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Kill Crime Before It Kills You!

By Opayin Okyere Fianko
Opinion Kill Crime Before It Kills You!
AUG 27, 2014 LISTEN

One of the distinguished appeal by the Ghana police service to the public is the crime fighters notice with the inscription kill crime before it kills you. The meaning of that statement I think simply means volunteer information on criminal and criminal activities to the police to act as swiftly as possible for them to deal with them drastically.

It could also mean avoid criminal activities oneself because it can cause life. However I was amazed last week at the Tema Main Harbor Police Station when concerned citizens express worry at the statement by the police saying why police could tell the public they should kill crime while they the police are the ones to do so.

Right away I realized the man may either be genially ignorant about the meaning or was just doing one of the mischief's that Ghana's play on the police by contusing calling them 'aban'

How eve the continues seriousness of the man to reinforce his conviction that the statement meant kill your attacker before he kills you made me push this article through the print to first plead with the police not to assume every one understand their statement s through idioms figuratively.

they must come clear on what they expect the public to do in circumstances as my acquaintance was actually mislead by that statement which has been on the police crime alert notice over the year kill crime before it kills u!

This is because It took two police officers to explain the statement to make him convinced a bit.

Even that did not go down well with the man who introduced himself as a crane mechanic whose field is change crane.

What surprised me was that The man who claims loves reading assured the police he will get back to clarify his position that the statement means physically attack robbers, fraudsters and other criminal activities before they do.

I therefore thought it wise to create public awareness on the meaning of that statement which means help the police with information so we can volunteer credible information to them leading to the arrest and prosecution of the criminal who have vouch to perpetrate heinous crimes in communities.

I also believe that the meaning of kill crime before it kills you means one must avoid crime as it has the potential to endanger one's life.

It also means let's cooperate with the police to ensure criminals in our families, homes villages, communities, towns and the whole country are exposed given them no hidden place to engage in their activities.

The police should also help us as a citizens to protect our privacy and anonymity so we are never mentioned as the ones who gave them clues to effect an arrest as in the case of a gentleman in Kumasi I heard in the news last two weeks has become wanted himself as a result of the police exposing him.

Opayin Okyere -Fianko
Railways and Ports
Tema

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