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DCOP Afful Boakye Yiadom, the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, has advised service personnel to be professional in the performance of their duties and avoid “loose talk” before, during and after general elections.
“You are public servants and not politicians, you are not supposed to participate in political activities because it goes against the police regulation that demands a harsher punishment,” he said.
The Police Commander instructed the agents to be guided by the principles of the regulations and not to get involved in political controversies that affect the image of the service.
DCOP Yiadom gave the advice on Monday by interacting with officers at the Police headquarters after a march on some main streets in Accra as part of preparation for the upcoming December elections.
He said that any officer caught involved in political activity would be treated according to its laws to deter others.
DCOP Yiadom said the exercise was to keep officers ahead of the polls as they would need a lot of energy to support the hours on their feet on Election Day.
As a result, DCOP advised them to cut down on their sexual escapades to get enough energy for the upcoming election work and avoid any adverse situations.
DCOP Kwaku Boadu-Pepra, the Director General in charge of Operations, said the Police were well prepared to ensure peace and stability before the elections.
He said the police have so far trained 1,968 special police officers and noted that the IGP had approved deliberately training another 2,000 for elections.
He said that the police force should have been 50,000, but it was in the region of 35,000 to 40,000, to handle the 33,367 polling stations in the country, but had to depend on the assistance of other sister security services to guarantee the peace during the elections.
— GNA
