{"id":376408,"date":"2017-11-23T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376408"},"modified":"2017-11-23T09:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:04:25","slug":"police-piloting-paperless-system-to-improve-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=376408","title":{"rendered":"Police piloting paperless system to improve efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ghana Police Service is piloting a paperless system at some police stations in the country as part of reforms to make the police more effective.<\/p>\n

According to the acting head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Service, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the system\u00a0was being piloted in\u00a026 police stations in Accra and\u00a0Tema.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”zFHqPnJeAamHR6430i3OaKH39kPciV51″]She stated that, the system, once it is fully operational, was expected to create a seamless\u00a0integration of\u00a0police efforts across the country.<\/p>\n

This she said would ensure that all cases are prosecuted quickly and fairly to all parties involved.<\/p>\n

“We want to look at a Criminal Investigations Department where we respect the rights of everybody, whether you are a suspect, complainant or victim. We want our officers to be trained in the new, modern trends of investigation. We\u2019ve all heard about going paperless, we also want to do that. As part of the police service’s transformation, one of the thematic areas is to look at modernizing the CID,” DCOP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah told Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“We\u2019ve started piloting in 26 police stations in Accra and Tema, where most of the things are going paperless. This is so that even if I sit in my office, I\u2019ll know what is happening at the Adabraka Police Station, how many cases are reported and how they are managing them, how many suspects are in custody and whether they\u2019ve exceeded the required 48 hours. Human beings have the tendency to do what they want if nobody is watching and nobody is monitoring.”<\/p>\n

DCOP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah made these comments after officials of the CID paid a courtesy call <\/a><\/strong><\/span>on\u00a0Citi FM<\/strong>\u00a0as part of a familiarization tour.<\/p>\n

According to the acting CID boss, she is committed to ensuring that her outfit improved its efficiency in preventing crimes not just coming in after they have already happened.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re going to have a CID where officers are self-motivated, not only my money, but that they\u2019ll be motivated to work in such a way that we\u2019ll be able to prevent crime. Crime prevention is key for us, instead of waiting for the crime to happen and then we investigate. We\u2019ll rather do proactive and not reactive policing,” she said.<\/p>\n

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It has been suggested in some quarters that DCOP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah would be limited in terms of what she can do in an acting position.<\/p>\n

However, she brushed aside those concerns, stating that her position as acting head would not affect her commitment to her job.<\/p>\n

“Whether I\u2019m acting [as Head of the CID] or in a substantive position, it doesn\u2019t change my attitude towards work. I know I have to do something to make an impact at the CID. I won\u2019t be able to tell you when, but it doesn\u2019t affect how I\u2019m going to work.”<\/p>\n

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By: Edwin Kwakofi & Sixtus Dong-Ullo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ghana Police Service is piloting a paperless system at some police stations in the country as part of reforms to make the police more effective. According to the acting head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Service, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the system\u00a0was being piloted in\u00a026 police stations in Accra and\u00a0Tema. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":376133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[14835,3,1223,10398],"class_list":["post-376408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-dcop-maame-yaa-tiwaa-addo-danquah","tag-ghana-news","tag-ghana-police-service","tag-paperless-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/376133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=376408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=376408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}