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The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare says the Police Service is working to reduce robbery response time to 10 minutes across the country. According to him, the initiative will be boosted with the deployment of over 2000 personnel and motorbikes across highways in the country in the coming days. Speaking …

35-year-old Felix Yawson has been arrested at Gomoa- Dominase in the Central Region for mixing a poisonous substance believed to be weedicide with his mother’s corn dough which she sells on the market. According to reports, Yawson was arrested following a complaint by his mother to the police. Speaking to …

One armed robber, believed to be in his 20s has been shot dead while in a gun battle with the police in the Ashanti Region. The incident happened at Yabi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region today, August 11, 2022 at dawn around 2am. The assembly member …

Police officers who die in the line of duty will now have qualified relatives recruited into the service to compensate for the loss, the Inspector-General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has disclosed. According to the IGP, the initiative is part of a broad range of measures being taken by …

The assembly members of Wenchi municipality in the Bono region have accused the police officers in the area of forcibly collecting bush meat from the farmers as a bribe on the roads. At a council meeting held on Tuesday, an assembly member reported that on market days, some policemen harass …

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mary Esinam Ahiafianyo and two others have been confirmed dead after they were involved in an accident on the Afloa-Tema highway on Monday dawn. The Senior Police Officer, MyNewsGh.com gathered was on board a Toyota Corolla saloon with registration Number GN 1136-18 with three other occupants. …

Singer, Kizz Daniel has been released from the Tanzanian Police custody. It was reported that he was arrested on Monday, August 8, after he failed to perform on a show being paid. Taking to Twitter, the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, said that Kizz Daniel’s legal team will report back …

Family of an electrician allegedly manhandled during a police arrest and subsequently dying in police custody at the Abrafo Kokoben Police Station in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region has threatened court action. Uncle of the deceased Samuel Nyamekye explains their son didn’t die of natural cause because …

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed Police Corporal Okoi Liyomo, who was caught beating a man with a cutlass in Cross River State. Last week, social media was awash with the video of the policeman, using the flat side of a cutlass to beat a man. The assault caught the …

Residents of Abrafo Kokoben are angered by an earlier account of the police over the death of a 37-year-old in police custody; accused them of lynching the deceased suspect. The residents rather give a bone-chilling account of how the police were seen chasing prince Kuffour and yelling thief which they …