President John Dramani Mahama has formally handed over 40 armoured vehicles to the Ghana Police Service as part of efforts to retool the security services to strengthen internal security, enhance operational capacity and ensure the safety of officers of the Service in the fight against violent crime.
The vehicles, which comprise twenty-five fully armoured units and fifteen light armoured vehicles include five (5) Cobra-4, Twenty (20) Cobra-3 and fifteen (15) TLC-79 (pickups), designed specifically for high risk security operations across.
The armoured vehicles are intended to improve rapid response, enhance officer protection and boost crime fighting operations, particularly in areas where specialised tactical support is required.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Mahama stated that the provision of the vehicles forms part of a broader national effort to retool the security services and strengthen their capacity to protect lives, property and national assets as well as protecting the lives of officers. He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to adequately resourcing the Police Service and other security agencies to effectively discharge their constitutional mandate. The President commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno and officers and men of the service for the successes chalked in their crime fighting efforts and urged them to do more to safeguard the peace of the country.
In his remarks, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Christian Tetteh Yohuno, expressed profound appreciation to Mahama for the armoured vehicles. He assured that the vehicles would be put to effective operational use and properly maintained to ensure their longevity and sustained impact on crime prevention and control.
The event was crowned with a Show of Force exercise led by the IGP, supported by the members of the Police Management Board and other officers drawn from the Operations Department, as part of security preparations ahead of the Christmas Festivities.
