Inspector General of Police (IGP) John Kudalor
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) John Kudalor has called on religious bodies to support the efforts of the Police Service with sermons, prayers and counselling to ensure peaceful elections in November.
Mr. John Kudalor said this in a statement read on his behalf by the Director of Administration at of the Ghana Police Service DCOP Ransford Ninson at the consecration and dedication ceremony of St. George Catholic Police Church Sunday April 10, at the National Police Training School at Tesano, Accra.
He said the security services were doing all they can to ensure peaceful elections in November. However, it was expedient for the clergy and for that matter all religious bodies to support the security services in their various capacities.
"The Church preaches and prays whilst the security services protect. As the police service and other security agencies in the country are determined to ensure peaceful elections come November 7, I call upon all religious bodies to support our efforts with your prayers, sermons and counselling," the IGP said.
Mr. Kudalor further said that it is imperative for police officers to grow spiritually in order to meet the challenges confronting them in the performance of their duties. Adding that without God, a police officer or any other person is bound to fail and that, he said, is the essence of the presence of the chaplaincy department of the police service.
"The presence of the chaplaincy department of the Ghana Police Service indicates the recognition the police administration attaches to the spiritual and moral life of police officers. The church is not just a physical structure, but a spiritual abode where believers experience the love and mercy of God. I am highly convinced that every mortal being especially the law enforcement officers need divine graces, protection and blessings. Mr John Kudalor said.
Chief Supt. of police Very Rev. Father George Arthur became the first parish priest of the first Catholic Police Church in Ghana following his installment as Parish Priest by the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Accra, Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle.
He is assisted by Rev. Fr. James Kaku ASP.
The Church began with the enlistment of Fr. George Arthur into the police service as the first Catholic chaplain on April 1, 1998 by the Nunfuri police administration. The priest celebrated mass for the officers and recruits in classrooms and under canopies.
On November 20, 2004, sod was cut for the construction of a church building.
The first mass was celebrated in the uncomplicated building on palm Sunday, April 16, 2007.
