In the capital city of Ghana, a dog patrol initiative has been launched by the Ghana Police Service as part of proactive policing strategy.
The initiative under the K-9 Unit of the Ghana Police Service comes as a result of an outdoor operations which has commenced.
In a press statement released by the service on Monday 18th October it stated that ”this component of policing is aimed at increasing the visibility of personnel, improving intelligence gathering, tracking of contraband goods and improving upon other aspects of criminal investigations”.
The police also mentioned that ”plans are underway to extend this component of Police visibility to other regions”.
The Ghana Police Service say personnel with highly-trained security dogs under leash have been strategically positioned across the Capital for operational patrols.
”We shall continue to pursue multiple Security and Visibility Modules to increase our interactions with the public and aggressively fight crime in our communities”, the statement added.