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ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
PART I—STRUCTURE OF THE SERVICE
Regulation
1. Posts and ranks
2. Superior and subordinate police
officers
3. Service rank
4. Badges of rank
5. Supernumerary police
6. Special constables
PART II—CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
7. Police Appointments and
Promotions Advisory Board
8. Functions of the Board
9. Secretary of the Board
10. Seniority
11. Salary
12. Award of increments
13. Withholding of increment
14. Payment of allowances
15. Hours of work
16. Leave
17. Free quarters
18. Free medical attention
19. Complaints and petitions
20. Clothing and equipment
PART III—MISCONDUCT AND
UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE
21. Misconduct
22. Unsatisfactory Service
PART IV—LEAVING THE SERVICE
23. Resignation
24. Retirement ages
25. Voluntary retirement
26. Retirement for medical reasons
27. Transfers
28. Certificates of Conduct and
Discharge
PART V—THE VOLUNTEER POLICE
RESERVE
29. Organisation
30. Enrolment
31. Notification of address
32. Undertaking as to efficiency
33. Discipline
34. Warrant
35. Remuneration
36. Rolls, returns, etc.
37. Suspension
38. Resignation
PART VI—ESCORTING OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY
39. Application of this Part
40. Application for escort
41. Duties of escort
42. Payment for escort
PART VII—POLICE WELFARE FUND
43. Rewards
44. Gratuities
45. Other rewards and gratuities
46. Special grants
PART VIII—GENERAL
47. Interpretation
48. Revocation
SCHEDULES
IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the National
Redemption Council by section 37
(1) of the Police Service Act,
1970 (Act 350) and after
consultation with the Police
Council and the Executive Council,
these Regulations are made this
29th day of April, 1974.
PART I—STRUCTURE OF THE SERVICE
Regulation 1—Posts and Ranks.
(1) There shall be within the
Police Service the posts and ranks
specified in the First and Second
Schedules.
(2) The numbers constituting each
post and rank shall be as shown in
the appropriate approved
establishment set out in the
Annual Estimates.
Regulation 2—Superior and
Subordinate Police Officers.
(1) The holders of the posts and
ranks set out in the First
Schedule shall be superior police
officers.
(2) The holders of the posts and
ranks set out in the Second
Schedule shall be subordinate
police officers.
Regulation 3—Service Rank.
(1) Police Service ranks are based
on the Police Service posts to
which they are applicable.
(2) Where a Police Service post is
not designated by a rank, the rank
of the holder shall be determined
by the Inspector-General, taking
into account the salary scale of
such post.
Regulation 4—Badges of Rank.
The badges of rank specified in
the Third Schedule shall be worn.
Regulation 5—Supernumerary Police.
(1) Subject to the approval of the
Commissioner and where financial
provision has been authorised by
the Government, suitable persons
may be enlisted in the Police
Service as supernumerary police
officers for specified periods and
purposes.
(2) The qualifications for
appointment, mode of enlistment
and conditions of service for such
police officers shall be laid down
by the Inspector-General in Police
Service Instructions.
Regulation 6—Special Constables.
(1) Whenever it appears to the
appointing authority that any riot
or felony has taken place or may
reasonably be apprehended in any
place and that the normal
establishment of the Service is
not sufficient to maintain good
order and to protect life and
property in the area concerned, he
may by writing in the form
specified in the Fourth Schedule
appoint any person residing in
that area to act as a special
constable in the Police Service
within that area for such time as
he considers necessary.
(2) On appointment, a special
constable shall take the Police
Service Oath.
(3) Whenever a special constable
is called out or employed on
active duty he shall be paid for
his loss of time, and expense,
such sum as the Inspector-General
may deem sufficient out of funds
provided by the Government.
PART II—CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
Regulation 7—Police Appointments
and Promotions Advisory Board.
There shall be a Police
Appointments and Promotions
Advisory Board consisting of the
following:—
Inspector-General of Police who
shall be Chairman or in his
absence the most senior member of
the Board;
Two Commissioners of Police;
Three Deputy Commissioners of
Police; and
One Assistant Commissioner of
Police,
who shall be appointed for that
purpose by the Inspector-General
of Police.
Regulation 8—Functions of the
Board.
(1) It shall be the duty of the
Board to advise the appointing
authority on appointments and
promotions of police officers from
ranks above police recruits, up to
and including the rank of
Assistant Commissioner.
(2) A quorum of the Board shall be
four including the Chairman.
Regulation 9—Secretary of the
Board.
The Staff Officer of the Police
Service shall act as the Secretary
of the Board.
Regulation 10—Seniority.
(1) Seniority between police
officers holding posts with the
same salary conditions shall be
determined according to their
respective seniority dates, or if
those are the same, according to
their previous seniority.
(2) Seniority between police
officers holding posts with
different salary conditions shall
be determined according to the
salary conditions of the
respective posts:
Provided that—
(a) any superior police officer
shall enjoy automatic seniority
over any subordinate police
officer; and
(b) any Chief Inspector or
Inspector shall enjoy automatic
seniority over any Regional or
District Sergeant Major.
