Crime prevention officers graduate from executive development programme

OTSE: Thirty-six crime prevention officers from four African countries graduated from the International Law Enforcement Agency College in Otse over the weekend after a six-week course.

Under the Law Enforcement Executive Development (LEED) programme, the officers were taught policing techniques and how to investigate terrorism and crimes involving narcotics, immigration and firearms. At the graduation they swore to fight crime in all its facets.

Speaking on behalf of the graduates, Edward Owusu from Ghana said that today's criminals are getting sophisticated. "In the face of these challenges therefore, we, as law enforcers have also pledged to give them no rest. We cannot afford to fail our citizens in this regard and that is why we are here," he said.

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