On why the police service withdrew personnel from Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region after the attack by rioters, Director of Police Public Affairs, Sup. Cephas Arthur declared if the life of police officers is in danger then there will be no point staying in the town.
“A dead man doesn’t provide protection so for the moment it is just appropriate that we withdraw, re-strategize and see whether the conditions will permit a return to work.
“If members of a community are aggrieved by any situation and they decide to take the law into their own hands and attack the local police, vandalise their local police station and logistics such that there is no office accommodation to operate from, then the police cannot work.
“They attacked the police barracks and burnt down about 4 rooms and looted property such that the police don’t have any place to lay their heads, then you don’t expect that these officers will be comfortable enough to discharge their mandate,†he told Kojo Yankson on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show.
The Inspector General of police is expected to visit the town to ascertain the situation first hand.
Residents demanded the removal of police personnel from the town when it emerged two policemen were involved in the robbery of a GCB bullion van.
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