The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has announced that the service will be recruiting qualified relatives of police officers who die in the line of duty to replace them.
The IGP explains this initiative will compensate for the loss.
Sharing his statement;
When a police officer dies on duty, we have put new measures in place to ensure that a relative of the deceased officer who is qualified is recruited into the service as part of efforts to urge our officers to do their best in protecting the public.
We want a police service of the people, by the people and for the people. We want to make the service the best institution in the country and a reference point in the world.
We decided to access ourselves from your perspectives. We have been tagged as unprofessional, corrupt, and what have you. We are not denying that we may have some recalcitrant officers amongst us, we are doing all we can to pluck them out. But we will never accept that we are the most corrupt institution.
Criticize us but please do so constructively so that the men and women of the service are not demoralised.
