Bolgatanga, Feb. 20, - Mr George
Kpodo, Chief State Attorney in Bolgatanga, has called on the Police
Administration to resource the Upper East region with police investigators to
help expedite various investigations.
He said the region lacked
competent police investigators and very serious crimes were investigated and
handled by junior police officers.
Mr Kpodo made this known during
an interaction with the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Ms Gloria
Akuffo, who was in Bolgatanga last week on a working visit to the Region.
Mr Kpodo said the inability of
the Police to present trained and qualified prosecutors to handle cases at the
courts is a concern and called on the Police Administration to expedite action
on the matter.
He said the Attorney General only
acted on cases when these cases are investigated by the Police.
He said in spite of the
challenges confronting the AG’s office in the region- keeping only two lawyers-
the office does not compromise on law and order in the region.
Mr Kpodo said various challenges
confronting the Department include office accommodation, delays in staff
allowances; during the visit of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice
she also saw the only vehicle of the office which was more than 10 years old
and was draining coffers of the office from regular breakdowns.
He said shortage of staff in the
region was hampering work, because some had retired and those vacancies were
not filled and added that the region had only two lawyers managing the
Department.
We need an additional five
lawyers to strengthen the office, he said.
Police Superintendant Samuel
Punopyin Tibil, Bolgatanga Municipal Police Commander, urged police officers
posted to rural and deprived areas to take up transfers to offer their services
and help improve on the work of the police administration.
GNA
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