The Ghana Police Service's reaction to their most recent study on perceptions of corruption, according to the government statistician, astonished him. The Police Administration was represented on the steering group, according to professor Samuel Kobina Annim.
He claims that the Police never voiced any issues regarding the research's methodology or manner. Prof. Annim claimed that the Police had the opportunity to respond to any claims of stereotyping made against them.
The Ghana Police Service is represented on the steering committee, which is the highest decision-making body for this survey, in the event that there were stereotypes. Isn't that a chance to address any issues you may have? I don't really see that argument, then.
"At our steering committee meeting, we addressed how the indicators were going to be computed when the steering committee saw the completed questionnaire,"
"So in fact, I had not received any communication prior to this letter. I was shocked by this because I had assumed that once the Ghana Police Service joined the steering committee, these issues should have been brought up. Even if it was just a last-minute idea, I thought we should have talked about it and looked at ways to make it better. I received my letter at around 3 p.m. yesterday (Thursday, July 28), and this had been reported three days prior.
On Friday, July 29, he appeared on the JoyNews AM Show with Benjamin Akakpo.
The Ghana Police Service was named the most corrupt organisation in the nation in the aforementioned study by the GSS, CHRAJ, and UNODC. More than GHC17.4 million in bribes were paid in 2021, according to the report, with police officers leading the list of authorities who accept them with 53.2 percent.
But on Wednesday, July 27, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, questioned the survey's methodology in a five-page letter to GSS and CHRAJ.
The IGP stated, "Therefore, our concern is the use of selective ranking technique to project the findings in a manner that places an unfair spotlight on the Police Service with all the others in your corruption index escape public scrutiny.
According to the Police's interpretation of the findings, the research may have been impacted by "a historically prevalent stereotype of the Police Service," Dr. Akuffo Dampare noted.
The Service has throughout the years fostered a pervasive public perception by nearly becoming the institution of choice for such research.
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