Police deployed to mining coys advised to exhibit professionalism

 Personnel of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) deployed to mining companies, have been urged to execute their duties with profes­sionalism in accordance with the code of ethics of the service.

Mr Christopher Opoku Nyarko, Chief Director Anal­ysis, Research and Finance of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, advised the personnel to avoid violating the fundamental human rights of community members in mining areas they have been assigned to.

Mr Nyarko made the call at a training workshop the chamber organised for 150 police person­al at the Ghana Police Command and Staff College, in Winneba, Central Region.

According to him, the training, organised periodically, was part of collaboration with the GPS to help protect assets of mining companies in the country.

Such trainings, Mr Nyarko indicated, helped to improve the service delivery of personnel deployed to mining areas.

“This is the reason we brought a team comprising the Chamber Legal Person, Madam Shei­la Minkah Premo and some operational officers from the mines led by the chairman of the Chamber Security Committee to school participants on topical issues,” he said.

Mr Edwin Asare, official of Goldfields Ghana Limited, Ms Theresa Abrema Obosu, Senior Administrative Officer, Train­ing and Project of Anglo Gold Ashanti, and Mr Martin Baah Awhireng, Security Manager of Perseus Mining Company limit­ed, were the facilitators.

They sensitised the partici­pants to the Minerals and Mining Act, what public security person­nel needed to know, ethical con­siderations on mining, voluntary principles on security and human rights, and security threats in mining operations and response, among others.

The facilitators urged external security personnel to cooper­ate with internal security for effective joint operations, and to report any challenges to the authorities for redress.

Deputy Superintendent of Po­lice (DSP) Moses Gyan Mpettey, Staff Officer Operations, on be­half of the Inspector General of Police, thanked organisers of the training, and assured them that the participants will make good use of knowledge and skills ac­quired at the workshop, to bring sanity to various company’s areas of operations.

—GNA