Recent arrest of ‘criminal officers’ shows police is working – IGP

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), John Kudalor, has said the recent arrests of police officers involved in some criminal activities  across the country, is simply a by-product of internal operations to rid the service off miscreants.

Five police officers over the past week, have been arrested for engaging in criminal activities ranging from carjacking to robbery and murder

The IGP in an interview with Citi News' Franklin Badu Jnr, debunked any suggestions that the recent arrests were indicative of critical flaws in the police service’s recruitment processes.

He instead said it was proof that the “police is now working,” whilst adding that “We are leaving no stone unturned. We are working as we are supposed to work. Whether you are a policeman or whoever, you are not above the law.”

The IGP also spoke of the polices service’s vetting processes which he said is also flushing out miscreants.

According to him,  there are instances were “people have been in the service for three, four or five years and they are caught up with their vetting results and they are dismissed.”

“Some people are able to pass through the vetting, some people are able to pass through the sieve… bad ones sift through but I am happy that with time, we've caught them and that is the most important,” he added.

Police officers remanded for robbery, murder

One of the more recent high profile cases of police criminality has culminated in an Accra magistrate court remanding two police men alleged to have attempted to rob an Nkawkaw GCB bullion van, leading to the death of the van driver.

The two, Corporal Elvis Mensah and Lance Corporal Daniel Kissi, have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, and murder.

Their attempted robbery led to the death of the driver, David Kofi Sarpong, aged 52,  after a heated exchange of gunfire between the police officer in the van and the suspects.

The two were arrested following the incident, but they subsequently escaped .

The escape of the two led to clashes between the police and angry residents in the Afram Plains district, who alleged that the Police allowed the suspects to escape.

–
By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana