Detectives learn new tricks

Sixty Police detectives have ended a four-week professional training programme to enhance their investigative skills in an ever changing crime world.

The detectives included officers and non-commissioned officers and were drawn from all the regions in the country.

Bringing the course to an end, Mr David Asante-Apeatu, Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service, said it was important that the personnel were regularly updated with modern techniques of crime detection and investigations.

He said: "It is the commitment of the CID to build strong and professionally investigating teams all over the country that is why personnel from all the eleven (Police) regions were selected to undergo this training."

Mr Asante-Apeatu advised the Detectives to put into practice the new methods and ideas acquired to reinforce their efficient operations and to win public support.

"There is the need for the Police to get the confidence of the public if it is to succeed in its mandate of maintaining law and order", he said.

He urged them to share their knowledge with their colleagues, who did not attend the training.

He commended the French Government for the immense support it has been extending to the Police Service through the French Project.

Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, Director-General of Human Resource and Development of the Police Service, said the Police Administration saw training as the best way to ensure an efficient Police Service.

Those present included Mr Patrick Timbila, Chief Staff Officer; Mr Patrick Ampewuah, Deputy Director-General and three resource persons from France, Jean Maldonado, Gilles Simonet de Laborie and Gerald Pisverel.