We’re working onerous to prevail towards rising robberies

The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, has assured that incidents of theft within the nation are below management.

He stated the police administration has deployed a variety of methods together with elevated patrol and visibility to examine the state of affairs.

Talking on the Citi Breakfast Present on Wednesday, he stated all regional police instructions have met and have been charged to give you totally different methods to battle crime of their respective jurisdictions.

“We’re not sitting down aloof. We’re so concerned in operating the present in these areas,” he stated.

There seem like rising circumstances of crime in some components of Accra, together with daylight robberies.

Some listeners of the Citi Breakfast Present shared totally different harrowing theft experiences in Accra, particularly round Adentan.

A few of them recounted incidents of robbers on motorbikes attacking them and making away with their cellphones and money.

In line with the police, they’re conducting particular operations inside the capital to stem the event.

ACP Kwesi Ofori stated, amongst different issues, the police are conducting swoops throughout the nation as a safety measure to assist establish and arrest felony parts.

“The police administration has come out with new methods and programmes to guarantee that we’re in management. There’s a normal technique to conduct swoops all through the nation and that’s preventive in nature,” he stated.

He added that “the large motion taken by the police ought to give public confidence and assurance. We’re operating a really clear police administration. After we are having limitations and challenges, we make every part clear to you. We’re doing every part doable to guarantee that we’re in management.”

He additional acknowledged that the police have seized a variety of unlawful weapons within the course of.