Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has affirmed that government will facilitate discussions between the banks and the police to ensure the safety of the officers.
According to him, the government has started with the provision of bulletproof equipment for the police force in their bid in ensuring that bankers and police personnel are well protected.
“The government has started providing bulletproof vests, bulletproof helmets and we are also working towards providing body cams. Discussions are ongoing between the IGP and the banking systems, and we are going to facilitate that to see how we ensure that the bankers and the police personnel are better protected than they are now,” he said.
This action from the government is to protect police officers sent on escort duties with bullion vans following the recent attack that led to the death of Constable Emmanuel Osei in Accra, the government says it has started providing adequate protective gear for such officers.
The outgoing IGP, James Oppong-Boanuh, following the killing of the officer suggested that the bullion van was substandard and therefore gave banks up to the end of June to provide fortified bullion vans or have no police officer escorting their cash.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
