{"id":469136,"date":"2018-03-02T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/head-of-police-operations-is-a-no-nonsense-man-security-expert\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T13:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T13:01:32","slug":"head-of-police-operations-is-a-no-nonsense-man-security-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/02\/head-of-police-operations-is-a-no-nonsense-man-security-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Police Operations is a no nonsense man \u2013 Security expert"},"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>3news.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\/2018\/03\/82761411.295.jpg\" alt=\"DCOP Simon Afeku\" title=\"DCOP Simon Afeku\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>DCOP Simon Afeku, Director-General in charge of Operations, Ghana Police Service<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519995692_405_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Many Ghanaians are upbeat Thursday\u2019s shakeup at the top command of the Ghana Police Service will arrest the growing robbery incidents in the country.<\/p>\n<p>For security analyst, Emmanuel Kotin, the new Director-General in charge of Operations is one of the country\u2019s best bet to confront the robbery menace that has created fear and panic among citizens.<\/p>\n<p>DCOP\/Mr. Simon Afeku who was the Eastern Regional Police Commander was reassigned to the national headquarters to take charge of operations, following a major shakeup by the Inspector General of Police which affected 11 top police officers on March 1.<\/p>\n<p>He is taking over from COP\/Dr. George Akuffo Dampare who is now heading to the Research and Planning as the Director \u00adGeneral.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Kotin, who is the Executive Director of African Center for Security and Counter-Terrorism, told TV3 the expertise Mr Afeku is bringing on board in the face of rising daylight robberies in parts of the country, especially the capital Accra would be useful.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that \u201cDCOP Afeku who is a no-nonsense person and an operational guy\u201d knows that the general public will call for his head if he does not live up to the expectation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kotin also believes the appointment of COP\/Christian Tetteh Yohunu as the Director-General responsible for Police Intelligence is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>He is confident COP Yohunu would use his experience to aid DCOP Afeku fight criminal activities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the complementary role he is going to play with DCOP Afekuo is going to work in the shortest term,\u201d he assessed.<\/p>\n<p>The security analyst, however, charged the police hierarchy to come up with an operational plan \u2013 short, medium and long-term \u2013 as against the \u201cshortcut\u201d approach to addressing security issues in the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() 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command of the Ghana Police Service will arrest the growing robbery incidents in the country. 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