Mr Peterkin Yentumi Gyinae, Volta Regional Police Commander, has assured residents in the region that the police was on the ground, working on clues to track criminals suspected to be connected to break-ins reported in some communities in the region.
He said there were indications that the criminals were operating a web, whose members converge on calls by principals, for operations.
Mr Gyinae, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCOP), was interacting with journalists, called to the Police Headquarters to meet Mr David Ampah-Bennin, also a DCOP, Head of Police Press and Public Affairs Department, on a visit to the Volta Region.
Mr Gyinae regretted that while the police strove to cage the criminals, people in the area would prefer to be apathetic to helping the police with information.
The criminals live with you in the communities, and are your guests when they visit for their operations, but the tradition here, in the main, is for people to choose to remain mute, the Volta Regional Police Commander stated.
He said his office was very much accessible for inquiries and confirmations, stressing that it was important journalists endeavoured to get their facts right, and stop stating break-ins as robberies.
Mr Gyinae said the Police was carefully evaluating the crime scene in the region in the light of recent arrests made, as initial indications were that criminal activities could be reducing.
He said there were other operational tactics, apart from the obvious, which the police had the option to adopt to fight the criminals.
Mr Ampah-Bennin had been in the Volta Region on the direction of the Inspector-General of Police to evaluate certain pillars of police work, including the state of cells and level of police-media relations.
He said he held durbars with police at the various divisions in the region and also went along with night patrol teams in Kpando.
Mr Ampah-Bennin disclosed that other Police Management Board members were in other regions on the same errand.
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