DOVSSU to launch five-year strategic plan

Accra, Jan. 19, GNA - The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has initiated a five-year strategic plan from 2010-2015 to improve on its operations. The plan hopes to mobilise resources for expansion capacity and advocacy programmes. A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Freeman Tettey, Public Affairs Officer of the unit said the launch had been scheduled for Thursday, January 21 I Accra. It said the short term objective of the plan was to create awareness among the public on domestic violence, children, human trafficking and related acts as well as safety issues in order to have a reduction in child and women abuse. The statement said issues of greater access to justice within the shortest possible period had been provided in the plan. It said the unit envisaged an improvement in its capability to respond to the needs of victims of abuse through follow-ups. The statement said the unit intended to establish crisis response centres and extend its services to every police division and district in the country. 19 Jan. 10

Accra, Jan. 19, GNA - The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has initiated a five-year strategic plan from 2010-2015 to improve on its operations. The plan hopes to mobilise resources for expansion capacity and advocacy programmes. A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Freeman Tettey, Public Affairs Officer of the unit said the launch had been scheduled for Thursday, January 21 I Accra. It said the short term objective of the plan was to create awareness among the public on domestic violence, children, human trafficking and related acts as well as safety issues in order to have a reduction in child and women abuse. The statement said issues of greater access to justice within the shortest possible period had been provided in the plan. It said the unit envisaged an improvement in its capability to respond to the needs of victims of abuse through follow-ups. The statement said the unit intended to establish crisis response centres and extend its services to every police division and district in the country. 19 Jan. 10