(3) If any question arises as to
the seniority of a police officer
or the relative seniority of a
number of police officers it shall
be determined by the appointing
authority.
(4) The seniority of a police
officer appointed on a limited
engagement shall be determined by
the appointing authority .
(5) In this regulation—
“previous seniority”, in relation
to a police officer, means his
seniority immediately before he
entered his current post, persons
who entered their current posts by
recruitment being treated as
having no previous seniority
except that, as between two or
more such persons, previous
seniority shall be assessed—
(a) in the case of a constable on
first appointment according to
merit—grading on the completion of
a recruit's course; and
(b) in other cases by the
appointing authority taking into
account age, qualifications and
such other matter as the
appointing authority may think
fit;
“salary conditions”, in relation
to a post, means the salary
attached to the post or, where a
salary scale is attached to the
post, means the highest point on
the scale; and
“seniority date”, in relation to a
police officer, means the date on
which he entered his current post
or, if he has suffered loss of
seniority while holding that post,
means the date on which he is
deemed to have entered the post.
Regulation 11—Salary.
(1) The salary payable to a police
officer shall be the salary
authorised for the post.
(2) When a salary scale is
attached to a post the point of
entry into the scale shall be at
the minimum point of the scale,
unless otherwise determined by the
appointing authority on stated
reasons.
(3) When the holder of a post is
promoted to a post with a higher
salary scale, he shall enter the
scale of his new post at the
minimum point of entry or on such
a higher point as the appointing
authority may determine.
(4) Upon the appointment to a
Service post of a candidate from
any other Public Service or one
who possesses a recognised degree
or professional qualifications
which make him a suitable
candidate for the specialist
branches of the Service, the point
of entry into the salary scale
attached to the post to which he
is being appointed shall be
determined by the appointing
authority.
Regulation 12—Award of Increments.
(1) Where a salary scale is
attached to a post, normal
advancement through the scale
shall be by way of annual
increment.
(2) Increments of salary are not
to be recommended as a
matter of routine and as an
increase of pay to which an
officer is entitled merely
because he has served an
additional twelve months.
(3) The holder of a post shall not
be entitled to an increment as of
right but only by sanction of the
Inspector-General of Police.
(4) The procedure governing the
award of increments shall be as
laid down in Police Service
Instructions.
Regulation 13—Withholding of
Increment.
(1) If the Inspector-General of
Police is satisfied after
receiving the views of the Central
Board that an annual increment in
salary of a police officer should
be withheld on the grounds of
unsatisfactory service during the
previous year not amounting to
misconduct, he shall withhold the
increment.
(2) If the Inspector-General of
Police is satisfied after
receiving the views of the Central
Board that an annual increment
which has been withheld should be
restored, he shall restore the
increment.
(3) On restoration, the increment
withheld shall be treated as
stopped which means that the
officer suffers the loss of the
increment for the period between
withholding and restoration but
gains his previous incremental
status and incremental date.
Regulation 14—Payments of
Allowances.
(1) In certain branches of the
Service the personnel employed, by
nature of the special duties which
they perform or the special skills
or trades in which they have
become proficient, shall be
entitled to allowances in addition
to their normal salaries.
(2) Allowances shall also be paid
as compensation to members of the
Service who have to provide
themselves with clothing or
quarters which they are entitled
to have provided free of charge.
(3) No allowances shall be granted
without the approval of the
Inspector-General.
(4) The allowances payable to
members of the Service shall be as
laid down in Police Service
Instructions.
Regulation 15—Hours of Work.
(1) The Police Service by virtue
of the statutory duties which it
is charged to perform under
section 1 of the Police Service
Act, 1970 shall not be bound by
any fixed or maximum hours of
work.
(2) The principles governing hours
of work in the Service shall be as
laid down in Police Service
Instructions.
Regulation 16—Leave.
(1) The terms and conditions
governing leave entitlement and
the grant of leave to members of
the Service shall be as laid down
in Police Service Instructions.
(2) The authority for the grant of
leave to a member of the Service
shall be the Inspector-General of
Police.
Regulation 17—Free Quarters.
All subordinate police officers
other than recruits shall be
entitled to free unfurnished
quarters and, where quarters are
not available shall be entitled to
a rent allowance in lieu thereof,
in accordance with the appropriate
scale laid down in Police Service
Instructions.
Regulation 18—Free Medical
Attention.
All members of the Service shall
be entitled to free medical
attention for themselves and their
families, except that where there
is a fixed charge in respect of
any special medical facility or
hospitalization, such charge shall
be met by the member of the
Service concerned.
Regulation 19—Complaints and
Petitions.
The procedure for the making of a
complaint and the sub-mission of a
petition by a member of the
Service shall be as laid down in
Police Service Instructions.
Regulation 20—Clothing and
Equipment.
(1) All ranks of the Service on
appointment shall be supplied with
free issue of clothing and
equipment on the appropriate scale
laid down in Police Service
Instructions.
(2) No unauthorised article of
clothing or equipment shall be
worn or carried on duty by an
officer when in uniform.
