Police prosecutors undergo training
Fifty police prosecutors from all administrative regions in the country have received training aimed at upgrading their skills and knowledge to improve the quality of prosecutionin the country.
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The one- month programme was also to help them to improve their relationship with the citizenry and other key stakeholders in the criminal justice system, including the office of the Attorney-General and the Judiciary.
The training formed part of the 300 Ghanaian police prosecutors to be trained over a 12 -month period in Accra.
The initiative facilitated by Law and Development Associations (LADA) Institute is funded by the United States government through the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the cost of one million dollars.
The 50 participants were the first batch to complete the training programme after a four-week training session, which included court visits, lectures, mock training and practical exercise.
Strengthening police prosecution
At a ceremony to close the training, the Managing Director of LADA Group, Mr Mark Ofori-Amanfo, in his address, said there was the need to strengthen the prosecution system to ensure effective enforcement of the laws.
He said effective police prosecution formed an integral part of the justice delivery system to enforce the law, maintain law, order, peace and stability of the country.
Mr Ofori-Amanfo said plans had been made to provide training for all the remaining police prosecutors to ensure all police prosecutors in the country were well grounded in their job.
In his address, a staff officer at the Legal and Prosecutions of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr John Oduro, thanked LADA Institute, the US government and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs for organising the training session for police prosecutors.
“Implement the skills acquired”
He said the training would go a long way to equip the officers to enable them to discharge their duties effectively.
Considering the changing trends in everything, he noted that the training had helped the participants to update their knowledge of the changing trends in the prosecution system.
He urged the participants to practise what they had learnt and prosecute effectively, adding that "share with your colleagues the knowledge you have acquired.”