Police Administration posthumously promotes slain officers

Two slain police offices have been promoted posthumously by the Police administration.

The officers, Lance Corporal Robert Kumi Larbi Ackah and Constable Michael Kporyi lost their lives in two separate incidents at Dawadawa on the Buipe-Kintampo road and Michel Camp in Accra respectively.

The police administration in a statement said: “No.47523 Corporal Robert Kumi Ackah’s promotion takes effect from 27th May 2017, while No. 52071 Constable Michael Kporyi’s promotion takes effect from 11th June 2017.”

The late Corporal Robert Kumi Ackah met his untimely death on 28th May, 2017 at Dawadawa after he was mistaken for an armed robber when he was escorting an OA passenger bus to the Northern Region.

He was stationed at the Tamale Rapid Deployment Force at the time of his death. The late Lance Corporal Michael Kporyi, was shot by two suspected armed robbers at Michel Camp in the early hours of Tuesday 13th June 2017, when he was on his way to his duty point.

He was also stationed at the Tema Rapid Deployment Force at the time of his death.

The police administration had also set up a fund for families of officers killed in line of their duties.

During Interior Minister Ambrose Dery's visit to the Police Headquarters in Accra, IGP David Asante-Apietu lamented the recent rate at which police officers have been dying in the line of duty.

He expressed that this confirmed that hazards that came with policing in Ghana was on the increase. “At least, we can reduce the initial pain and frustration that the bereaved families go through in such circumstances with a cushioning insurance cover,” he added.