{"id":469118,"date":"2018-03-02T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/stop-interfering-in-police-work-aning-to-politicians\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T11:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T11:47:52","slug":"stop-interfering-in-police-work-aning-to-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/stop-interfering-in-police-work-aning-to-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop interfering in police work \u2013 Aning to politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  2 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/87168511.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning\" title=\"Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Security Analyst, Dr Kwesi Aning<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519991272_238_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Security Analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has said the inability of the Police to deal effectively with crime in the country is down to political interference in their work.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are \u201cgood men and women in the Police service\u201d but out of fear or victimisation by the political class, they are unable to deal with crime.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Aning said this in reaction to the recent increase in crime including daylight robberies in some parts of the Greater Accra region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson, host of the Ghana Yensom show on Accra 100.5FM on Friday, 2 March 2018, Dr Aning said: \u201cIf we really want to the Police to work, let us allow them to work. The interferences are too much. There are good men and women in the service but sometimes when they see bad things happening they are unable to talk because of political interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the IGP has reshuffled some top police officers as a way of structuring for effective policing following a recent rise in armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Per the latest reshuffle announced on Thursday, 1 March 2018, COP\/Dr George Akuffo Dampare, Director-General \/Operations is now the Director-General \/ Research and Planning.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, COP Christian Tetteh Yohunu, Director-General \/ Special Duties is now the Director-General \/Police Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>But Dr Aning said this is only a reactionary measure to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only take measures when the problems occur. We all know this problem has been happening all the time so why didn\u2019t we take up measures to deal with it before it got to this level?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 2 March 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-03-02 Security Analyst, Dr Kwesi Aning Security Analyst Dr Kwesi Aning has said the inability of the Police to deal effectively with crime in the country is down to political interference in their work. 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