Ten police recruits dismissed - For using fictitious documents

Page 32: Daily Graphic, May 1, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
TEN recruits of the Winner Police Training School have been dismissed and handed over to the Winneba police for prosecution.
Four of the dismissed recruits were due to pass out on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 while the remaining six were in the junior squad.
They were dismissed after an audit revealed that they used fictitious documents to gain admission to the training school.
The four, who were due to pass out next Tuesday, are all females and have been identified as Pricilla Owusu Frimpong, Akosua Konadu, Solace Franklina Tublu and Bernice Bonney.
The other six, all males, were named as Bernard Allotey, Benjamin Antwi, Richard Kwadwo Abrokwa, Baffour Awuah, Augustine Opoku and Augustine Amankwah.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Samuel Asiedu-Okanta, Officer Commanding the Winneba Training School, told the Daily Graphic that the conduct of the 10 recruits was criminal hence the decision to hand them over to the Winneba police for prosecution.
He said the suspects were found out during routine checks by the school as part of the process to vet their results and school certificates.
The Winneba District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Francis Yiribaare, told the Daily Graphic that the suspects had been charged for forgery of official documents, possession of forged documents and altering official documents.