[ 2017-03-28 ]

The officer is reported to have apologized when the victim went to the police station on Monday

Ghanaians slam police officer who ‘forcibly kissed’ female driver
The professionalism and ethical conduct of the
Ghana Police Service is being questioned following
a twitter user’s terrible experience at a police
check point at Dzorwulu in Accra.

The user in a series of tweets on Monday [March
27, 2017] narrated how a police officer at the
Dzorwulu check point made his way to forcibly kiss
her on the lips after stopping her for
interrogation.

The victim, whose name has been withheld, was left
stunned as the officer could not provide any
explanation for his unprofessional and unwarranted
conduct.

He responded, “I don’t know” when queried by
the driver about why he kissed her on the lips.

According to the victim, her attempt to lodge a
formal complaint at various Police stations
attracted rather disappointing reactions including
officers mocking her over the incident at the
Achimota police station. “[I] Stood in front of
them while they laughed their heads off,” she
said.

At the Kotobabi police station according to her,
officers there urged her to “forgive the
guy”.

With no sense of seriousness to pursue the matter
which clearly contravenes the code of conduct of
officers, the victim is forced to look beyond the
police station to the administration of the
security service for investigations into the
matter.

Meanwhile, the revelation has attracted a lot of
backlash against the police service from the
Ghanaian twitter community. The revelation, which
has received more than 200 retweets has seen other
female drivers corroborating the facts of the
matter, and sharing their separate unpleasant
experiences with police officers at various check
points within the capital.

Most of the responses appear to be from female
motorists, some of whom confessed to have had
police officers groping them, especially at night
at some check points in Accra including the
Dzorwulu check point where the kissing incident
occurred.

Although the victim of the sexual assault has said
that the officer has been identified, the police
administration is yet to officially comment on the
matter.

The officer is reported to have knelt and
apologized when she [the victim] went to the
police station on Monday.

Source - citifmonline.com

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