The Director General (Legal) of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) James Oppong-Boanuh has cautioned police constables against blatant use of force, abuse of human rights and indiscriminate use of firearms in the discharge of their duties. According to him, any breach of discipline and regulations gov­erning the police service could result in premature end to their career. Speaking at the passing-out parade of 180 recruits at Koforid­ua last weekend, DCOP ­Oppong-Boanuh stated "You owe this nation a duty to ensure that citizens go about their work with­out fear from criminals". The event, the second this year and was witnessed by a large gathering of families and relatives of the recruits, saw General Recruit Augustine Lartey, adjudged the overall best recruit. DCOP Oppong-Boanuh said since discipline was the founda­tion on which the service depended, police officers needed to abide by the disciplinary code of the ser­vice. "Therefore any officer who chooses to violate the disciplinary code of the service as laid down by the Police Service Act 1970 (Act 350) and the Police Service Disciplinary Proceedings Regulation 1974 (L.I 1993) would be dealt with ruthlessly," he cautioned. He reminded the police personnel that since they had chosen a noble profession for which they must be proud of, the police administration would expect them to exhibit professional conduct wherever they would find themselves. "For this reason, do not be motivated by personal considerations and you should guide against being used by individuals to settle personal, political or chieftaincy scores", DCOP Oppong-Boanuh stressed. He further advised the police constables to stay away from the use of narcotic drugs and drunken­ness, saying "they will only lead you to a wasted life or imprison­ment or both". Source: Daily Graphic