THE newly-posted New Juaben Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Lovelace Tefutor Kaletsi, has appealed to residents in the municipality for assistance to deal with criminals in the area.
He also called for media collaboration in that respect.
Superintendent Kaletsi who assumed office barely three weeks ago, said although the police had identified all the crime-prone areas within the municipality, information from the public would enable the police to promptly apprehend the criminals in the act.
The police commander made the appeal when he met representatives of the various media houses in Koforidua.
He mentioned some of the crime-prone areas as Pentoa Walla, Nsukwao, some parts of Ada, Adweso Mile 50, the Railway Line and areas of Nkurakan, Huhunya and Asikasu.
Supt Kaletsi said most often suspected criminals rounded up, especially at Pentoa Walla which is in the centre of Koforidua, had to be freed because such miscreants who smoked and dealt in Indian hemp attacked and snatched mobile phones and bags containing money were not found with such items.
In view of that, Supt Kaletsi appealed to the public to immediately notify the police anytime such criminals were spotted smoking or selling Indian hemp or engaging in other criminal acts.
He said last month, the municipality recorded 417 crimes out of which there were two murders, 165 assaults, 35 threats of death, two abductions, 39 cases of causing damage by fire or acid, 112 stealing cases and one robbery.
He stated that although police personnel under his command had been put in readiness to combat crime, their limited number had made it difficult for them to accomplish the task because some of them had to be permanently put on guard duties at the banks and other vital installations.
Apart from that, Supt Kalitsi said an old Land Rover vehicle which was being used by the police had been sent for servicing at the Police Headquarters.
He expressed the hope that a request to the financial institutions within the municipality for an operational vehicle for his outfit would be granted on time to enable the police to operate effectively.
“We have identified all the crime-prone areas but our number is small with no operational vehicle, but despite that, we are doing our best to arrest the criminals and make the municipality safe for the inhabitants,” Supt Kalitsi stressed.
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