Crazy, Unimaginable!

General Constable Polly John Issahaku, like others of his ilk, does not either understand policing or he erroneously thinks his Godfathers will hold on to power till the end of time.

Time, unknowing to him, has a way of dealing with societal shortcomings, no matter how degenerated these become. Today it is the ruling party; tomorrow it would be the turn of another. That is why personnel of state institutions are by convention debarred from openly displaying their biases because the trend is incongruous with acceptable practices and wisdom the world over. It does not also inure to the interest of law enforcement agents as they lose the important ingredient of deference which they need to be effective.

When they lose their critical role is impaired, the far-reaching fallouts of which shake the foundation of democracy seismically.

Law enforcement agents as citizens are franchised but their preferences should not under any circumstances be visible as in the case of the constable under review.

The cop who triggered this commentary made a negative headline last week because he dons the law enforcement uniform, even as he dangles his membership card of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) – his partisan activities on Facebook common knowledge.

Good police officers – and there are many – are unable to come to terms with the fact that some cops continue to drag the image of the Ghana Police Service into disrepute, doing so under the wings of unpatriotic godfathers.

It is these unsung officers and men whose selflessness sustains the little respect still hanging on the frail frame of the Ghana Police Service.

We salute and urge them to continue to serve Ghana and not a political party.

The cop under review is said to have maintained this unprofessional and smelly course, even when he was in his previous station at Agogo, a DAILY GUIDE report has it. He could have found his way to the Flagstaff House because of this inappropriate conduct. It has paid and he surely would continue in that course until his superiors risk attracting humiliating transfer and call him to book.

When the “Service With Integrity” motto is so abused by a serving officer the way the Bole boy is doing, all Ghanaians with the interest of the country at heart have every reason to fret about the future of law enforcement and our democracy.

Others who find in such alignment with a ruling party profitable may decide to toe that line so they too may find favours with the bad politicians at the helm.

When we lose the critical segment of law administration of neutrality, our democracy would list badly and our coherence as a nation compromised – basis for posterity to judge us harshly and mercilessly.