The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has advised police personnel to perform their legal duties diligently and faithfully to serve the public.
"Protect all persons against illegal acts, do not instigate or tolerate any act of torture, cruelty or degrading treatment against any individuals."
The IGP made the call, in an address read on his behalf, by DSP Mr Owusu Bempah, Course Director, Central Region Police Training School,
Winneba, at the closing ceremony of a two-week capacity building course for 150 Police Personnel.
The participants, made up of chief inspectors, Lance-Corporals, Corporals and Constables, were selected from various parts of the country.
Participants were taken through Human Rights, Criminal Law, Law of Evidence, Police Procedures, Police Report Writing, Criminal Investigation, Crime Scene Management, Community Policing, Communication Skills, Confidence
Building, Management and Leadership Skills, Professional Police Ethics and First Aid.
Participants were also exposed to the criminal dynamics of Democratic and Community Policing to enable them to enhance Police-Public relationship.
The IGP said being the sixth batch of personnel to attend such capacity building training, the Police Administration expected them to be ambassadors of change and also remember that the tenets of democratic policing demanded
among other things, accountability from the Police Service.
He urged participants to prevent corruption, eschew all forms of indiscipline, and expressed the hope that the funds invested in the re-training would not go to waste but yield very remarkable results.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Samuel Asiedu Okantah, Officer Commanding the Central Police Training School, entreated participants to use the knowledge and skills they have attained to discharge their duties with utmost professionalism at their various stations and make the expected impact.