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Ghana: Name Tags Are Not Enough, IGP
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Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
EDITORIAL
7 August 2008
Posted to the web 7 August 2008
Upon assumption of office, the current Interior Minister, Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor directed that all Police personnel should have their names clearly displayed on their uniform, for easy identification by the public. He argued that Nurses and other professionals had instituted such measures and it was about time the police also followed that example.
In fulfilment of this directive, the Ghanaian Times reported yesterday that the police administration has distributed more than 10,000 name tags to serving Police personnel across the country. The Director of Public affairs of the police Service, Deputy Superintendent Kwesi OFori, who disclosed this to the paper, noted that the remaining consignment of tags would soon be distributed to other personnel.
According to Kwesi Ofori, the Police administration considered the Minister's directive very serious and important, and has therefore decided to respond promptly. The Police Service has also warned that sanctions would be instituted against any Police officer who fails to wear the tag.
In the opinion of The Chronicle, we think that it would have been better if the Police administration had rather stitched the names on the uniforms of the personnel, instead of using tags. This is because the tags could easily be removed. There is also no way that a police officer, who is embarking on an unsanctioned operation would wear his or her tag to be easily identified. The Police personnel will definitely remove the tag to engage in unauthorised operations and later fix it back after the operation is over. It is therefore our candid opinion that if the tags were used, it would defeat the purpose or reason why the Minister gave the directive.
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There is no doubt that a lot of money has been spent in the design of the tags, but it will be better if the police administration considers our advice so that they achieve the rationale behind the Minister's directive, rather than to maintain the current status which might defeat this noble objective.
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