Citizens are constitutionally mandated to arrest – Police Commissioner

  Pwalugu (UE), Oct. 20, GNA-  Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, Commissioner of Police in charge of Human Resource, says the country’s constitution mandates citizens to arrest criminals and hand them over to the police for action to be taken.          He said it was not the Police alone that was supposed to cause arrest and indicated that in advanced countries, citizens played a very significant role by calling the attention of the police to effect arrest.         “In the same manner, citizens in Ghana will do the Police a good service by volunteering information to the Police or could cause arrest of any criminal and hand him over to the Police. The idea where most communities shelved criminals must be discontinued”   The Commissioner of Police  said this when he addressed 355 police recruits on Friday at  a passing out ceremony  at the Police Training School at Pwalugu in the Upper East Region.         He said as part of efforts to help reduce crimes drastically, the Police Administration tripled the enlistment of personnel into the service and indicated that government had also provided it with 435 vehicles which have been distributed to all the 10 Regional Commands.     “The Police Service is also expecting additional 660 vehicles soon which will help boost our operations”, he added.     The recruits, who underwent six months basic police training, were also trained in contemporary and democratic policy to be able to address contemporary and democratic issues.     Alhaji Mahama admonished the new recruits to exhibit a high sense of professionalism, stressing “your actions and inactions will be seriously monitored constantly and when caught in indecent acts you will not be spared at all. As you are all aware you have six months probation to serve”.     He commended overall best recruit, Takyi Emma and other award winners for their achievements and entreated them not to relent on their efforts but continue to strive harder to win more laurels.   GNA... Read Full Story