Eight hundred and thirty recruits of the Community Policing Assistants drawn from the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions are currently undergoing training at the Police Training School at Pwalugu.
Out of the total number of recruits, 365 are from Northern Region, 313 from Upper East Region and 152 from Upper West Region; 726 are males whilst 104 are females.
The trainees were recruited by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and are expected to undergo six weeks training in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Investigation, Traffic Management, Community Policing, Basic Office Safety, Human Rights, Basic Security Tips, Physical Training and Foot Drill.
They are expected to complement the efforts of the security agencies in fighting crime in their respective regions.
At an open ceremony held at Pwalugu, Mr Fritz Baffour, Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the Select Committee on Defence and Interior, said security and stability was necessary for the development of the country.
He said government under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) had recruited a considerable number of the youth in the country to complement the efforts of the security agencies to help maintain peace and security.
“Your recruitment is not about families, brothers or sisters. Your recruitment is about the stability and the welfare of the country. You must therefore demonstrate honesty, integrity, determination and dedication towards your work after the training”, he said.
Mr Albert Abongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, said Government was committed to the welfare of the youth and had revived the YEA programme as one of the key interventions of addressing the unemployment challenges facing the youth in the country.
He said the security models made up of the community police, immigration and the prison service, would offer jobs to 10,000 youth in the three regions of the northern part of the country.
He urged the beneficiaries of the programme to take advantage of the interventions to help contribute meaningfully to national development as well as sharpen their job skills.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Victor Aduse-Poku, the Director of the Police Training School, said the Community Policing Assistants would support the security agencies clamp down crimes in the society.
Mr Roger Abolembisa, the Regional Director of YEA, said fire prevention assistants, prison service assistants, youth in PWDs, trades and vocation models, youth in agric, community teaching assistant and general sanitation, were some of the modules that would be implemented this year.
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