Latest Ghana Police Service news

Government gives 64 vehicles to police to help fight crime

The government has handed over 64 more vehicles to the Ghana Police Service to augment its fleet and improve on its operational capability. The new vehicles include 20 Toyota Landcruisers, 19 Toyota Hilux pick-ups and 25 Toyota.

Police ‘paint Ghana red’ with armed bands over gov’t’s decision to change pension scheme (Photos)

Some police officers have protested a decision of the government to migrate them from the CAP 30 pension scheme unto the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) pension scheme.

29-year-old national service person remanded over alleged fraud

A 29-year-old National Service Personnel, doing his one-year mandatory service at the Asante Mampong Branch of the GCB bank, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nsuta Circuit Court over alleged fraud. YEN.com.gh news.

MPs descend on CID boss; demand missing girls be returned to their families

Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), to return the missing Takoradi girls to their families.

Heartbreaking video drops as 3 siblings die in a tragic domestic fire incident in Tema

A domestic fire incident at Tema Community Two has claimed the lives of three young siblings, YEN.com.gh has gathered. The three are Bridget Delali, Winifred, and Parisah Adewumi Hammond, who are aged 10, nine and two years.

Police on heels of 8 suspects over various crimes

The Police administration is on the heels of eight persons including a Policeman, Yemeni, Lebanese and some Ghanaians alleged to have engaged in various misconducts. A police gazette signed by Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (COP).

Short Commission report: DSP Azugu to be removed, ‘Double’ to be prosecuted

The three-member presidential commission of inquiry which investigated violence during a by-election at Ayawaso in the capital Accra has recommended the dissolution of the SWAT team at the National Security Council Secretariat.

50 illegal courier and postal service operators arrested by the police

Police officials have teamed up with officers from the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) to arrest 50 people illegally operating courier and postal services in Accra.

Police Inspector dies in Togo under mysterious circumstances

A Ghanaian police officer, Chief Inspector Israel Theophilus Dotse, has lost his life under strange circumstances in Togo, YEN.com.gh can report. The deceased was part of the Mobile Force Unit in Accra.

Policeman remanded in custody for attempted car snatching

A police officer, Constable Debi Sando, has been remanded on his former bail for attempting to snatch an Uber car. An Accra Circuit Court therefore asked Constable to remain on his former bail of GH¢120,000.00 with two sureties.

Robbers attack policeman on N1 and bolt with GHC80K

Armed robbers have attacked a uniformed police officer at gunpoint in broad daylight on the N1 highway in Accra, robbing him of ¢80,000. According to eyewitnesses, the two men on a motorbike fired warning shots before bolting. YEN

Ghana Police warns foreigners to respect our laws or risk being dealt with

The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a strong warning to foreigners living in Ghana to obey the laws of the country and eschew all forms of criminal acts.

We know location of girls; families should keep on keeping on – CID bosc

The location of the three kidnapped girls in Ghana’s oil city Takoradi has been identified, the police said. Briefing the media Tuesday, the Criminal Investigation boss DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah said the police is scaling

Video of police officer allegedly assaulting a woman surfaces online

YEN.com.gh is in possession of a video, which shows an unidentified police officer exchanging words with a woman seated in a car. the woman is seen sitting at the driver’s seat, and said she is ready to go to the police station.

Ghana police service records over 750,500 prank calls

According to officers in charge of the PECC in Accra, some people just call in to insult the people on duty, some to demand mobile phone credit, others to make fun of the police, while others claimed it was their children.

Meet the 18-year-old sakawa boy who shot his colleague to death in a hotel room

An 18-year-old believed to be involved in internet fraud, known in local parlance as sakawa, has reportedly shot and killed his colleague in a weird incident which happened in a hotel at Akumsa Dumasi near Nkoranza in Bono East.

Chief in hot waters for assaulting a police officer

The chief of Wassa Abreshia, Nana Amoah Bediako, has been arrested by the police for assaulting a police officer. According to a report by Citinewsroom.com, he, together with some heavily built men, beat up the police officer.

Police allegedly still beating trotro driver and mate in custody - Lawyer reveals

The commercial (trotro) driver and his conductor accused of assaulting a police officer are alleged to have been tortured in police custody, and are currently said to be in critical condition at Bureu of National Investigations.

Metropolitan guard kicks young man in the head (Video)

However, in a statement signed by Mr Simon Tenku, Assitant Superintendent of Police for Director-General, Public Affairs, Accra, has stated that the person seen kicking the victim in the viral video is not a police officer. YEN.

Driver and mate missing from police custody - Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC)

According to the Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC), though the Odorkor District Police claims to have transferred the two from their custody to the police headquarters in Accra, officials at the headquarters also denied receivin

Ghana Police to deploy body cams beginning May 2019 to enhance transparency and accountability

As part of efforts to enhance police transparency and accountability, the Police Administration will deploy its first body cameras in May this year. Police body cameras are small-lensed devices, often worn on an officer’s chest.