\nPolice CID boss Ken Yeboah retires from active service <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“If given the opportunity, I will come back forever a police man”. These were the final words of the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commissioner of Police (COP), Isaac Ken Yeboah, at a pull-out ceremony held in his honour at the National Police Training School in Accra Thursday.<\/h2>\n
This followed his attainment of the compulsory retirement age of 60, after serving 30 years, nine months and 22 days in the police service.<\/p>\n
In attendance was the Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, former IGPs – Patrick Acheampong and David Asante-Apeatu, former COPs and senior police officers among others.<\/p>\n
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Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n Dressed in a ceremonial regalia, COP Yeboah earlier inspected a Guard of Honour after which he was graciously pulled out in a Pick-up vehicle as he waved goodbye to colleagues, friends and family who had turned up in their numbers to bid him farewell.<\/p>\n COP Yeboah said he was happy to have served in the service and the nation for many years without blemish.<\/p>\n He said the experience he had gathered over the years will shape the rest of his life.<\/p>\n “It is time to spend the rest of my life in private. I am proud to be a Ghanaian and extremely proud to have served in the Ghana Police Service and my country honourably without blemishes.<\/p>\n \u201cI will forever be grateful to the Almighty God for giving me the wisdom to choose a career as a police officer and serving under very fine officers at various times in my career,” COP Yeboah added.<\/p>\n He thanked senior officers who he said made his journey in the service a fruitful one, especially those who encouraged him when the going was tough.<\/p>\n Commendation<\/strong><\/p>\n The Chaplain General of the Police Service, DCOP Very Reverend Father George Arthur, who read the exaltation, commended the out-going CID boss for the important role he played in the service which he said had helped to improve the image of the Police Service.<\/p>\n About COP Yeboah<\/strong><\/p>\n COP Yeboah rose through the ranks to become the CID boss.<\/p>\n He was a member of the National Security Council, a member of the Small Arms and Light Weapons Commission, and a former member of the Police Council.<\/p>\n He had Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and a Lawyer.<\/p>\n COP Yeboah was also a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Academy in Quantico, and a product of the University of Virginia, both in the US.<\/p>\n He held several managerial positions in the Police Service, including Director-General, Administration; Director-General, Technical; Director-General, Legal and Prosecution, and Northern and Ashanti Regional Police Commander, among other positions.<\/p>\n COP Yeboah is married with four children.<\/p>\n He was presented with a citation by the Police Service for his selfless contributions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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