Monday, April 15, 2019

Civilian and Police Brutality in Ghana

The President, IGP, National Peace Council, and all stakeholders of security concerns, must do something immediately to save the Police Service to achieve general national security goals. This has become necessary because of how police personnel are being beaten these days by civilians. The situation has become rampant these days, and if care is not taken immediately, the next level will be a national security crisis. How? The reason is, if the current trend of beatings are left unabated, the time is coming when civilians will have no respect for police officers. No fear of the police?-Well! They are not to be feared, though. They only deserve our respect. It means that if no one fears or respects their presence-thus, people will take the laws into their own hands. A few weeks ago, a driver and his mate (bus conductor) descended on a police officer from trying to stop them after jumping the red light at Wieja (Gbawe Municipal Assembly) in Accra. Another was told of an attack on the Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mr. Paul Manly Awini, by a Ghanaian legislature on the premise of the University of Education, Winneba, Cape Coast in the Central Region. On the other hand, a group of 10 police officers, per reports, descended on 3 Ghanaian Times newspaper reporters, including a nursing mother, when they attempted to film him over a traffic offence. (He jumped the red light) All these happened almost at the same time. These are a few of the unreported numerous. Authorities concerned need to meet to streamline policies to maintain law and order, else, justice will grind into a halt but injustice to take over. Source: The Future Projects By: Nyarko Abronomaa Walker Follow at myfutureprojects.blogspot.com Facebook The Future Projects +233 243015920/266257300

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