IGP pledges to make Police Service most respected organization
At age 51, he will be the youngest IGP to serve in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since independence.
The newly sworn-in Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has assured President Nana Akufo Addo that he would work to make the Police Service one of the respected organisations in the country.
He made this committed at his swearing-in ceremony in Accra; an event that had in attendance President Nana Akufo-Addo, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Chairman of the Council of State Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Police Commissioners and the Media.
“Mr. President you’ve actually set the pace for us in terms of what we suppose to do. And I want to give you the assurance working with my colleagues within the Police Service, and outside it, and also getting the supporting and the backing of the population of the country, we will be able to lead the Police Service better than we came to find it. So that at the end of the day, if we leave the Service and we are passing by, and we see police people doing an excellent job, we will be proud and tell ourselves without anybody hearing, that yes, we also contributed and as a result of that we have seen a different Police Service,” he remarked.
He added that the vision is to become a world-class Police Service, and eventually gain back the trust of Ghanaians.
“So our focus is to make sure that over the years, so soon into the future we become the most respected oragnisation in the country and a reference point for Africa and beyond, ” he said.
Even while acting as IGP, Dr. Dampare has been lauded for seemingly new changes in the conduct of the Police Service.
At the recently held 50th Cadet Officers Graduation Ceremony organized at the National Police Training School in Accra, President Akufo Addo indicated that the initiatives already rolled out by COP George Dampare justified his decision to appoint him as acting IGP.
At age 51, he will be the youngest IGP to serve in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since independence.
President Nana Akufo-Addo again, reassured the gathering of providing whatever support the Service needed in undertaking its work.
