The Inspector-General?of Police,?Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, has urged personnel?of the service to?embrace the wind of?change blowing in the?Ghana police service and?contribute their quota to?its success.
The IGP charged the?personnel to eschew practices?of yesteryears which?draw the Service back.
He particularly called?on personnel to undertake?initiatives to improve the?lot of the Service, and not?wait for funds from the?central government before?doing something.
Mr Alhassan made the?call when the Public Confidence?Re-affirmation?train got to the Volta?Region on Tuesday, October?7, 2014. In the region,?two durbars were held in?Hohoe and Ho for the?propagation of Public?Confidence Re-affirmation?message. The Inspector-?General of Police also took?the opportunity to further?educate the personnel on?the newly introduced?patrol system, which he?said forms the nerve of?policing. He emphasized?preventive policing much?against reactive one,?which focuses more on?looking for perpetrators?after a crime has been?committed.
The personnel of the?Service were also apprised?of welfare packages being?put in place by the Police?Administration to cater?for their welfare and to?ensure that they give off?their maximum output. Among these are housing?scheme, residential accommodation?and improvement?of sanitation facilities?at the barracks.
Taking their turns, the?Director-General/Services,?COP/Mr James?Oppong-Boanuh, Director-?General/Finance, COP/Dr?George Akuffo Dampare?and Director-?General/Public Affairs?Department, DCOP/Rev?David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin?advised personnel to?be proud of the Service?and carry out their duties?in a way that would not?bring the name of the?Police Service into disrepute.
The Commissioners?also called on personnel to?see their profession as a
calling by God to whom?they are accountable.
So far, this is the?eighth region to which the?IGP has carried the Public?Confidence Re-affirmation?programme, though it has?been launched in all the?eleven Police regions
