Confirm Dampare as a substantial IGP – Akufo-Addo said

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should urgently confirm COP Dampare George Akuffo Dampare as Inspector General of Police (IGP), said security analyst Adam Bonaa.

On Wednesday July 21, the president appointed COP Dampare as an interim IGP as of August 1.

He succeeds the current IGP, James Oppong Buanoh.

“I pray that the President will quickly get him confirmed as a substantial IGP so that he can restructure the Ghana Police Service,” Mr Bonaa told Alfred Ocansey on 360 News on TV3 on Wednesday July 21.

“I expect a serious restructuring of the service,” he added.

He further indicated that “The other thing I expect from him is to build bridges.

“The police department as it stands today is a mess, it is in shambles and wants to see the police department under Dampare build bridges, boarding the base.”

Profile of Dr George Akuffo Dampare

Dr George Akuffo Dampare is the youngest Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) to be appointed in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since Ghana’s independence. Prior to this appointment, he was the highest ranking police officer after the retired IGP.

Dr Dampare joined the Ghana Police Service (GPS) as a Constable in December 1990 at the age of 20 and rose through the ranks to become Commissioner of Police (COP) 24 years later at the age of 44 years old in 2014, the rank he held until his appointment. .

In 1991, at the end of his recruit training, Dr Dampare was named the best recruit at the National Police Training School and won all the awards except the “best sniper” award. . Again in 1996, he became the top cadet for the 32nd Cadet Officers Course at the Ghana Police Academy (formerly, Police College) and won all awards including excellence in subjects professional police officers and excellence in academic subjects.

During his more than thirty-year career as a police officer, Dr Dampare has made significant contributions to policing in Ghana and beyond as noted below:

a. At the leadership and management level, Dr Dampare has had the rare privilege of serving as the chief (general manager) of almost all major departments, which has given him a better understanding of the administration of health services. police in Ghana.

Specifically, Dr Dampare has served as Director General of Administration and Director General of Welfare on two occasions. He was also Director General of MTTD, Director General of Research and Planning, Director General of Operations, Director General of ICT, Director General of Finance and Director General of the National Patrol Department (Police Visibility Department ).

b. Other leadership positions that Dr Dampare has previously held include the Commander of the Police Command and Staff College, the Commander of the Accra Regional Police, the Regional Commander of Railways, Ports and the port (now the Maritime Police Department), Cape-Coast Municipal Commander and the Chief Internal Auditor of SPM.

vs. Between 2010 and 2015, under the direction of two IGP, MM. Paul Tawiah Quaye and Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Dr Dampare led and coordinated the National Anti-Armed Robbery Reward to Informant Initiative, which has seen the arrest and prosecution of many notorious armed robbers across the country.

D. As Director General of National Operations, Dr Dampare created an effective system where fragmented units were consolidated to create effective and comprehensive departments such as the creation of an anti-armed robbery unit (the COMBAT unit ) to aggressively combat theft and other violent acts. crimes. He also established the Intelligence Unit within the Department of National Operations, which subsequently informed the establishment of a Police Intelligence Department at the national level.

e. As the Commander of the Accra Regional Police, Dr Dampare introduced an innovative and proactive policing strategy called the ‘Continuous Stakeholder Engagement Program’ where all stakeholders have been included and involved in the policing of the region. For the first time, thanks to this initiative, the Ghana Police Service, under his leadership, visited political parties in their offices to engage them.

F. As director general in charge of well-being, Dr Dampare introduced an innovative social protection program in which he led agents from the department to visit the homes of dozens of sick and bedridden police officers across the country, and also introduced strategic medical interventions to facilitate their well-being.

g. Also at Welfare, Dr Dampare launched a process in Dodowa and Kasoa to reclaim land held and paid for by the police. The case had become a threat to national security as many officers were angry at the inability of the leaders of the police administration to intervene in the situation which had lasted for nearly a decade.

h. In 2013, under the leadership of the then Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Dr. Dampare led a team of officers, working day and night, to restructure the unit of the Armored Vehicle Squadron (ACS) into a Formed Police Unit (FPU) in a record time of ten (10) weeks. This task had remained impossible for more than fifteen years.

