Adib Saani, a security expert is advocating for the establishment of a digital database for the Police Service, saying it would help fast track crime investigations in Ghana.
His suggestion follows the murder of two teenagers and a yet-to-be identified man at Abesim in the Bono Region.
Speaking with Kojo Mensah on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday (25 August), Saani said the police service must digitise and improve on its investigation techniques.
“When we have the right systems in place, like DNA database, biometric database, in the past the Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has made some moves in integrating the National Identification Authority database with that of the passport and others.
“I think it can help to a very large extent in uncovering a lot of the murder cases before the police. In other jurisdictions, investigating murder is quite easy because they get to the crime scene and they are able to have a profile of the perpetrator just by looking at the victim or certain signs at the crime scene,” Saani said.
He added: “And then immediately they harvest the fingerprint and run it in their database and it helps… it doesn’t cause a lot of money to be able to implement that.”
Forensic examination
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service is to conduct forensic examination on the refrigerated human parts linked to the murder of three persons at Abesim in the Bono Region.
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the case including the 28-year-old prime suspect, Richard Appiah. The police said they have also retrieved the bodies of two teenagers who were found in the living room of the prime suspect at Alaska near Abesim.
Speaking with Asaase News on Monday (23 August), the acting Director General of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori said: “…Those two bodies are clear but those bodies that have been… and placed in the fridge might need a thorough forensic examination.”
“And the police will do that at the police crime laboratory at our Police Hospital and let us listen to the experts,” ACP Ofori said.
He added: “And let us wait for the experts to come out with their conclusive study as to whether it is one body in the fridge or it is two or whatever and whether it is human or not human, let us hold on for the expert advice.”
Background
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare over the weekend directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Headquarters to assist in the investigation of death of three persons at Abesim in the Bono Region.
It follows the arrest of the alleged suspect Appiah by the Police in Sunyani.
He is believed to have murdered 12-year-old Louis Agyemang Junior, who was his stepbrother, 15-year-old Stephen and a yet-to-be identified man.
The Regional Crime Scene Management team, Regional Crime Officer and District Commander in Sunyani were all enlisted to assist with the investigation
Fred Dzakpata
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