The Inspector-General of the Ghana Police Service, Dr George Akuffo Dampare has disclosed that the police administration is putting measures in place to reduce robbery response time to 10 minutes in the country.
He said the initiative will be boosted with the deployment of over 2000 personnel and motorbikes across highways in the country in the coming days.
According to the IGP, the police service is committed to its responsibility of protecting lives and properties in the country.
He made this disclosure during the public lecture on policing at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Friday, August 12, 2022.
Dr George Akuffo Dampare was delivering the lecture on the topic: “The Changing Phase of Policing in Ghana: Expectations and the Role of the University Community.”
“We want to reduce robbery and crime response time to 10 minutes across the country, we believe this is possible and it will be done. When was the last time you heard of robberies on the major highways in the country? The police have men patrolling all those places.
“We are going to deploy about 2000 motorbikes and officers to be patrolling all highways in the country,” says the IGP.
To enhance and strengthen discipline in the service, Dr Akuffo Dampare said the names of all officers will be embroidered on their uniforms permanently for easy identification by the public.
He added that the police service has scaled up its intelligence operations by committing adequate finance and human resources in the area.
“We have our intelligence officers all over the place, in the Ubers, shops and all over the communities. It’s very expensive but we need to get the job done,” he stressed.
