Police applicants frustrated

Some applicants, who claim they were qualified but could not find their names in the lists released by the police administration in the ongoing police recruitment exercise in the Brong-Ahafo Region, say they are deeply worried.

At the Brong-Ahafo Regional police headquarters where the lists are posted, one can see scores of young men and women rushing to go and check their names in the lists. Whilst some had cheerfully found their names, others felt like weeping as they could not find their names.

Another issue facing some of the applicants was that, though their printouts gave them a code of the Brong-Ahafo Region, their names appeared in another region with a different code.

More so, some names observed by this paper on the lists and being discussed by the applicants and some police officers indicated that some female and male names had been combined and given to one person, for instance, Paul Boakye Dorothy Konadu and in some instances, names of two males had been joined together, like Solomon Yeboah Adonteng Adom Marfo.

In the region, 2,420 applicants have been shortlisted for recruitment, which is coming on between 18th and 21st July, 2016. A note accompanying the list asked the applicants to bring along the original and photocopies of their birth certificates, original and photocopies of JHS and SHS certificates and two passport-size photographs.

They will go through an aptitude test, body selection exercise and documentation as part of the three-day exercise. They are however, to arrange for their own accommodation for the three days at whichever centre they are to report.

The regional police spokesman, ASP Christopher Tawiah, allayed the anxiety of applicants who could not find their names on the lists but are convinced that they qualify, to come with their print-outs, saying the anomalies might be due to a computer error.