Woman gets top police post

Mrs Gifty Anin Botwe has been appointed the Second in Command of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Service.

Mrs Botwe, who is a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was the Commanding Officer of the Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU). Her appointment took effect from November 28.

Mr Patrick Kwesi Acheampong, Director CID said in an interview that the appointment was a further proof of the IGP's commitment to ensure that qualified women were elevated to take up responsible positions in the service.

He said Mrs Botwe was the second woman in West Africa to be given a top Police investigations post after Ms Abimbola Jolaade Ojomo, who is Assistant Inspector General of Police and in charge of the "D" Department of the Nigerian Federal Police.

Mr Acheampong said Mrs Botwe joined the service in 1976 and has a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast and Diploma from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

She had served as an instructor at the Police Depot, a Licensing Officer at Tarkoradi, Second in Command at the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit, Accra Region and until her elevation was the Commanding Officer of WAJU.

She had taken courses in traffic Policing, Women in Management, Investigations of Crimes Relating Women and Children in countries like Namibia, South Africa, England, Sweden and India.