Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzor has won the plaudits of people on social media after he explained at a symposium how politicians control the Police Service.
He also revealed that his family and friends are scared for him for being vocal about police administration and the influence of politicians on the service.
Dr Agbordzor won the admiration of Ghanaians after video surfaced earlier this week of him castigating the extent of influence elected officials have on law and order in the country.
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Mynewsgh.com reports that according to the Assistant Commissioner, the influence of politicians on the Service, although constitutional, was not in line with modern challenges and therefore begs for reform.
But he stressed that the arrangement as it exists, makes the police administration helpless in the issue of political vigilantism.
Dr Agbordzor, who is the is Director of the Transformation Programmes Office of the Ghana Police Service, said family and friends call warning him to be careful not to step on the wrong toes so as to incur backlash.
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On the concern from his beloved ones, he was quoted as saying: “No superior officer of mine has called me or no Minister has called me. It is rather family and friends who are calling me and expressing fear I could be victimized “.
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This is the policeman we need as a country ????
He explains why Ghana Police Service can never free from the jaws politicians pic.twitter.com/iZXQ37gdKa
— OkayGh.com (@OkayGhana) November 4, 2018
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