We will prosecute sacked cop recruits - Police PRO

Superintendent Cephas Arthur, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, has said that some of the dismissed 206 police recruits who were undergoing training at the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region will face criminal prosecution for forging documents used in their application.

The police administration on Friday, 3 February sacked the recruits for falling short of their academic requirement

A letter to that effect signed by Mrs Beatrice Vib-Sanziri, Commissioner of Police, Director-General/Human Resource Department, to the Officer Commanding PPSTS, Pwalugu, stated ‘’I am directed by the Inspector General of Police to inform you to withdraw from training all recruits who do not meet the required academic qualification as follows: Only BECE Certificates (44), BECE and NVTI (22),NVTI 22, BECE and NABPTEX (7), NABPTEX 2, WASSCE 15, City and Guilds 1 and No Certificate 1.’’

Cephas Arthur speaking on Abusua Nkomo hosted by Kwame Adinkra said ”They are definitely going home; not just that, the law will deal with them as well.”

”The administration has decided to enforce the law against them especially those who forged documents to deceive a public officer. They will face the law.”

He added ”We took all certificates to WAEC to be properly checked and after doing so we realized some the certificates presented by the new recruits were forged and the police decision to deal with them for their unlawful acts.”