The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has called on police Personnel to discharge their duties with utmost professionalism to enable the service to regain its lost glory.
He said reports reaching the police Administration indicate that public trust and confidence in the Ghana Police Service is not the best, due to unprofessional conduct of some of the personnel.
Mr Quaye made the call in a speech read for him by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Akanyiri Kampari, the out-going Central Regional Police Commander, at the close of a two-week Capacity building workshop for 124 junior police personnel at the Central Region Police Training School, in Winneba.
Participants, selected through out the country, were taken through topics such as Human Rights, Criminal Law, Law of Evidence, Crime control, Community Policing, Confidence building and Professional ethics.
According to the IGP the course was in pursuance of the Administration's plan of training and re-training all personnel to meet the challenges of modern day policing.
He said policing, enjoins them to work within the confines of the law and abide by the code of conduct governing the Ghana Police Service, which will enable them to eschew all forms of negative tendencies and acts likely to bring the service into disrepute".
The Commander of the Training School, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Samuel Asiedu Okanta, appealed to the Police Administration to establish a police academy for the training and an in-service training for police personnel.