Winneba (C/R), May 16, GNA - The Inspector General of Police, Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has said the tenets of democratic policing enjoin personnel of the Ghana Police Service to work within the confines of the law and abide by the code of conduct governing the service.

"This will enable you to eschew all forms of negative tendencies and acts likely to bring the name of the service into disrepute which include extortion, stealing, aiding and protecting criminals," he said. Mr Tawiah said this in a speech read on his behalf at the end of a two-week Capacity Building course for 130 corporals, lance corporals and constables from various stations across the country at the Central Region Police Training School on Friday.

The Course was designed to re-equip and to provide participants with the dynamics of democratic policing, professional police ethics and procedures that will enhance police public cooperation. Participants were taken through topics including Human Rights, Criminal Law, Professional Police Ethics, Communication skills and Management and Leadership Skills.

The IGP expressed the hope that participants would be fair and firm to all manner of people in the discharge of their duties to enable the Ghana Police Service to maximize the needed benefits from the course. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Joseph Owusu Bempah, Course Director, commended the participants for exhibiting maturity during the course.

He expressed the hope that the knowledge and skills acquired would go a long way to enhance their professionalism and help to erase the negative perception that the civil populace associated with the police.