The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has announced that it has introduced a shuttle service for its personnel across the country. The Service stated that the intervention is meant to facilitate the movement of personnel to and from their places of residence to their various duty points.
The Ghana Police Service in a social media post today, Thursday October 14, 2021 noted that, the programme which has been implemented in 15 out of the 18 Police Operational Regions is intended to ease the burden of commute on officers.
“The Police Administration has, therefore, deployed buses on designated routes with pick-up and drop off points to ensure the safe and easy transportation of personnel, especially during the rush hour when movement along the roads is usually a struggle”.
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The Ghana Police Service posited that the spectacle of uniformed officers struggling to get on board vehicles during the rush hour is not good for morale in the service. The officers struggling to get a vehicle, it disclosed, does not inspire public confidence in the Police Service.
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The Service added that the shuttle provision is also being enforced to ensure that various officers across the country who carry their weapons for duty will be able to do so under safe conditions without causing harm to anyone.
“The Administration acknowledges that some members of the general public had expressed concern about the practice of Police personnel boarding commercial vehicles with weapons and the possible danger posed to other occupants of these vehicles”.
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The Service further noted that its administration is certain the shuttle service will reduce these concerns and ensure that both the Police officers and the commuting public go about their duties in safety and dignity.
“It is also expected to give some respite to officers and further boost their morale for enhanced performance”.
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Police Service receives 18 welfare buses
Prior to this initiative by the new Inspector General of Police, George Dampare, the outgone Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh purchased 18 welfare buses making history with reforms at the Welfare Directorate of the Service earlier this year.
The former IGP was hailed by both junior and senior ranks of the Ghana Police Service for making history in the service as he became the first in the history of the service to have, through the Welfare Scheme of the service, procured 18 Toyota Coaster Buses for the use of personnel in all the regions of the country.
At the ceremony to officially hand over the buses to the various Regional Commanders for onward use by the Regional Welfare Scheme, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh urged the various Regional Commanders to use the buses for their intended purposes and warned drivers against using the buses for their personnel gains.
According to the service, the buses were purchased from the accumulated profit of monthly contributions of personnel. It admonished that any personnel who would need it would be required to apply and also pay a token to help maintain the buses.
