Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday saw the passing of the 51st Cadet Officers’ Graduation of the Ghana Police Academy in Accra.
The event saw the graduation of some 308 police officers commissioned into the ranks of Deputy Superintendent of Police and Assistant Superintendents of Police.
According to Dr. Bawumia the government will continue to resource the Police Service in its quest to become a world class Police institution.
This will make the Police continue to receive the needed infrastructure, resources and motivation necessary to effectively maintain law and order in line with its constitutional mandate.
He is quoted as having said that additional infrastructure such as lecture/syndicate rooms, ultra-modern auditorium and residential accommodation are being put up at the Academy to contain the increasing number of officers admitted to the Academy.
Within the year, the government even in the face of budgetary constraints recently procured over 2000 motorbikes for the Police to strengthen its on-going crime prevention/visibility operational initiatives within the framework of promoting democratic policing in the country.
“As a result of this intervention, communities which hitherto were not easily accessible can have their share of police presence due to the better maneuverability capabilities of these motorbikes. As His Excellency the President promised during the handing over of the motorbikes, some 3000 more will be added to bring the number to 5000 to ensure that no community is left out.”
About 200 pick-up vehicles have also been procured for the Police to be used by Regional Formed Police Units (FPUs) soon to be deployed to about one hundred and forty (140) locations across the country, the Vice President disclosed further.
These deployments are going to lead to a significant boost in the quality of policing on all highways across the country to enable everyone go about their daily activities in safety.”
The paper applauds the government in its quest to equip the security agency in every facet of its operations.
Beyond the fine offices and the state of the art equipment must be professionalism and exemplary law-abiding officers for others to emulate.
We hold that as professionals, they must always remember to treat people the way they wish to be treated, especially in enforcing the law, be fair, firm and fearless.
We also urge the public to collaborate with the Police and the other security agencies to ensure national security in view of the collective roles we all have to play towards building safer communities.
