President of the Eastern Regional Police Women Association (POLAS) Chief Supt. Eunice Annor has revealed that the upsurge of murder cases involving police women recently is a challenge to all female officers, hence, measures put in place should be intensified to mitigate the situation.
According to her, the current reported murder cases involving police women requires that the police administration intensify its psychological unit to particularly assist women who have issues regarding relationship.
“I believe the murder and most women dying is a challenge to us. I believe it is as a result of stress and I will say it is a lifestyle because we all come from different homes and each individual has her own plan and how the person wants to live. Therefore, I will say peer pressure can also be a stress to us but with the murder cases because investigations are ongoing and we haven’t finished with it. I cannot categorically state that this is the cause for it but when it happens like that it reduces our morale and we become sad and it takes time or a clinical psychologist to intervene and take us through,” she explained.
Chief. Sup. Miss Eunice Annor made the disclosure during the 70 years Anniversary celebration by the Police Ladies Association (POLAS) in conjunction with the police administration in Koforidua.
On contribution to policing in the country, Chief Supt. Annor said women policing has been enhanced over the years compared to the previous years.
The officer believes the current structure of the Ghana Police Service has equally offered higher positions to women as compared to men hence enhancing women participation in decision making at the highest level of the police administration.
She observed “in fact female policing has done a lot. Though the purpose of enlisting women into the service was to handle women and children, victims and juveniles, however, things have changed. Now women have occupied and still occupying greater positions such as Acting IGP, Deputy IGP, Schedule Officers, we have four among the sixteen men. And secondly, women are now commanders that is, Regional Commanders, Divisional Commanders, District Officers, now we are doing investigations, we are doing prosecutions, training and so on.”
She appealed to government and philanthropists to expand and complete the Eastern region police basic school.
“Individuals sometimes as a mother, a career woman, it has not been easy managing your home and the office at the same time. We will request philanthropists and well wishers to assist us like renovating the police hospital women block and then the children ward in Accra and then even in the Eastern Region. We have adopted the basic school that we want to expand it so we need the support of everyone,” she said.
The theme for the anniversary was “Celebrating 70 years Of Women Policing in Ghana: Her Evolution and Future”.
The anniversary was climaxed by extracurricular activities such as soccer, volleyball, ludu, oware, table tennis etc with sister partners from the Prison Ladies Association (PRILAS) and the Ghana Immigration Ladies Association.
The Eastern Regional Police Commander, Anderson Fosu Ackah congratulated the Police Ladies Association (POLAS) for their 70th anniversary, lauding the overwhelming contribution of police women to police administration over the past years.
By Yvonne Neequaye|Eastern Reg.|Onuaonline.com
