Professor Daniel Obeng-Ofori, the Vice-Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG) at Fiapre near Sunyani has called on the police administration to be innovative and be abreast with modern trend of policing.

This will make personnel of the service ahead of criminals.

He said crime had become sophisticated due to Information Communication Technology (ICT), and the police therefore ought to be dynamic, enhance their skills and abilities as well to combat crime.

Prof. Obeng-Ofori made the call when speaking at the closing session of a training and development seminar for the police training school at Kenyasi the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region.

The CUCG in collaboration with the police organized the one-week training attended by 395 personnel of the service.

They were Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Investigations, Cybercrime and Digital forensics, Client Care Services, Human Rights, and International Relations.

Prof. Obeng-Ofori noted that country was striving in “a turbulent sub-region with intermittent terrorist attacks”, saying “we therefore have to close our ranks and work together to maintain the national stability we are currently all enjoying”.

He assured the University would continue to partner with the police in providing the required training, not only for recruits, but also officers who were interested to acquire further and higher education.

Superintendent Samuel Omari-Anim, the Commander at the Kenyasi Police Training School described the seminar as timely, saying technological advancement had made crime more sophisticated globally.

He therefore called on everybody to support the police to fight crime saying modern policing remained collective and shared responsibility.

Supt. Omari-Anim explained the seminar had provided the officers and trainees of the service with the requisite knowledge and skills in areas of critical thinking, research and planning as well as digitization that would greatly help improve work performance.

Source: Sompaonline.com/98.9FM/K. Peprah