Participants and officers from CID hierarchy
THE DEPUTY Director-General of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), ACP Redeemer Vincent Dedjoe, has called on police officers to remain neutral in the upcoming December polls.
He made the call at the closing ceremony of the Detective Course 1/2012.
He warned officers to eschew all forms of partisanship and demonstrate utmost professionalism at all times without fear or favour.
“I enjoin you to demonstrate neutrality and fairness in your dealings with the public. Be circumspect and exhibit maximum decorum in your dealings especially, with the media,” ACP Dedjoe said.
He advised, “When the need arises for you to comment on any issue bothering on national interest, I expect you to put up professional conduct in the course of executing your duties as detectives.”
He asked them to operate within the confines of their mandate and stay away from corrupt practices.
The Director in charge of CID Training, C/Supt Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, revealed that reconstruction work on the Detective Training School which got burnt sometime ago, was about 90 percent completed.
She said accommodation constraints made it impossible for the course to admit officers from other regions.
However, she said the completion of the school would give personnel outside Accra the opportunity to be enrolled.
The Director of Education at the Police Training School, DCOP Kofi Boakye, observed that competency was not necessarily coterminous with output; there was therefore the need for intra and inter networking in order to be successful in their investigation.
He reminded the detectives that the course was not to make them feel they were expects, rather, it was a foundation on which they ought to build their knowledge.
He therefore advised them to keep learning to improve their skills.
The detective training programme was a six-week intensive training course tailored to introduce officers attached to the CID to some of the rudiments of investigations.
The Commanding Officer of the Military Police, Seth Agordekpe, thanked the Director General of the CID, COP Prosper Agblor, for giving his outfit the opportunity to train their men.
He noted that training of detectives was crucial for his organization, but they were constrained in their budget.
It was however gratifying to have been given three slots on the course. He said the offer would not only bring cooperation between the two security institutions, but relieve the police of having to investigate crime cases in the military barracks which would have been referred to them.
The course president, Chief Inspector Angelina Yitanky, called on the Police Administration to introduce special courses in Financial Crime Investigation Techniques, Domestic Violence Investigation, Crime Scene Investigation and Anti Human Trafficking Investigation since the time allocated for these courses during the six-week period was insufficient.
She also observed that the budgetary allocation for the course was inadequate and asked for an increase in future courses.
The 106 participants comprised 99 from the police service, three military police officers, four from Volta River Authority and one from La Palm Royal Beach Hotel.
BY Rocklyn Antonio
