THE Ghana Police Service is seeking parliamentary approval to detach the service from the Ministry of the Interior under the new police service regulations.
This is to enable the police service to function effectively in tune with modern trends of policing to ensure that citizens lived in a more peaceful and democratic environment.
The Director General in charge of services of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr George Ankobil disclosed this when he addressed a durbar of police personnel at Ho.
He cautioned police personnel that the police uniform did not make them super human beings, adding that the concept of community policing was introduced to enhance public support for preventing, detecting and combating crime.
Mr Ankobil expressed regret that some police personnel had failed to exhibit qualities which made them excel at peace keeping missions.
He also said some policemen pursued academic qualifications and failed to apply their new knowledge functionally, and urged such officers to apply them in accordance with the new and modern system of police functions.
According to Mr Ankobil, the police service had over produced officers and that there were no offices created for those officers.
The Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin, said the crime rate in the region had reduced to the barest minimum, making the people of the region to enjoy relative peace.
He said the region had adopted a problem solving style of policing, which was a departure from the aggressive style to community policing style.
DCOP Ampah-Bennin said 50 per cent of police personnel lived in rented quarters, adding that most of them had not received a refund of their rent but said the Electricity Company of Ghana had promised to refund payments of power consumed to those in privately-rented accommodation.
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