By Valentia Tetteh
The Minister-Designate for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, has called for the mandatory use of body cameras by police officers across Ghana to address concerns over police misconduct, including extortion and brutality.
During his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, January 24, Muntaka stressed that implementing body cameras would be a crucial step in enhancing police accountability and restoring public trust in the Ghana Police Service.
“There has been rising public outcry against incidents of police brutality and extortion, which have significantly eroded confidence in our law enforcement agencies,” Muntaka said.
He proposed a policy that would require all police officers to wear and activate body cameras whenever performing their duties.
“We will ensure that if you are a police officer and you have to step out, then you have your body camera on to take away all the ambiguity and the troubles,” he explained. “When you put the body camera on, everywhere you are, you are being recorded. So that when you are on the road extorting money and brutalizing others, it will show and record whatever the police officer is doing.”
He says, his proposal seeks to eliminate the ambiguity often surrounding allegations of police misconduct and help build greater public trust in the police force.
