President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promoted four Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners of Police (COP).
The President has also promoted 23 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) to the rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCOP).
The promotion was done upon recommendation of the Police Council, a statement from the Ghana Police Service said.
The four new COPs are: Director-General/Police Professional & Standards, Mr Vincent Redeemer Dedjoe; Bono Regional Police Commander, Mr Godfred Owusu Boateng; Director- General/Operations, Mr Kwaku Boadu Peprah and Director-General/ Information Communications Technology, Mr Frederick Adu-Anim.
The 23 new DCOPs are:
Mr Joseph Obeng - Deputy Director, Service workshops/National Headquarters Mr Peter Baba Atinak - Deputy Eastern Regional Police Commander FR. George Arthur - Director, Religious Affairs/National Headquarters Mr Emmanuel Afriyie Sakyi - Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander Mr Nelson Opoku - Deputy Director, Audit/National Headquarters Mr Vance Baba Gariba - Director, ICT/National Headquarters Mr Isaac Emmanuel Quist - Administrator/CID Headquarters Mr Kwasi Akomeah-Apraku - Deputy Volta Regional Police Commander Mr Alexander Kwame Amenyo - Deputy Upper East Regional Police Commander Mr Dennis Abade Akob-Dem - Deputy Central Regional Police Commander Mr Haruna Saeed — Director, Payroll/National Headquarters Mr Moses Ali Kpeachin - Deputy North East Regional Commander Mr Sebastian Atsu Wemegah - Deputy Oti Regional Police Commander Mr Charles Botwe - Officer Commanding Regional Police Training School/ Kumasi Mr Michael Nketiah Frimpong - Finance Officer, National Police Training School/Accra Mr Ernest Akrasi Kirk Mensah - Deputy Western- North Regional Commander Mr Francis Nyametso - Director, Serious Crime Registry/CID Headquarters Mr Ebenezer Larbi - Deputy Savannah Regional Police Commander Mr Charles Kwabla Normesinu - Director, Inspectorate Unit/National Headquarters Mr Samuel Alfred Winful - Tepa Divisional Police Commander- Ashanti Mr Francis Agrippa Oppong - Offinso Divisional Police Commander- Ashanti Mr Ebenezer Ampofo - Berekum Divisional Police Commander- Bono/Region Mr Martin Kwaku Ayiih - Commanding Officer Central MTTD/Accra