The FPU has now become one of the police units that undertake internal police operations and international peacekeeping missions within the framework of the United Nations and the African Union.

I. As Director General of the Department of National Patrol (Police Visibility Department) and under the leadership of the then IGP, Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Dr Dampare oversaw the implementation of the new program ” Police visibility ”which saw the presence of police personnel at most intersections and communities in Ghana.

j. Once again, during the implementation of the vision of the then IGP, Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, for the establishment of the Command and Staff College of Police Services in Winneba and the School of public security training of the police department in Pwalugu, Dr Dampare was the technical team leader. teams that ensured the full operationalization of these two specialized training institutions.

k. Dr Dampare is credited with the idea which led to the establishment of the Office of the Armorer General which serves as a central point for arms and ammunition accounting within the Ghana Police Service as well as the establishment of the Service Investigation Monitoring Unit (SEMU) with responsibility for managing the GPS disciplinary system.

l. As coordinator of the 2007 Ghana Inter-ministerial National Inter-Ministerial Working Group, which was under the general leadership of Dr. Ms. Mary Chinnery-Hesse (then Senior Advisor to HE President JA Kufuor), Dr. Dampare led a team, within a period of seven months, to develop and implement a national model for disaster management, which brought together all UN agencies, the Red Cross and civil society organizations, among others , to successfully manage the disaster.

mr. As Director General of Finance, Dr Dampare led a police technical implementation team to work with the Fair Wages and Wages Commission, to migrate the police service to the single column pay structure as as the first institution in the country to carry out migration.

nm Still as Director General of Finance, Dr Dampare also introduced the payment of allowances for recruits through the bank by getting them bank accounts as well as ATM cards. He also hired the banks and had them build ATMs in police training schools at no cost to the government.

o. Under the visionary guidance of the then IGP Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye, Dr. Dampare also led a team to establish the GPS Procurement Unit and ensure full implementation of the Procurement Law. It introduced cost-saving measures in the repair of service vehicles and the use of hotel accommodation, among others.

p. Dr Dampare led a team of officers who mainly used private sector donations to give police headquarters a facelift by constructing a public affairs building, Integrity Square, Fitness Center, form and social of the police and a helipad. The CID headquarters building was also renovated under his leadership.

q. As Regional Commander for Accra, Dr Dampare raised enough capital from the private sector to complete a new office complex and re-roof 90% of all office buildings at the regional headquarters, which were in poor condition. deplorable for years.

Over the course of his policing career, Dr Dampare has completed numerous law enforcement courses at the tactical, operational, strategic leadership and management levels, making him a versatile police officer with the requisite skills and competencies related to with its rank.

In addition to his police duties, Dr Dampare previously worked as a researcher and lecturer at King’s College London, University of London. He has also taught at the University of Cape-Coast (UCC), the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Regent University College and Data Link University College.

He is also one of the pioneering lecturers at the Business School of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.

After passing the ordinary and advanced GCE exams as a private candidate in 1989 and 1992 respectively, Dr Dampare began studying accounting and became a chartered accountant in 1996 at the age of 25.

He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Finance and Management from King’s College London, University of London, and two Masters of Science with Honors in Accounting and Finance from London South Bank University, UK. UK and Business Systems Analysis and Design from City University of London, UK.

Dr Dampare also holds a Certificate in High Impact Leadership from the Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge, UK and a Certificate in Leadership and Management from the Aresty Institute of Executive Education, The Wharton. School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Dr Dampare is a member of several professional associations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police (ICP), the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) and the Association of Ghana Journalists (GJA).

Dr Dampare has also served and continues to serve on several boards, including the Board of Directors of the Office of Economic and Organized Crime (EOCO), the Board of Data Link University College, the Central Disciplinary Board of police and the board of the Pumpkins Foundation (a philanthropic organization for underprivileged children, including people with autism).

He is married to Anita and has six children.