The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh says it will only take quality training to produce an effective and productive human resource for positive organisational development and transformation.
According to him, Ghana stands a chance to witness and also experience world class policing, if similar philosophy is incorporated or programmed into the sort of training given to the security to serve the citizens and the country.
According to him, transformation starts with the quality of training given to personnel in the enforcement of the law, protecting lives and properties and keeping peace and security of the country.
Liking the human resource to an electronic device, he said whatever information one enters into a computer is the exact data it will generate, hence the saying: “garbage in garbage out.”
“It is a known fact that the quality of service delivery or product of every organisation like ours, largely depends on the quality of its human resources. I believe we are at a stage where the computer guys will say if you put in good material you will produce good material, but if you put in bad material, you will also produce bad material,” he said.
IGP Mr Oppong-Boanuh was speaking at the maiden matriculation ceremony of Cadet Course 50 held last Saturday, May 15, 2021 at the Police Academy at Tesano in Accra.
In pursuit of this, he underscored the importance of providing continuous career development to employees through capacity building.
He added that the survival of every institution depend largely on capacity building, a reason a post-Graduate Diploma in Security Studies was introduced by the Police Service in collaboration with University of Cape Coast to help widen officers horizon,
According to him, upon his assumption of office as the IGP, he noted a gap in the training and curricula of the Police Service.
A Training and Curriculum Review Committee was constituted, with the responsibility to source solution to fill in the gap and one of their recommendations is the introduction of the Post-Graduate Diplomat in Security Studies.
He used the occasion to thank Cape Coast University for partnering with the Police. He alsourged officers to show high levels of discipline and seriousness towards their studies.
In a statement read on behalf of the vice Chancellor of UCC, Prof John Nyarko Boampong, he urged the matriculants as first cohort of the course not to excel in this new endeavour but aspire hold tenets of the Police Service with integrity.
“The academic environment is such that you will be challenged on your ideas, views and perceptions by people who think differently from you. You need to open-minded to accept difference as part of academia,” he urged.
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