Police To Recruit 2,000 This Year

Saturday February 06, 2010
By Anita Nyarko

Two thousand people are expected to be recruited into the Ghana Police Service (GPS) this year to augment the work of the service, the Vice president, John Dramani Mahama has announced.

Addressing the 2009 annual WASSA programme of the Service in Accra on Friday, he said work at the forensic laboratory was almost complete to help police personnel investigations into murders, rape, finger printing and DNA tests.

He said “Money has been budgeted to finish all the police service projects in the country to accommodate all officers who would be brought into the service.”

It was important to provide personnel with logistics, uniform and transport to facilitate their work.

He said WASSA was important because it help promote socialization among personnel after a year long strenuous work.

Mr. Mahama recalled that few years back Ghana’s image was dented with drug deals but the present administration has been able to clamp down on the narcotic trade due to the help of the security service.

He tasked the service further to clamp down on criminal activities so that the public can feel secure.

The Vice President tasked the police to show professionalism in their work and advised them to desist from taking bribe and all social vices.

The out going Minister of Interior, Cletus Avorka in an address said government was pleased with the police administration’s disciplinary measures to rid the service of undesirables.

He said the GPS currently has a total strength of 23,881 personnel out of which 4,791 are women.

Mr Avorka said the “perennial problem of inadequate budgetary allocation with the consequent insufficient logistical support for the police service has over the years almost become household complaints.”

He said “Government has taken cognisance of these constraints as they relate especially to vehicles, communication and other forms of security equipment which are very crucial to effective enforcement of law and order.”
The Director-General of Welfare,DCOP Dr Peter Wiredu in his address said the capital cities of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and other major metropolitan cities and towns were the major targets of violent

He said the robberies created an atmosphere of panic, anxiety and fear among citizenry, adding that in resolving them the police collaborated with other sister security services particularly the military and took the fight to the criminals

“I will therefore entreat my fellow officers and men not to be complacent, there are still many more challenges ahead, we must continue what we have started and sustain it with improved strategies”. he added

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