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Build confidence in police: Akufo-Addo charges new police council

He said public confidence in the police is low after repeatedly ranking first as the most corrupt state institution in various Afrobarometer reports.

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He said public confidence in the police is low after repeatedly ranking first as the most corrupt state institution in various Afrobarometer reports.

“The citizenry can only have confidence in the Police Service when they are seen to be honest and would enforce the law without fear or favour. Your task during your term of office is to ensure that this perception no longer holds,” he said.

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He made the comments when he swore in the Police Council chaired by Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia.

He also urged the council to retain the neutrality and professionalism of the police service.

“Governments have term limits, and in a multi-party democracy, parties win and lose power. It is good for the health of the nation that this is so, and this is why the Police Service should not tie its well-being or otherwise to the fortunes of the ruling party of the day,” President Akufo-Addo stressed.

Together with the members of the Police Council, President Akufo-Addo stated that “we must ensure that the Police Service is left to focus on its core mandate, and not be an appendage of the ruling party. I envisage a Police Service that goes about its duty of protecting ordinary citizens confident that there will be no interference from the powers that be.”

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