Police service to employ 4,000 more

The Dispatch reports that the NPP government of President J.A. Kufuor is to "carry out accelerated recruitment into the Police," to beef up the strength to about 18,000 over the next four years, stating that the development is "good news" for the country.

The service, which has been the focus of the general public for sometime now, especially regarding the serial killings of women and the spate of armed robberies, had their number dropped from 16,000 when Ghana's population stood at 14 million to 14,000 at the time the country's population reached 18 million.

The NPP, as per its Manifesto promised that it will particularly emphasise the training of the Police to the highest limits and provide logistics "essential for efficient conduct of Police work".