Officers who die in the line of duty will be replaced by their children or relatives – IGP reveals new plan
The Inspector-General of the Ghana Police Service, Dr George Akuffo Dampare yesterday, 11th August revealed at Kumasi that Police officers who die in line of duty will have their qualified relatives inherit or replace them in the Service.
Speaking at a lecture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), he stated that initiative is to compensate the family for the loss of their kin and to encourage police officers to deliver the best services.
He assured Ghanaians of a far advanced plan for officers where when an officer dies in line of duty, regardless of the courtesies the service will offer to the family, it will also open the opportunity for a child of the officer or a relative who is qualified to be recruited to take their place.
“The relative will continue the works that you couldn’t finish because of your untimely death in line of duty. So it will be a way of pacifying the family for their loss,” he said.
He further noted that the numerous challenges confronting the Service will not deter him from achieving that goal.
“We want a police service of the people, by the people and for the people. We want to make the Service the best institution in the country and a reference point in the world,” he noted.
By: Agaatorne Douglas Asaah | myactiveonline.com
