THE Ghana Police Service has announced that it has dismissed some forty-one (41) police trainees from the various police training schools across the country. These police recruits, we understand, were sacked on grounds of allegedly using fake certificates to be recruited into the Service. ACCORDING to the Director of the Public Affairs Directorate of the … Read more
Forty-one police trainees have been dismissed from police training schools for allegedly using fake certificates to get recruited into the Ghana Police Service. Out of the number, 22 trainees were dismissed from the Puwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region, 10 from the Kumasi Police Training School in the Ashanti Region, five from … Read more
The Police Service has dismissed assertions that the 41 recruits who were sacked for forging documents to be accepted into the force present a security risk to the country, having received some training by the service. Security expert Nana Owusu Sekyere, speaking to Class News, had shared concerns over the development, adding that the country’s … Read more
Forty-one police trainees have been dismissed from police training schools for allegedly using fake certificates to get recruited into the Ghana Police Service. Out of the number, 22 trainees were dismissed from the Puwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region, 10 from the Kumasi Police Training School in the Ashanti Region, five from … Read more
The East Legon Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Emmanuel Basintale, and his four police accomplices are to face a police service enquiry for misconduct following their alleged involvement in a GH¢1.3 million gold deal. The five, who were arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, have been … Read more
East Legon Police commander Emmanuel Basintale and three other officers at that station have been arrested for their roles in a gold fraud. The four are said to be part of a gold fraud syndicate duping several gold dealers of amounts running into several millions of cedis. A year- long investigation by the Criminal Investigative … Read more
The East Legon Police commander Emmanuel Basintale and three other officers at that station have been arrested for their roles in a gold fraud. The four are said to be part of a gold fraud syndicate duping several gold dealers of amounts running into several millions of cedis. A year long investigation by the Criminal … Read more
DSP Emmanuel Basintale, commander in-charge of the East Legon Police Station and six other junior police officers have been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for their alleged involvement in a gold fraud. The seven police officers, according to police reports, connived with seven civilians to defraud some gold … Read more
Five policemen, including the East Legon District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Emmanuel Basintale, and four civilians have been arrested in connection with a number of alleged fraudulent gold deals running into several millions of Ghana cedis. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service which effected the arrests has … Read more
More than hundred cops serving under the Ghana Police Service have been dismissed by the Police Administration following various offences committed by them. The Public Relations Officer,(PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, Supt. Cephas Arthur told Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM that the affected officers were implicated in acts of corruption … Read more
GLICO LIFE, a leading name and brand of choice in Ghana’s life insurance market, has presented one thousand (1,000) reflective jackets to the Ghana Police Service. This donation was in line with fulfilling its corporate social responsibility in the area of social protection and community involvement. Presenting the reflective jackets, Group Head, Corporate Affairs and … Read more
The Police Administration has cautioned the public to be cautious of rumors indicating a possible recruitment exercise by the police administration. In a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs for the service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur he indicated that the scheduled period for official recruitments by the service is not due, hence the need … Read more
Following the Valentine’s Day assault on an alleged female thief at Kejetia, police in the Ashanti regional capital have rounded up 20 persons for questioning, Adehye FM’s Elisha Adarkwa has reported. According to him, the suspects were picked up on Tuesday February 21 at the Danyame lorry station in the central business district of Adum … Read more
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, has described as “criminal” the recent mob action by some residents of Kumasi against a woman alleged to have stolen an amount of Gh¢1,100. The Police PRO was speaking on Accra-based Class FM’s Executive Morning Show yesterday. He warned that the Ashanti Regional Police Command … Read more
All the perpetrators who manhandled a young lady who was accused of stealing GHS1,100 at Kejetia, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, will be identified and dealt with accordingly, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has assured. According to him, police have access to the video of … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has bemoaned the conduct of instant justice meted out to individuals suspected to be criminals and has cautioned the public to desist from the act. A press release signed by Director of Public Affairs Superintendent Cephas Arthur stated: “One of such cases is an incident where a lady alleged to have … Read more
The Police administration says it is employing the use of technology to arrest and prosecute persons who exact what has become known as instant justice on suspected criminals. “The Police has commenced an exercise, employing the use of modern technology, including cameras to arrest and prosecute all persons who take the law into their own … Read more
Whenever I see or hear the name ‘Ghana’ appearing in the name of an institution, it reminds me of a true story of a senior at the then Sunyani Secondary School [SUSEC]. This senior in question we were told was a class prefect. For the purpose of this piece, I will name him Jimmy. Most … Read more
ON Friday, February 3, 2017 the Ghana Police Service sent home some two hundred and six (206) new police recruits. The reason for that action by the police hierarchy was that these recruits had entered the service with fictitious certificates. THERE were also among these sacked recruits who did not meet the minimum qualification requirement … Read more
EXECUTIVE Director of the Institute of Governance and Security (IGS), David Agbey, has described the decision by the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, to make major changes in the Police Service, following his appointment as a laudable initiative. According to him, the changes should not come as a surprise to Ghanaians since transfers … Read more