The new Western Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Felix Fosu-Agyeman, has advised traders and business owners to be security conscious and avoid being swindled by fraudsters.
He stressed: “Be alert and security conscious and protect yourselves and property against criminals and fraudsters. Don’t trust people you meet. They will be well-dressed and driving flashy cars. Please, treat them as suspects, they may be criminals. Even if they are dressed like pastors. If they meet and ask you to pay some money, so that they supply you some goods beware.”
DCOP Fosu-Agyeman gave the warning when he interacted with traders at the Market Circle in the central business district of Takoradi last Thursday as part of his sensitisation programmes to meet stakeholders and discuss security issues in the Western Region.
He told the gathering that being alert at all times was one key strategy to protect one’s property and also avoiding criminals, pointing out that it was critical for the traders to do double-checks on people they dealt with at all times.
“Be critical and ask questions about your transactions. Protect your goods and money whilst on the road or at the market place, and also, stop revealing your business secrets, especially your money. Somebody is listening and will later attack you at home. If you are able to do this, you are safe from criminals,” he said.
The Regional Police Commander advised the trader to desist from keeping large amounts of money in their homes and shops or car boots, but rather use banking service for transactions, which were safe and secured.
He advised the public to secure their doors and windows to protect their properties against burglary, and also urged them to avoid using dark alleys, encouraged them to raise the alarm or inform the police anytime they see suspicious movements or characters in their vicinity, saying, “If you don’t do that, he may come back to attack you.”
DCOP Fosu-Agyeman said criminals attack people they know were exposed to attacks, adding that, “When you are walking along the road with an earpiece in your ears, you are in danger because a car can knock you down and kill you.”
Security management, he explained, was a shared responsibility, and therefore, urged the public to call the emergency toll-free number 18555 for any assistance or information to the police.
The secretary for cloth sellers at the Market Circle, Madam Cecilia Ama Ansah, thanked DCOP Fosu-Agyeman for the outreach programme, which she said would improve security management in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
CLEMENT ADZEI BOYE, TAKORADI
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