A Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern regional Police command, Sargeant Francis Gomado says the directive by the Interior Minister to arm all officers who are on traffic duty could turn out to be negative for the nation.
According to Sargeant Gomado, not all officers in the country can be trusted to be professional with the use of arms.
Last week the Interior Minister Ambrose Dery who visited the family of one of the two murdered police officers at Kasoa directed the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh to immediately arm officers who are on traffic duty.
He said the acting IGP should provide the officers with bullet-proof vests and helmets to enable them “exercise their right to self-defence effectively when they meet such callous and barbaric personsâ€.
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There are reports that these officers will also be given rifles.
In a Facebook post, Sargeant Francis Gomado said some will use the arms for robberies and that the directive should be thought through again.
“I can guarantee that some of us will use it to rob , use it to settle scores with people, rent it out to the criminals , and some using it to kill innocent Ghanaians etc. Then, there comes another debate of policemen being brut, robbers, killers, etc
Let’s think twice else, disaster.“My take is that not all of us can be trusted so, therefore, in taking such a decision, we need to do the needful and not any adhoc measure that will bring about mishaps at the end. Let us not make any mistake by going on that tangent. We have precedence to share and history would also guide us. Let’s look sharp by thinking outside the box,†he wrote on Facebook.
Meanwhile, the main suspect in the killing of two police officers and six other suspects have been remanded in custody by the Kaneshie Magistrate Court on September 2.
Ghana Police Service on Saturday arrested the main suspect who killed two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam near Kasoa in the Central Region.
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