[ 2017-10-27 ]

CID Boss Promoted To DCOP
The Police Council has approved the promotion of
the acting Director General of the CID Mrs Maame
Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah.

Mrs Addo-Danquah who is an Assistant Commissioner
of Police will from November 1, 2017 become a
Deputy Commissioner of Police.

She has been working in an acting capacity since
her boss COP Bright Oduro was ordered a week ago
to proceed on leave prior to retirement on January
3, 2018.

Prior to her promotion as the head of the
investigative outfit, she was the second in
command to COP Oduro and has worked as a deputy
commander at the Police Intelligence and
Professional Standards (PIPS) directorate.

Background

ACP Addo-Danquah was born to Mr. Kwame Adiya-Nimo
and Nana Adwoa Agyekumwaa II (Queenmother of
Banka) on 19 August 1969 at Konongo in the Asante
Akyem district of the Ashanti Region. She is
second of six children.

She got recruited into the Ghana Police Service on
27 July 1990.

She was recruited into the Ghana Police Service on
July 27, 1990, and has risen through the ranks by
dint of hard work and her desire to achieve higher
academic laurels.

When she passed out, she was first posted to the
Police Hospital Accounts Section as a constable.

After the 18 months probation, she was promoted to
the rank of a Sergeant in 1992 because she
enlisted with a Diploma in Business Studies
Accounting Option which she obtained at the Kumasi
Polytechnic between 1988 and 1990.

Having been promoted to Sergeant, she enrolled
with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana
in 1995 and passed the Level Two examinations
successfully and was promoted to Chief Inspector.
This granted her a direct entry to the Police
College in October 1998.

Best Cadet
In May 1999, out of a class of 48 (46 men and two
women), she was adjudged the All Round Best Cadet
and the Best Student in Humanities making her the
second female to take that award at that time.

In recognition of her remarkable accomplishment, a
special staff of honour was ordered from the
United Kingdom (UK) by the then Inspector General
of Police (IGP) which was presented to her by the
late Professor Evans Atta Mills who was then the
Vice President.

Secondments

Along the line, she was made the administrator at
the Police Hospital when the person in charge went
on a Peace Keeping Mission. Later, she also had
the opportunity to go on a Peace Mission in Kosovo
where she acted as the Logistics and Finance
Officer for Missing Persons Unit.

With her international peacekeeping operations
experience in Kosovo under her staff belt, she was
posted to the Police Headquarters Finance
section.

She was granted a three-year study leave to pursue
a programme in the UK with the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

ACP Yaa Tiwaa, who by this time had demonstrated a
knack for excellence in the academic area,
‘conquered’ all her papers before the
stipulated time and qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in 2006.

Her ACCA qualifications certified her to practice
as an accountant in several jurisdictions
including the United Kingdom and Ghana.

Upon her return, she was attached to the
Controller and Accountant General’s Department
to learn first-hand information on Public Sector
Accounting.

Therefore, after 10 months, she was assigned to
head the Commercial Crime Unit (CCRU) of the
Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the
Ghana Police Sevice for three years.

Interestingly, in addition to a tall list of
achievements, she is also a Certified Fraud
Examiner.

Due to her pioneering abilities and her record of
turning departments around to achieve enviable
heights, ACP Yaa Tiwaa was made to bring the then
defunct CID Training School, which was located at
the Police Training Depot, back to life.

There, she succeeded in training 550 detectives to
help find proof of wrongdoing or to make
recommendations for rectifying financial
anomalies.

On November 6, 2013, when the then IGP, Mr
Mohammed Alhassan, established the Ghana Police
Staff Command College (GPCSC) at Winneba, she was
appointed the first female Commandant of the
college.

Early education/family background

ACP Yaa Tiwaa, a second child among seven
siblings, was born on August 19, 1969 at Konongo
in the Asante Akyem district of the Ashanti
Region.

Born to Mr Kwame Adiya-Nimo and Nana Adwoa
Agyekumwaa II, Queenmother of Banka, she started
school at the Roman Catholic Primary and Middle
Schools.

She had her secondary education at the Bompata
Secondary before enrolling at the Kumasi
Polytechnic.

She is married to Mr Ofosu Addo-Danquah, a
lecturer at the Department of French at the
University of Cape Coast.

She has a daughter and two sons.

ACP Yaa Tiwaa who is a die-hard Catholic worships
with the St Peter’s Parish at Osu

Source - Starrfmonline

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