Accra, Sept 25, GNA - Thirty Liberian Police Officers arrived in Accra on Monday to undergo a three-week training course at the Ghana Police College in Accra.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Paul Kissi Frimpong, a Ghanaian Police Officer working with the United Nations Police Force in Liberia led the group to Ghana.
Mr Frimpong, who is the Deputy Senior Advisor on Law Enforcement, Reform and Restructuring in Liberia, said the training would add a professional touch to policing in the war ravaged country. He said over the years policing in Liberia was politicized to the extent that non-professionals were given charge of the Service paving way for certain lapses unacceptable to the practice of the profession. He said the Ghana Police under the United Nations had so far trained more than 2,000 Police personnel with more training programmes in the pipeline.
He said that the 30 officers have undergone a nine months basic training in the Liberia Police Academy.
Welcoming the Officers to Ghana at the Kotoka International Airport, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kwesi Ofori of the Police Public Relations Directorate, said the Service was determined to ensure the maintenance of regional security by sharing its knowledge with similar agencies in the Sub Region.
He said the Police Administration with the help of the Government would continue to assist in ensuring regional security. He said the Officers made of seven women and 23 men would undergo training in criminal investigations, intelligence gathering and traffic control.
The Course prefect of the group Chief Superintendent Matthew T. Willie, on behalf of the Officers, thanked the Government of Ghana and the Police Administration for the scholarships offered them. He said Ghana was the ideal place for them to have advanced training since the two countries shared common interests and also had no language barriers.
