Techire gets new police station

Techire (B/A), July 21, GNA – Deputy Commissioner of Police George

Anko-Bil, Director General/Service of the Ghana Police Service, has said the

service would deal ruthlessly and decisively with people who vandalize police

stations or physically attack personnel.
He said attacks on police stations and resultant destruction of government

property must be a thing of the past.
Mr Anko-Bil said this when he inaugurated a police post at Techire in the

Tano North District.
The facility was built by the people of the area with support from the district

assembly and will serve Adrobaa, Asasitre, Kwesiko-krom, Kwame

Dabrekrom, Yaw Adjei-krom and Afrisipakrom.
He said it is the vision of the new police administration to ensure a high

degree of discipline and accountability within the service.

He advised police personnel to operate within the parameters of democratic

principles of policing devoid of acts which tend to undermine tenets that

governed the protection of fundamental human rights.

Modern policing, Mr Anko-Bil said, had become a shared responsibility that

required active involvement and participation of the general public.

“Any person who provides information that will lead to the arrest or

prevention of serious crime like murder or armed robbery can take home

between GHC 2000 to GHC 5000”, he said.
Mr. Eric Opoku-Manu, Deputy Regional Minister, said the government was

determined to protect the life of citizens and was also working hard to improve

conditions of service of police personnel.
He expressed concern about how some police personnel connive with

chainsaw operators and extort monies from them instead of arresting them.

Mr. Opoku-Manu appealed to the beneficiary communities to provide

accommodation for personnel who would be posted to serve in the area.

Mr. Dominic Owusu Amoako, Tano North District Chief Executive, said the

police station would bring a sign of relief to the people because of the spate of

robbery and crime in the area.
He said as mining had become a major activity in the area, there would be

the influx of people and crime would rise.
Nana Fosu Gyeabour II, Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area, appealed

to the people to work in unity with police personnel who would be working in

the area.
GNA