Tema, May 6,- The Tema Regional
Police Commander has hinted on the use of drone technology to detect and combat
crime as part of his efforts to make the region safe.
Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCOP) Nana Hinneh Asomah says he has personally acquired a drone which is
being configured at the National Police headquarters to commence the business
of providing security to the region.
He made this known on Friday when
he briefed the press on the arrest of some suspected criminals during a swoop
on Tulaku in Ashaiman, and how drones would aid in such activities.
DCOP Asomah told of a police
swoop on Tulaku a community in Ashaiman upon intelligence that criminal
activities were going on there.
He informed that based on the
exercise which was led by the Deputy Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Boadu
Pepra, the police arrested nine persons who were “currently in our custody
while we screen them, and at the end of the screening we will send those found
culpable to court.”
He said the Police retrieved
compressed substances suspected to be cannabis, a lot of double-edged knives,
mobile phones among other items.
According to him, “The signal we
are sending out there is that we are not going to rest; we are going to move
from community to community to identify where these criminals are and move in
on them.”
Responding to what he was doing
to prevent the police officers themselves from taking part in criminal
activities, he said, “It’s a human institution so obviously we will get some
bad nuts among us; but our system is such that if you are found out, the law
will deal with you.”
He added that, “We are engaging
them, we are talking to them, we are conscientizing them not to allow
themselves to be used for criminal activities.”
Nana Asomah sounded a warning to
all criminals within the region to beware of the police, because they were
ready for them,
“We’re going to control and
manage crime well in the region so that everyone could sleep and sleep well and
go about their socio-economic activities without fear ,”he said.
GNA
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