\u201cThese armed robbers are never in the majority, it is a small group that has to be taken on rather with bold action by the security agencies. You don\u2019t go to them with kids gloves. I will preach for bold action, take them on, boot for boot.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”yY3kHgd3oDWlYEWwChjMXeM9kQgbjUjj”]\u201cIt is war and war is not pleasant. They\u2019ve declared war on us. Professionalism doesn\u2019t mean cowardice or treating people with kids gloves. Let us give them the space to deal with this thing radically,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Captain Koomson also welcomed a decision by government to deploy the military in the fight against armed robbers,\u00a0 saying that although it is a short-term measure, it is reassuring to the public.<\/p>\n He further called on government to retool the security agencies to enable them discharge their duties effectively.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say that bringing in the military to collaborate with the police is a short-term approach but it is reassuring. It is a short-term measure to put the fear of God in the criminals but the long term is to actually enhance the capabilities of the police, give them logistics and force the training on them. We have to build the intelligence capacity to filter out these things before they hit us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n 2 suspected robbers gunned down at Haatso<\/strong><\/p>\n His comments come after officers from the Greater Accra Regional Police Command\u00a0gunned down two suspected notorious robbers<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in their hideout in what the police calls an exchange of gunfire earlier this week.<\/p>\n According to the Police, the two, Raymond, alias Dragon, and Kwame alias Mafia, are suspected to be part of a syndicate that robbed a fuel station at Haatso in Accra.<\/p>\n They are believed to have also been involved in the attack on the Kwabenya District Police station which led to some 7 inmates being freed and the killing of a police officer, Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi.<\/p>\n According to the Minister of State in charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, over 200 robbery cases have been recorded since January 2018.<\/p>\n However, he insisted that despite a significant increase in the number of cases so far this year as compared to the same time last year, there\u00a0has consistently been a large number of robbery cases for close to two decades.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"Captain](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Captain-Budu-Koomson.jpg\")
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