[ 2012-03-08 ]

Police 'angry' with judiciary

Police accuse judiciary of freeing criminals
The Central Regional Police Commander DCOP Stephen
Andoh Couffie has accused the judiciary in the
region of increasingly frustrating the police by
freeing suspected criminals.

He said the situation was greatly hampering the
activities of the police and lowering the morale
of police personnel in the region.

He was addressing a heads of department meeting in
Cape Coast.

Joy News' Central Region correspondent Richard
Kojo Nyarko who was present said the meeting was
to take stock of the achievements of the police as
well as enumerate challenges the institution was
facing.

The Regional Police commander minced no words in
sharing their frustration over what he said was
the increasing rate at which criminal suspects
have been freed by the judiciary.

He said the police go through painstaking
investigations and sometimes life threatening
operations to arrest some of these criminals only
for them to be freed by the judiciary.

He admonished the judiciary to team up with the
police to combat crime instead of frustrating
their efforts.

That notwithstanding, DCOP Couffie pledged the
unflinching desire of the police to fight criminal
activities especially in Kasoa.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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