Police Service holds training for Personnel

Police Administration trains personnel to be associated with Police Service Enquiry.

Police Service holds training for Personnel
Inspector-General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh

The Police Administration has held a workshop for the various Units under the Police Service.

The units include Members of the Police Central Disciplinary Board, Management Board Members, Legal Officers, other Senior Police Officers.

Some lawyers from the Attorney General’s Department and the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Police administrative/disciplinary trials were also offered the privilege.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr James Oppong-Boanuh in his welcome address said the workshop will equip participants with skills to help solve disciplinary flaws and reduce judgment debts associated with Police Service Enquiry.

According to him, the capacity of the participants would be built at the end of the workshop to enable them to handle the administrative proceedings of the Police Service, in line with rule of law.

Resource Persons for the workshop were Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, a Justice of the Supreme Court; Prof. Justice Dennis Adjei, a Justice of the Court of Appeal and Mr Lawrence Lartey, Director Investigations at CHRAJ. 

They took turns to share experiences on cases involving Police administrative and disciplinary trials. 

The Judges shared light on judicial review processes and fair trial rules that Police adjudicating Officers must keep in mind.

Nururdeen Ibrahim