31 SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS RE-ASSIGNED (Page 3 Lead)

06/03/2008
Thirty-one senior police officers have been re-assigned as part of a major exercise within the Ghana Police Service.
As part of the exercise, two officers have been promoted to the position of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police. They are the Director-General in charge of Human Resource Development, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mrs Joanna Osei Poku, who has been promoted to the position of Commissioner, while the Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) John Kudalor, has also been promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police.
According to the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, the exercise followed approval by President J.A. Kufuor and the Police Council.
He said in addition to the promotion of some of the senior police officers, others had been transferred to other regions.
He said ACP Seth Charles Oteng, until recently the acting Ashanti Regional Police Commander, had been confirmed as the Commander for the region.
DSP Ofori said the acting Director of the Police Hospital, ACP Dr Godfred Asiamah, had also been confirmed as the substantive Director of the hospital, with ACP Seidu Mahamadu Zakaria as the Deputy Director.
Other changes involve ACP Bright Oduro, the Ashanti Regional Crime Officer, who has been appointed the Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, with additional responsibilities to supervise the regional CID until a substantive crime officer is appointed; the acting Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, who has now been confirmed as the substantive Director.
Chief Superintendent of Police Vincent Dedjoe, the Course Director for Law Enforcement Officers at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre (KAIPTC), has been posted to the Police Headquarters as the Director of the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS).
DSP Ofori said all the three senior police officers in charge of the Bawku District had also been posted to various areas. They are Chief Superintendent Peterkin Yentumi Gyinae, the Bawku Divisional Commander, who is to head the Akosombo Division; DSP Alex C. Acquah, the Bawku District Commander, who goes to the Dambai District in the Volta Region, and ASP Isaac C. Akligbe, in charge of Crime at Bawku, who goes to Enchi in the Western Region.
According to DSP Kwesi Ofori, all the postings take immediate effect.