah and Raphael Batsa, were alleged to have intercepted two cars loaded with contraband cigarettes at the Atimpoku Toll Bridge but failed to forward the car carrying the goods to the Police Headquarters.
The six others alleged to have deserted their post and gone to Axim to escort cocaine allegedly dumped there by dealers. They are: General Constables Dennis Agyemang, Mensah Gray, Gideon Sakabitu George Obuobi and Lance Corporals Daniel Kagya and Ebenezer Quao Afachao. General Constable Daniel Mensah who was alleged to be part of the team that went to Axim was acquitted and discharged because it was found that he was genuinely on leave and also, no weapon was found on him whereas his colleges went there with weapons. Quoting the IGP, he said that the Police Administration will not shelve or compromise on any personnel or officer who will fall foul against the regulations of the Service.
In recent times, the Police Service has come under serious criticism from the public over the misconduct of some officers and he said if not checked such actions will dent the image and reputation of the service. He said last year, a total of 66 Police officers as against 49 in 2005 and 12 in 2004, respectively were dismissed from the service for gross misconduct which included extortion, bribery and abuse of human rights including assault. DSP Ofori noted that the Police Administration has taken a serious look at the behaviours, operations and activities of personnel of the service saying that “the Police Administration will leave no stone unturned in the discharge of its duties.”
Touching on the IGP’s meetings with the personnel of the Police MTTU, he said the Police administration will deal ruthlessly with any personnel of that unit who engages in unlawful practices. He spoke about complaints from drivers about tactics used by some policemen to force them to offer them bribes. These include the removal or collection of roadworthy stickers’ vehicle licences and insurance stickers. DSP Ofori said the IGP has charged officers to relay messages to their subordinates to desist from such acts and warned drivers to also desist from giving money to policemen when they are arrested.
Source:
Ghanaian Times
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Four Top Cops Retired
Manfo, Akrofi, Yakubu, Tandoh, Avuyi Exit
... Date of birth change did no help
The Police Council after meeting last Friday finally concluded to retire four top police officers whose retirement in the Ghana Police Service had long elapsed but were still at post on contract.
The four included the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, Dr. Kofi Kesse Marfo, the Accra Regional Commander, DCOP Douglas Akrofi Asiedu aka charge, the Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit, ACP Victor Tandoh and the Kaneshie Divisional Commmander, Madam Fati.
Meanwhile the Director-General of Police in charge of Operations, DCOP Jonathan Yakubu who was supposed to have retired on April 17 has left the Service to begin serve with the United Nations in Liberia.
The Inspector General of Police has as well directed 16 other officers of the ranks, Commissioners, Assist Commissioners and Chief Superintendents to proceed on their compulsory retirement.
The Chronicle gathered that the Lone Ranger in the Police Service, Supt Paul Avuyi, the District Commander of Jasikan has voluntarily gone on Retirement after enduring years of frustrations, fighting alleged injustice in the Police Service.
Dr. K. K. Manfo's (pictured) petition to the Police Council last year that his original date of birth was July 21, 1950 and not July 23, 1947 as he had previously inserted personally in his records in the Service, failed to fly.
Dr. Marfo, a high profile officer who recently survived a scare over his son's suspected implication in a UK bombing incident despite the controversy that erupted on his birth date, was recognized as a great police officer.
He was the Accra Regional Commander, crime, and was reduced drastically until he was promoted to head Police Operations at the Police headquarters. For a very long time he was the only police officer with a doctorate degree in Africa until this record was broken by one other African.
Schools attended include, Achiase L.A Middle School, Nkwanta Training College, University of Ghana.
Some of the certificates he held include B.A(Hons), M.A/M Phil and Doctor of Philosophy.
The exit of DCOP Akrofi would be a great joy for some members of the opposition parties, the Committee for Joint Action (CJA), some student bodies and a section of the press since he has been a thorn on their flesh.
The CJA for instance has publicly castigated him for restraining them on some occasions when they decided to embark on demonstrations.
He is currently battling with this paper in court over allegations against him which he claims are libelous.
Nevertheless he has been able to hold the front remarkably after he took over from ACP Jonathan Kofi Boakye. Crime, in the region is currently down. ACP Yakubu joined the Services in 1947. Since then he rose through the ranks to the position of Deputy Commissioner.
He was the Nima Divisional Commander and was subsequently transferred to head Tema Region after which he was sent to the Police Headquarters to take over from ACP Kofi Boajkye when he was asked to proceed on leave.
So far he has been able to take over, recently he moved in to Kumasi when information was rife that Ashanti Region was now on top regarding crime.
Since then latest statistic indicates that reported cases of crime in the region has reduced from 47 robbery cases in 15th May to June 17 to 15 cases from 18th june to July 20.
ACP Tandoh would be missed by all for his humility in addressing motor accidents, since he assumed that position he has sensitized the public about traffic road regulations and precautions to avoid accidents.
He would always move in personally to accident spots to put his expertise to play.
Supt Avuyi became a hero when he stated in a petition to the President that the Police Service was sick in the mid 90s He was demoted from the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), however, he was vindicated by the Archer Commission that was set up to investigate his Statement. The recommendations were largely adopted as most of his statements were recommendations to help the Service move ahead..
Supt Avuyi's 34 years in police service has seen modest contributions in the service by him.
In 1999, he initiated and facilitated a British High Commission funding for a scooping study on police service records management restructuring project.
In 2001, he went to the United Nations International Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) office in Accra to arrange funding for a child protection-training course for junior officers, which is ongoing.
In 2002 at the height of violent crimes, he facilitated arrangements for sponsorship by the Metro TV for a crime prevention education programme, dubbed, "the police and you" and he was the brain behind the creation of a records centre or archives at the basement of the police headquarters building.
He was the initiator of the development of a strategy for encouraging the growth of neighbourhood watch schemes which saw about 50 inspectors selected from all the police regions on crime prevention neighbourhood.
He has been a critic of the previous IGPs whom he served but for now has never made any attack on the current IGP.
He retired immediately he returned from the African Union Peace Keeping in Darfur, Sudan.
Now the position of Deputy IGP in charge of Operations is obviously up for grabs but this position is the prerogative of the government. Now the candidates include, Paul Quaye, Adu Gyimah, Brakatue, Arthur, and S.B Mettle since they are all Commissioners.
Police authorities have failed to respond to questions pertaining to the order to proceed on retirement issue on the grounds that it was an internal issue.
Source:
Ghanaian Chronicle
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