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168 #ChangingLives<br />
#TransformingGhana<br />
#ChangingLives<br />
#TransformingGhana 169<br />
New Fire Tenders for Ghana Fire Service<br />
High performance vehicles for Ghana Police Service<br />
New Fire Tenders for Ghana Fire Service<br />
Riot Control vehicles for Ghana Police Service<br />
equipment used in illegal mining.<br />
This is expected to fight illegal<br />
mining and protect land and water<br />
bodies.<br />
Through the Forestry Commission,<br />
we are also investing US$50 million<br />
for the enrichment of Ghana’s forest<br />
cover, with special emphasis in<br />
cocoa-growing areas.<br />
Security<br />
As Commander-in-Chief of the<br />
Ghana Armed Forces, President<br />
Mahama has, since assuming<br />
office, intensified efforts towards<br />
positioning the country’s security<br />
agencies to adequately respond to<br />
contemporary security challenges.<br />
This has been done through the<br />
biggest retooling of the security<br />
agencies in recent Ghanaian history.<br />
Below are highlights of some of<br />
the interventions Government has<br />
made to equip the security agencies:<br />
Police<br />
• The numerical strength of the<br />
Police Service has improved from<br />
23,204 in 2012 to 32,117 in 2014<br />
resulting in a current Police -<br />
Population Ratio (PPR) of 1:724 as<br />
against 1:1,100 in 2010. This has<br />
brought Ghana closer to the United<br />
Nations benchmark of 1:500 (PPR).<br />
• This has also led to an increase<br />
in Police visibility and accessibility,<br />
which is key in crime detection,<br />
prevention and control.<br />
Available statisitcs show that<br />
between 2013 and 2014 the crime<br />
rate dropped by over 5,000.<br />
• For the first time in Ghana’s<br />
history, a Marine Police Unit has<br />
been set up and equipped with<br />
modern speed boats to police the<br />
country’s territorial waters.<br />
• A total of 1,424 vehicles have<br />
been procured for the Ghana Police<br />
Service by Government in the last<br />
five years.<br />
Out of this, 1,089 high performance<br />
vehicles were procured between<br />
2012 to date. This is against 547<br />
that were bought between 2001 and<br />
2008. Also 14 maverick vehicles<br />
have been delivered to enhance the<br />
work of the police.<br />
• Apart from the above, logistics<br />
such as bullet proof vests, riot<br />
control gear and modern mobile<br />
clinic vans have been procured for<br />
the police. This retooling has made<br />
it possible for improved police<br />
visibility at high traffic areas, major<br />
intersections and communities.<br />
Fire Service<br />
• The Ghana National Fire Service<br />
(GNFS) took delivery of 126 new
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