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Inspector General of Police John Kudalor

But police denies knowledge of suit

The Police Administration says it is not aware of any order placing an injunction on the ongoing recruitment exercise. Reports in a section of the media yesterday suggested that the recruitment was about to suffer a jolt as an IT firm was in court over the wrongful abrogation of a contract to manage the online exercise.

The firm is reportedly demanding over GH¢38 million from the police for the wrongful abrogation of the contract.

 

But, in a swift reaction, the Police Administration said it had not received any court order to stop the recruitment.

“Consequently, the public and would-be applicants are encouraged to go ahead with their application without any reservation,” a statement signed by the Director of Police Public Affairs, Supt Cephas Arthur, said.

Rush for E-vouchers

Meanwhile, there is a mad rush for the E-vouchers at the GCB Bank which has been contracted by the Police Administration to sell the forms 

As of yesterday (the second day of the three-week exercise), the bank had sold over 17,000 police recruitment forms to prospective applicants across the country.

The bank is currently selling the forms at all its branches after resolving challenges that slowed down the sale on the first day on Wednesday.

A source at the bank told the Daily Graphic that “GCB experienced a large number of prospective recruits at its branches on the first day, which affected the smooth flow of the sale”.

“The bank assures prospective recruits of its capacity to contain the situation and to continue to provide excellent services throughout the three-week period slated for the sale of the forms, which ends on May 31, 2016,” it said.

Preventing scam

Supt Arthur drew a distinction between the current recruitment exercise and the 2014 scam.

He explained that in the current one, “there is recruitment going on, but in the other one there was no recruitment at all and so everything about it was fraudulent”.

In spite of the differences, he said, the Police Administration leant lessons from the scam and “that’s why we have reduced human interventions as much as possible in the current exercise”.

“Now we are not selling the forms manually. We are selling E-vouchers through the GCB Bank, which means no police officer is involved in the process. We also carried out public education to sensitise the public to fraudsters,” he said.

WAEC involvement

Supt Arthur said the Police Administration was working with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to vet all academic qualifications submitted by applicants.

That, he explained, would eliminate the possibility of the presentation of fake academic qualifications by applicants.

He stated that applicants awaiting their results were not qualified to apply.

Meanwhile, he could not stick his neck out on the number of applicants who would be recruited for training.

Use of cannabis 

In a related development, the Police Administration has stated that the statement by DSP David S. Hukportie of the Narcotics Unit of the Police Service to the effect that the use of cannabis should be decriminalised did not represent the official position of the service.

“The Police Administration is, therefore, calling on the public to disregard the statement, which was aired on TV3 on Wednesday, May 11, 2016,” a statement signed by Supt Arthur said.

It said  the Police Administration had started investigations into the officer's conduct.

 

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