{"id":395786,"date":"2018-01-29T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395786"},"modified":"2018-01-29T10:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T10:41:05","slug":"govts-only-pay-lip-service-to-police-service-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/govts-only-pay-lip-service-to-police-service-franklin-cudjoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’ts only pay lip service to Police Service – Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has noted that the failure of successive governments to follow through on promises to resource Ghana’s Police Service as\u00a0one the reasons\u00a0the Service is in a “decrepit” state.<\/p>\n

Speaking on The Big Issue<\/strong>, Franklin Cudjoe said the Service was in need of serious help if they are to execute their mandate of protecting the citizens.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”bBsKzdQGXExGPYXZ6Tiv7K6UxDcJqfff”]”I don\u2019t think we have a proper police service\u2026 of course, it is the doing of successive governments. I am told reliably, with figures, that we are supposed to have about 52,000 police personnel. As we speak, we have about 38,000 and this year, they are only recruiting 4,000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Cudjoe noted that, the lack of support for police operations from the state over the past two years.<\/p>\n

“The politicians have been paying lip service. Did you know that in 2016, the NDC government gave zero cedis to the police service for its operations of the entire elections? They got zero, nothing\u2026 and in 2017 again, they go zero again from the NPP government for their operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The IMANI President’s comments were in relation to concerns over the recent high profile crime-related incidents, including the attack on the Kwabenya police station\u00a0which resulted in the\u00a0death of a police officer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0after he was shot by the assailants.<\/p>\n

Seven suspects were set free from the cells in the attack, three of whom have since been rearrested.<\/p>\n

Poor resources, lack of concern for welfare<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Cudjoe also described the police armoury as a \u201csecond world war armoury\u201d to highlight the service’s lack of resources, whilst also highlighting the challenges relating to the remuneration of the officers.<\/p>\n

“It is seven police personnel to a single weapon\u2026 I think it is worrying. We don\u2019t have to belabour the point that the Police Service itself has not been treated properly. The welfare of the police is a serious matter. As we speak, only 6,200 of them are properly accommodated out of the 38,000 and over.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Clearly, we don\u2019t have a Service that is befitting to even take care of themselves before we can even begin to expect that they take care of us,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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