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NATIONAL POLICE COMMAND CONFERENCE
His Excellency, the Vice President, John Dramani Mahama has re-iterated government’s commitment to non-interference in the operations of the Police Service. In his speech at the National Police Command Conference at the Police Headquarters on Friday, 22nd January 2010, the Vice President said “as a government we don’t intend to politicize the Police.
Delivering his speech at the Conference, which was under the theme: “Establishing Total Control in the Fight against Armed Robbery and Regaining Public Confidence and Trust” the Hon. Minister for the Interior, Mr. Cletus Avoka congratulated personnel of the Service for the success they chalked in armed robbery combat last year.
The Minister also used the opportunity to entreat all commanders of the Service to be proactive and work harder, adding that promotion and recognition will be performance based.
Touching on the perennial accommodation problem facing the Service, Honourable Cletus Avoka said that Parliament has given approval for budget to complete all suspended or abandoned Police projects. He also emphasized the commitment of government to provide the Police with their needs, both in terms of man-power and logistics for effective operations.
On his part, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye touched on the 5-year Strategic Plan to be rolled out by the Service this year, which is mainly aimed at raising the Police Service to a world class standard.
The IGP lamented the negative perception some members of the public have about the Police and said that the Police Administration had launched an image-cleansing crusade to correct the impression, be it true or false.
He also touched on the state of insecurity, anxiety and fear brought by the activities of armed robbers that gripped the people of the country by the second quarter of 2009, and the efforts the Police and the other security agencies made to bring the situation under control, to bring relief to the people.
The conference which was attended by all Regional Police Commanders and other Unit Commanders took stock of Police operations and activities for the past year, and forged a way ahead for this year.
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