THE Antoa Traditional Council is constructing permanent structures for the Antoa Police Station in the Ashanti Region at a cost of GH¢150,000.
Police personnel in the town have operated in rented premises since 1961 so the traditional authorities released a 27-acre piece land for the project.
In a speech read on behalf of the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Patrick Timbilla at the sod-cutting ceremony, he urged the people to volunteer information about suspected criminals to the police.
He said that was one sure way of checking crime, stressing that the police were not magicians to get to the bottom of every crime without public support.
Mr Timbillah said policing everywhere depended on information, giving the assurance that police personnel could perform very well upon accurate information given them.
He said it was everybody’s civic duty to inform the police on the activities and movements of criminals within the communities.
Mr Timbillah observed that in recent times, armed robbers had turned their attention on the highways with most of the fugitives and their tricks being imported.
He, therefore, warned the public not to keep more monies at home.
The regional commander expressed the service’s appreciation to the chief of Antoa, Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman, the queen and elders of the town for their great assistance in helping to create a harmonious society.
He urged the general public and organisations to emulate the leadership examples of the chief and his people to help the police in the execution of their responsibilities.
The Kwabre East District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Adams Iddrissu, enumerated the numerous projects executed by the chief and his elders for the community.
He said the Antoa community had been very popular on the lips of people throughout the country and everything necessary would be done to raise the living standard of the people.
On behalf of the district assembly, the DCE pledged 200 bags of cement towards the project.
The Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Kofi Frimpong gave the assurance that the 14-kilometre road from the town to Kumasi had been awarded on contract for reconstruction.
He pledged to provide all the roofing sheets needed to complete the police station.
Earlier in a welcoming address, Nana Owusu Agyeman said the completion of the station would ensure that most of the social vices such as drug peddling, gambling and truancy among school children in the area would stop.
He made request for the youth of the town to be considered for enlistment into the Ghana Police Service.
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