Takoradi, Nov. 29, - The Western
Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mr Kwasi Mensah Duku, has stated that modern
policing is not the preserve of Police Administration but a shared
responsibility between the police and the public.
He in this regard urged the
police to nurture public trust by holding themselves to the highest standard of
performance, professionalism, integrity and ethics.
DCOP Duku said this at the
opening of a day’s sensitisation workshop on the “Ghana Police Transformation
Agenda”, for senior police officers and district commanders drawn from all the
districts in the Western Region in Takoradi.
He noted that “some police
personnel frequently resist change and prefer the status quo, we know the
police culture is tremendously strong, but remember that a huge ship can be
turned by a small rudder”
DCOP Duku tasked them to accept
the fact that change was occurring and would continue to occur and that the
successful implementation of the Transformational Agenda would require a
complete personnel philosophical and attitudinal change in the members of the
service.
The training workshop Sponsored
by the Hans Seidel Foundation, a German Organisation is to enable the police officers understand the Transformation Agenda and
in turn train other policemen to
make the Ghana Police service the best
in Africa and the best 10 in the world.
The Regional Police Commander
noted that over the last three decades, the world had changed rapidly and
significantly due to ICT, demographic changes, shifting values and Citizen fear
of crime, emergence of internet, computers, e-commerce, e-banking are all
evident of global.
He said crime had also become
more sophisticated than ever, which he noted called for a paradigm shift in the
approach to the performance of police duties and that the Ghana Police service
therefore cannot continue to discharge their duties in the same old way, “we
cannot simply lag behind the modernisation of our communities”.
DCOP Duku pointed out that it was
in view of this that police administration rolled out the Transformational
programmes that intend to make the Ghana police service the best in Africa and
one of the top 10 organizations in the world.
“The Transformational agenda is
for all of us, we should know that everyone, police officers and citizens needs
to feel a sense of ownership and achievement, we must be driven by our vision
and mission statement to enhance the quality delivery service, investigation
problems as well as incidents seeking solutions and fostering a sense of
security in our communities and among individuals”.
He urged them to take the
workshop seriously and endeavour to educate and share their experiences with
their colleagues, subordinates, opinion leaders and business communities.
DCOP Duku commended Hans Seidel
Foundation for sponsoring the workshop and pledged that the funds invested in
the workshop would yield remarkable results.
Dr Klaus Gruetjen,
Representative-West Africa, Hans Seidel Foundation commended the police for
availing themselves for the training and that his outfit would continue to sponsor the programme to ensure that Ghanaian police were well
trained to meet the needs of the citizenry.
He said Ghanaian police had
performed creditably and professionally in their duties and encouraged them to
let their professionalism be felt in the sub-region and in the international
circles.
Dr Gruetjen hinted that the
Foundation would extend the training workshops to other West African countries
such as; Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo and Benin, adding that they would soon
move to chad to also support the Chadian police.
He said the foundation was not
only supporting the training
programme, but was also into the
creation of platforms, lobbying and
networking and urged the Ghanaian police to endeavour to maintain their standards in the international arena.
ACP Dr Benjamin Kwasi Agordza,
Director of the Transformation Agenda Officer said to meet the international
standards of policing, it was important for the Ghanaian police to make some
changes in their way of doing things, which he noted should start with
attitudinal change, hence the Transformational Agenda.
He said the change of attitude by
the officers would bring sanity into the police service and urged them to take
the training seriously.
Present at the workshop was ACP
David Eklu, Director- General in charge of Public Affairs and Aridja Frank,
Regional Coordinator of Hans Seidel Foundation.
GNA
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