225 Police Recruits pass out at Pwalugu Training School

Pwalugu (UE), Dec. 19, GNA - Two hundred and twenty-five

Police recruits who underwent six-month training at the Police

Training School at Pwalugu in the Upper East region on Wednesday

passed out. The recruits made up of 137 males and 88 females, would be

attached to the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) of the Police Unit. The RDF was initiated as part of the Ghana Police Service when

the French and Ghana Governments signed an agreement, to train the

police to respond to disaster situations, as a result of the disaster

that occurred at Ohene Djan Sports stadium in Ghana in 2001 that

led to a lot of deaths. The RDF also helps in maintaining public order and

demonstrations, riots and general security at public places,

surveillance and patrols. The recruits during their training were taken through topics

including Criminal Law, Service Instructions, Police Ethics,

Community Policing, English Language, Domestic Violence, Acts

and Decrees, Principal Police Duties, Criminal Procedures, Law of

Evidence, Criminal Investigation, Map Reading, Social Psychology,

Facts and Law. The Upper East Regional Police Commander, Deputy

Commissioner of Police (DCP) Alhaji Amidu Mahama, in a speech

read on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, commended the

recruits for going through the training successfully, and said they had

achieved their primary objective of becoming policemen and women.

DCP Mahama, however, cautioned that their induction into the

force only marked the beginning of their carriers and would greatly

demand their intellectual, moral and physical capabilities to enable

them to discharge their duties effectively. He admonished the recruits to disabuse their mind that the Police

Service was an avenue for acquiring ill-gotten wealth. "Let me remind you that those who have this false hope would be

frustrated and disappointed. "The Police Service has no place to accommodate personnel

with unscrupulous character and would not hesitate to show any of

you fond of exhibiting unprofessional conduct the exit," he stressed. He told the recruits that they would be on probation for 18

months and be closely monitored. He advised them to be tolerant, humble, and respectful at all

times in order to learn every aspect of policing to enable them to

serve the public well. DCP Mahama assured the public that the Police Service had

resolved to curb all sorts of crimes in society, and that was why in

recent times the Service had engaged in massive operations to weed

out miscreants. He urged communities to come out to assist the police to deal

with criminal activities and said it was only through this that the crime

wave would be reduced drastically in the country. He appealed to the police, especially the new recruits who would

be deployed to assist in the conduct of the run-off election to do so

diligently. The overall best recruit went to Justice Ativor, the best in

academic to Yakubu Abdullah, while the best in Physical Training

went to Iddrissu Mohammed. Victoria Ndolbe took the best in

conduct, with the best in drill going to Eric Agbenku, while the best

in Marksmanship went to Isaac Kojo Koomson.