At least 2,458 police constables across the country are undergoing a three-week promotional training course, at Tesano, in Accra.
They form part of 11,854 personnel of various ranks of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), who are due for promotion.
Members of the Police Management Board and senior police officers are also taking part in the training course.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, at the opening ceremony, at the National Police Training School, said quality human resource was paramount for high quality performance and sustainability, which the Ghana Police Service was no exception.
He said a Training and Curriculum Review Committee was set up about two years ago, to review the training curricula of the modules, content, infrastructural capacity and delivery methodologies of all training institutions in the country at all levels, including in service training.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh said as part of initiatives to build the capacity of personnel through in-service training, specialised courses, including but not limited to high risk operation and survival training and detective training have been organised for 863 police officers across the country.
He said 619 officers from other law enforcement agencies have benefited from the specialised training.
Mr Oppong-Boanuh said crimes continued to evolve in a sophisticated fashion and perpetrated by a network of well-resourced and well-connected criminal gangs within and across borders.
He “transnational crimes such as human and narcotics terrorism, kidnapping, cyber-attacks, auto theft, piracy among others requires a resilient and robust law enforcement agency to effectively respond to threats posed by these criminals,” he stated.
The IGP advised participants to abide by COVID-19 safety protocol to prevent the spread of the virus.
The Director-General of Human Resource of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) Commissioner of Police (COP)Nana Asamoah Hinneh urged the personnel to take the training seriously to help them in their career.
He assured of the GPS support to the personnel to help them discharge their duties.
The Commanding Officer of the National Police Training School, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Edmund Ohene Bosompem, said human resource was the only asset of every organisation, and said there was the need to organise more courses to assist personnel in the discharge of their duties.
BY ANITA NYARKO-YIRENKYI
