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Akufo-Addo administration to build two new police training schools

In addition, the president noted that two new Police Hospitals will be built in Sunyani and Bolgatanga as well as building new places of accommodation for the police service.

According to him, the recent incident at the Kumasi Technical Institute shows that “retraining and capacity building of the men and women in handling issues such as this is of utmost importance.”

President Akufo-Addo made the promise when he delivered a speech at the annual West Africa Security Services Association (WASSA) get-together  in Accra.

He said: "My government is determined to give whatever support is required to ensure that we have the service that the people of Ghana deserve.

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"And to that end, we have plans, as set out in our manifesto, to improve your accommodation needs, and build two new police hospitals at Sunyani and Bolgatanga to serve your health needs.

"We also intend to build two new police training schools, all this with the view to improving the quality of our police service and the welfare of police personnel.

The president also spoke about equipping the police service with modern equipment to deal with modern day crime like cybercrime and fraud.

"Nowadays, the challenges you face at work are more sophisticated in nature. Innovative drug trafficking, cybercrime, intelligent fraud and money laundering are some of the crimes that you have to fight. Departments, such as the Criminal Investigations Department, will in the coming year benefit from the use of modern tools of policing to facilitate their work. A better equipped CID will ensure investigations into crimes are solved, which would go a long way to building confidence and trust in the Police Service," he said.

He also urged the police service to work to redeem its image while he believes is at all time low.

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"It is often said that the public is the police and the police is the public. Currently, the Police Service, unfortunately, suffers lower public image than it should have," he said.

"We seem to be back to the old days when a call to the police station is answered with 'sorry, we have no car', many calls are now answered with: 'sorry we have no fuel'! We will go back to the good old days of policing where people felt that all the efforts of the police were geared towards making their lives more comfortable," he added.

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