The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante-Apeatu has called on personnel of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service to uphold professionalism in the discharge of their duties.
This, according to him, will be key to restoring the service’s blemished reputation.
“Several innovations are being taken and key amongst them is the much needed reform and restructuring of the MTTD with the objective of establishing a much more professional and civil oriented model traffic and transport department that will effectively discharge its mandate without reproach,” he said in a speech read on his behalf by the Director General of Operations, COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno.
He further observed that the service is being transformed to deliver quality policing in tandem with international best practices.
He was speaking Thursday June 8 at a conference attended by over 41 regional and district commanders of the service.
Touching on the activities of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID), IGP Asante-Apeatu announced the department is being revamped to meet modern standard.
Also, he said the hierarchy of the service intends to facelift professional development of frontline officers, strengthening of internal affairs including the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to complement policing.
Source: The Daily Searchlight
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Mr IGP my issue got to do with the MTTD personal who allows motorist to cross the red light. I mean they direct the traffic wrongly, they tell us to pass when it is red and stop us when it is green. My little opinion is that they turn off the traffic light so they can direct the traffic instead of them directing us wrongly...I still cant give a better explanation to my 5yrs girls about this way of directing the traffic.
the media must help solve this problems.
PLEASE MR IGP PLEASE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ON THE ABUAKWA - TANOSO ROAD IN-FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, KUMASI CAMPUS NOT INSPECTING ANYTHING BUT RATHER EXTORTING/COLLECTING MONEY FROM ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE THE USES THAT ROAD IN THE MORNING. DURING COP KOFI BOAKYE ADMINISTRATION, HE MAKE SURE THEY WERE OUT OF THE STREETS IN KUMASI AND BY SO DOING THEY(POLICE)WERE GAINING THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE.