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Ghana’s Minister-Designate for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has made a strong case for mandating that police officers wear body cameras in an attempt to allay growing fears of extortion and police brutality in the nation.
The Asawase MP stressed during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, January 24 that such a strategy would enhance accountability and restore public confidence in the Ghana Police Service.
Muntaka said that public confidence in Ghana’s law enforcement agencies has been shattered by the mounting outcry against police brutality and extortion.
Muntaka suggested a rule that would mandate that all police officers wear and turn on a body camera whenever they go out on official business in order to address the problem.
Muntaka informed the Committee that police encounters with the public will be captured on camera in an unbiased and unfiltered manner.
He asserted that this will lessen ambiguity in situations where police conduct is questioned.
“We will ensure that if you are a police officer and you have to step out, then you have your body camera on to take away all the ambuigity and the troubles because when you put the body camera on, everywhere you are, you are being recorded.
“So that when you are on the road extorting money and brutalise others, it will show and record whatever the police officer is doing.”
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
