Kumasi, Jan 12, - A Senior State
Attorney, Mrs. Marie-Louise Simmons, has called for the police to stop the
practice of parading suspected criminals before the media cameras.
The practice, she noted, was not
helpful, as people looking to settle personal scores could take advantage of.
She added that some members of
the public would sometimes want to confirm crimes levelled against certain
arrested suspects based purely on rumours they might have heard about such
suspects.
She was speaking at a day’s
workshop held for senior officers of the Police Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) in the Ashanti Region.
The goal was to build their
capacity to efficiently investigate reported crimes to build strong case and
secure court convictions.
Topics discussed included “who a
criminal investigator is”, “crime scene investigations” “role of crime scene
investigator” and “identification of suspects”.
The Senior State Attorney said it
was important for the investigators to make sure that they did a thorough job
so that no innocent person suffered punishment.
Mrs. Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe, a
High Court Judge and facilitator of the capacity building workshop, asked to
them to carry out proper crime scene investigations and gather enough evidence
to prove their cases in court.
Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP) Peter Baba Atiwiak, the Regional Crime Commander, said, the workshop was
part of steps to sharpen the skills of the investigators.
They were eager to overcome any
shortfalls to enable justice to be served in all cases.
He said with the growing
sophisticated crimes – cybercrimes it was important they stayed ahead of the
miscreants.
The participants raised concerns
about inadequate logistics and personnel and asked that these were
tackled.
GNA
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