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More control of regulation for licensing private security
organisations called for
Accra, March 29, Ghanadot/GNA - The
Association of Private Security Organisation of Ghana (APSOG)
on Saturday expressed distraught about the mode of issuing
licences to individuals or groups seeking to operate private
security organisations in the country.
Nana Edu Agyeman IV, Chairman of APSOG, urged the Government
through the Ministry of the Interior and National Security
to urgently review the procedure to avoid infiltration of
dangerous elements into the industry.
“There should be some form of control system that is not
going to allow people who know nothing about private
security, how it works, and what it entails to be licensed
as such free for all mode of registration is dangerous for
the national security,” he stated.
Nana Agyeman was speaking at the end of the Fourth
Parliamentary Training workshop organised by the African
Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR) for members of APSOG,
parliamentarians, representatives from security agencies and
National Disaster and Management Organisation.
The workshop on the theme; “Understanding and Regulating
Private Security in Ghana,” sought to enlighten participants
on the Code of Conduct for Private Security Service
Providers (PSSP), brainstorm on the policy statement for the
review of the legislation on private security organisations
and study the PSSP regulatory authority.
Nana Agyeman said the increasing crime rate in the country
against the low Police/civilians ratio made the
establishment of the regulatory mechanism for private
security operations indispensable.
He explained that private security organisations were
suppose to complement the efforts of the security services
in policing the country, hence the need for collaboration on
operational terms and regulations as well as clear
definition of roles.
A working document made available to the Ghana News Agency
on the Code of Conduct for PSSP, defined the general moral
principles and rules of behaviour for all PSSP and their
employees.
The Code also enveloped the cardinal principles that a
private security personnel was required to inculcate into
his/her profession, spelt out the principles relevant to
security organisations as well as explored the opportunities
for synergies within the industry.
All PSSP were under obligation to cooperate with the police
and other state security agencies in the interest of the
nation.
They were also forbidden to demand or accept or offer any
gifts or favours from clients which might be interpreted as
seeking to exert undue influences and pressures to obtained
preferential considerations and information in the course of
their duties.
GNA
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