Acting Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Cephas Arthur has admitted that the Police administration is plagued with personnel who extort monies from the citizenry but insisted the situation could not be generalized to mean the entire administration is corrupt.
The US State Department’s 2010 Report on Human Rights in Ghana cited the Police Service for corruption, indicating that “the police had set up barriers to extort money from motorists.”
The report also indicted the service of using brutal force against suspected criminals as well as prolonged detention of suspects.
Responding to the allegations of corruption and human rights abuses on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo Tuesday, DSP Arthur stated that the Police Service accepted some aspects of the report as the true reflection of what pertains in reality but equally rejected other aspects because those ones were not entirely representative of the truth.
On the issue of corruption, the Police PRO explained that authorities of the Service – being well aware of the attitudes of some personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) – have instituted measures to clamp down on the few servicemen who misconduct themselves. He cited the example of some personnel whose pictures were published in the media for extorting monies from motorists, insisting that this and many similar actions taken by the administration showed its commitment to reduce corruption.
DSP Cephas Arthur added that the MTTU is the minutest department of the Police Service and pleaded with the public not to judge the institution solely on the basis of the activities of MTTU personnel.
He pleaded with organizations such as the US State Department to exercise due diligence when investigating such issues with a focus on all aspects of policing and all departments of the Police Service.
He thanked the US State Department for drawing the attention of the Ghana Police Service to its shortfalls, promising to make corrections where necessary.
Source: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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