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Police cautioned against seizing vehicles
Tema, April 11, Ghanadot/GNA- Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCOP) John Kudalor, Tema Regional
Police Commander has cautioned personnel of the Motor
Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), to desist from seizing
vehicles and rather arrest defaulting drivers.
DCOP Kudalor explained that the act of instructing
passengers to alight in the middle of a journey for the
vehicle to be escorted to the police station was inhumane.
Addressing a mini durbar of MTTU personnel and commanders
from the various stations in the Tema Metropolis, he added
that parking those vehicles at the stations creates
congestion at the police stations.
The durbar, the first of a quarterly series, was to address
the Regional Commands concerns on personnel’s work as well
as to brainstorm and sensitize officers on ways to improve
security on the roads.
The Tema Regional Commander said the habit of getting
passengers stranded in a bid to seize vehicles of defaulting
drivers was against the personnel’s main responsibility of
ensuring the safety of the public and given directions to
stranded people.
He therefore advised the police to take the particulars of
defaulting drivers and allow them to report to the station
after the passengers had alighted at their destinations.
DCOP Kudalor however asked them to use their discretions
when on duty, suggesting that officials of the Ghana Private
Road Transport Union (GPRTU) could be contacted by MTTU
personnel to provide vehicle for passengers in the event
that the defaulting driver is not in a state to drive.
He commended the personnel on the successful motor checks
carried out in the metropolis from April 01 to 05 and called
on them to desist from rudeness and arrogance in the
discharge of their duties.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ransford Ninson,
Deputy Tema Regional Commander charged the personnel to
continue its traffic management duties, even though the
motor checks were over.
He said motor checks are carried out periodically while
traffic management was a daily affair.
ACP Ninson said personnel most often shirk their
responsibility of ensuring the free flow of traffic at
roundabouts, main roads and places that have faulty traffic
lights among others.
Personnel at the durbar asked for logistics to help them
improve upon their services to the public.
GNA
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