Armed Robbery has over the years been an albatross and threat to national development.
Consequently,
people who engage in such vice are deemed criminal and usually locked
up in cells to serve as deterrent to other potential culprits.
But
recent trend in the nation is either to find or hear reports that
Police have shot dead people suspected to have committed robbery or
exchanged fire with robbers resulting in their death.
Despite the
commendation given to the Ghana Police Service for gunning down
suspected enemies of the State, former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member
of Parliament for Ahafo Ano constituency, Hon. Stephen Balado Manu,
believes it is about time the Service review its confrontations with
robbers.
Speaking on Oman FM on Wednesday, the former MP was very
critical of the attempt by the Police force to clamp down on armed
robbery by shooting-to-kill and wants them to adopt a new approach.
According
to him, instead of the ‘shoot to kill’ approach by the Police, they
should rather act in a professional manner by directing their gunshots
to parts of the robbers’ body which will not lead to their death.
He
explained that often-times, the Police are quick to fire at armed
robbers, but warned that “they may be innocent people. Until the law
proves them guilty, they are innocent even when they have been
arrested.”
He therefore suggested that they shoot to incapacitate the robbers in order to apprehend them. |
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