Police deploy officers and cameras nationwide as TraffiTech-GH enforcement begins today

The Ghana Police Service has completed the nationwide deployment of personnel and surveillance cameras ahead of the commencement of the TraffiTech-GH digital traffic enforcement system on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

The initiative is intended to detect road traffic violations, particularly speeding, and electronically notify vehicle owners of offences recorded by the system.

Its introduction comes despite threats by commercial transport operators to withdraw their services nationwide from November 1 in opposition to the new enforcement arrangement.

Under the system, cameras installed in police vehicles and mounted on tripods will capture motorists who exceed the prescribed speed limits. The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) will review the footage and send electronic violation notices to the registered owners of the vehicles through text messages.

The messages, which will display GPS as the sender identification, will provide information on the alleged offence, including the vehicle's registration number, the date, time and location of the incident. Recipients will also be provided with a link to access video evidence of the violation.

Speaking on Channel One TV's Breakfast Daily on Sunday, the Director of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, said the police had finalised the deployment and were expecting motorists to adhere strictly to traffic regulations.

He said public sensitisation would continue but warned drivers against assuming that they could violate speed limits without being detected.

“We have deployed. We hope people will be admonished, and our sensitisation has gone down well with vehicle owners and, in particular, drivers,” he said.

“Anybody who ignores the warning and thinks that the road is straight and flat and thinks that police are not there, I want to say we are there. We are there; our vehicles are embedded with the cameras,” he added.

ACP Obeng reminded motorists that the approved speed limits are 50 kilometres per hour in built-up areas, 90 kilometres per hour on highways and 100 kilometres per hour on motorways.

He identified excessive speed as a major factor behind road traffic fatalities and serious injuries, estimating that it accounts for about 60 per cent of such cases.

“We expect that drivers will be moderate in their speeds and comply with the general speed limits that are imposed on them,” he said.

The MTTD Director also disclosed that the department had issued more than 70,000 caution notices to motorists between September 10 and October 31 as part of preparations for the digital enforcement programme.

He said the initial warning phase had ended, with the police now transitioning to active enforcement through automated detection and electronic notices.

“Now we are not in the caution notice mode but we are in deterrent mode, where if you commit an offence under Regulation 242: Automated Road Traffic Offences and Fines, that requires that we deploy these cameras,” he said.

He explained that whenever a traffic violation is captured, the MTTD would first review and process the evidence before forwarding an electronic notice to the vehicle's registered owner.

The notice will indicate the owner's name, vehicle registration number, time and location of the offence, the relevant traffic regulation and the corresponding penalty.

According to ACP Obeng, vehicle owners will have 2 weeks from the date they receive the notices to settle the applicable fines.