At Goaso, the capital of the Ahafo Region, the Ahafo Regional Police Command has launched a "Community Safety Patrols" campaign.
The launch, scheduled for Monday, April 4, 2022, is part of the police command's community crime prevention strategy.
Building confidence and trust between the police and the community is one of the goals of community safety patrols.
Community safety patrols have been launched by the Ahafo regional police command.
The safety patrols are also supposed to facilitate the sharing of crime-related information between the police and the community, as well as help eliminate antisocial behaviors that affect people and communities, according to the Ahafo police command.
For the initial phase of the patrols, 60 police officers from the region's Regional, Divisional, and District commands have been assigned to the task.
Community safety patrols have been launched by the Ahafo regional police command.
At the briefing, Deputy Regional Commander DCOP David Eklu instructed the officers to maintain a high degree of professionalism in all parts of their work in order to attain the stated goal.
He emphasized the importance of cops establishing trust and public confidence, as well as reducing community fear of crime, because they are often the first point of contact when it comes to crime and safety.