The Ghana Police Service is praising itself for refusing to take bribes from civilians during the Christmas holidays.
Some police officers told the IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare on Monday, January 15, 2024, at the Police Headquarters that they resisted the temptation of extorting money from members of the public during their patrol duties in the festive period, and that was made possible ‘by the grace of God’.
General Constable Sowu said, ‘First of all, I thank our IGP and POMAG members for this general task he gave us during Christmas. Sir, what we learned on our duty is that when the Senior Officers dispatch us on duty, they advise us on extortion. When we go out there too, truly, some of these civilians like to be giving us money. But, by God’s grace, we always reject this kind of money’.
Another officer added ‘Most of the drivers too, a driver….was trying to give some of our people money but they refused. They think that police are always taking bribes and other things’.
The Ghana Police Service has been tagged as one of the most corrupt institutions in Ghana in recent years.
Subsequently, satirical website, Screwlife.com has made an interesting publication about the situation claiming that the government had taken a decision to remove pockets from police uniforms as part of measures to check corruption in the police service by August 2017.
The police service seems to have done its homework well to erase the embarrassing misconceptions about the service. SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
