According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs Department, ACP David Eklu a senior police officer must supervise all highway patrol, traffic, barriers, snap checks to ensure professionalism.
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New IGP sets new directives to curb police extortion and unprofessional conduct on our roads
The Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has instituted new guidelines for the police who will be on traffic duties, highway patrols, barrier duties among others.
IGP, James Oppong-Boanuh
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The statement further noted that, the senior police officer must at all times make he/her self available to the public.
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“[The senior officer] should make themselves readily accessible to the public in order to receive complaints relating to extortions, deliberate delays of motorists, the use of uncivil language as well as publicly making political statements that have the propensity to compromise their neutrality as officers.”
The statement added that a special task force has also been constituted to conduct “periodic checks” on roads.
“The IGP has further directed that to ensure police accountability, especially on the highways, special phone numbers will be announced to enable the public to send videos of police misconduct, pictures, WhatsApp text messaged among others on police unprofessional conduct as well as exemplary ones for others to emulate.”
The statement stated that the new directives were in response to numerous complaints from the public about the unprofessional conduct of some officers.
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