(3) The regulation of all matters
relating to uniform, clothing and
equipment for members of the
Service shall be as laid down in
Police Service Instructions.
PART III—MISCONDUCT AND
UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE
Regulation 21—Misconduct.
(1) The types of misconduct of
which a police officer may be
guilty are as set out in section
17 of the Police Service Act,
1970.
(2) The matters specified in
section 17 (k) of the Police
Service Act, 1970 shall include
the following acts and omissions
by any police officer:—
(a) disobedience of a lawful order
given him by his superior in rank,
whether verbally or in writing, or
by authorised signal on parade;
(b) any oppressive or tyrannical
conduct towards an inferior in
rank;
(c) maltreating or using
unnecessary force to any person in
his custody;
(d) failure to attend to any
reasonable request made to him by
any member of the public;
(e) lack of civility to any member
of the public;
(f) neglecting to assist any
person injured or taken ill in any
public place;
(g) withholding or failing to
report promptly any complaint
against a police officer;
(h) communicating to any
unauthorised person matters
connected with the Service without
leave from the superior police
officer under whom he is serving;
(i)
accepting directly or indirectly
any gratuity, present,
subscription or testimonial
without the knowledge and
permission of the
Inspector-General of Police;
(j) lending money to, or borrowing
money from, any other police
officer;
(k) failure to comply with or
disobedience of any regulation or
Police Service Instruction made
under the Police Service Act,
1970;
(1) any neglect of duty not
otherwise specified;
(m) any conduct, disorder or
neglect to the prejudice of good
order and discipline not otherwise
specified.
(3) The matters specified in
section 17 (k) of the Police
Service Act, 1970 shall also
include the following acts and
omissions by any subordinate
police officer:—
(a) disrespect in word, act or
demeanour to his superior in rank;
(b) the use of abusive or
insulting language to, or
quarrelling with, any other police
officer;
(c) forcing a sentry;
(d) the pawn, sale, loss by
neglect, wilful or negligent
damage or failure to report any
loss of or damage to any article
of clothing, arms, accoutrements,
or necessaries issued to him, or
any Government property committed
to his charge;
(e) being inattentive on parade,
or talking singing, or otherwise
misbehaving on parade;
(f) being late for duty on parade;
(g) parading for duty, dirty or
untidy in his person, clothing,
arms, or accoutrements;
(h) being drunk;
(i)
entering any place licensed for
the sale of liquor when on duty,
except when his presence is
required there in the execution of
his duty;
(j) removing his armlet or duty
badge when on duty or endeavouring
at any time to disguise or conceal
his number;
(k) smoking when on duty;
(l) failing to work his beat
properly, or irregularity on beat
or sentry;
(m) leaving his beat, point or
other place to which he has been
ordered, without permission or
without sufficient and proper
reason;
(n) idling, gossiping or sitting
or lying down without cause when
on duty;
(o) leaving or escaping from
arrest or confinement before he is
set at liberty by proper
authority;
(p) when knowing where any
offender is to be found failing to
report that fact or exert himself
to make the offender amenable to
the law;
(q) neglecting or refusing to
assist in the apprehension of any
person charged with any offence;
(r) protecting any person in any
manner otherwise than is allowed
by law;
(s) omitting to make any necessary
entry in any official document,
book or paper;
(t) making or signing any false
statement in any official record
or document;
(u) prevarication before any court
or at any inquiry, or failure
without reasonable cause to attend
at any court or inquiry when so
required;
(v) making any frivolous or
vexatious complaint, or making or
joining in making any anonymous
complaint;
(w) incurring debt without any
reasonable prospect, or intention,
of paying it, or having incurred
any debt making no reasonable
effort to pay it;
(x) conveying information directly
or indirectly to any person of any
warrant or summons which has been
issued or is about to be issued
against such person;
(y) malingering or feigning
sickness without due cause,
concealing any infectious or
contagious disease, or neglecting
or failing to report the fact that
he is suffering from any such
disease;
(z) gambling or permitting or
failing to report gambling in
police stations or barracks.
Regulation 22—Unsatisfactory
Service.
The National Redemption Council or
the authority to whom such powers
are delegated by the National
Redemption Council may institute
proceedings against any member of
the Service for his removal from
the Service or reduction in rank
on the grounds of unsatisfactory
service.
PART IV—LEAVING THE SERVICE
Regulation 23—Resignation.
(1) A member of the Service who
wishes to resign shall give three
months notice of his intention in
writing to the Inspector-General.
(2) The notice shall be submitted
through the applicant’s immediate
superior police officer and the
date of its receipt by him shall
be taken as the date on which it
was submitted.
(3) Notice submitted in any month
becomes effective as from the
first day of the next month
following.
(4) In special circumstances the
Inspector-General may waive the
period of three months' notice or
any part thereof.
(5) Permission to resign shall be
withheld where criminal or
disciplinary proceedings have been
or are about to be instituted
against the member of the Service
concerned.
Regulation 24—Retirement Ages.
(1) A member of the Service
holding a post otherwise than on a
limited engagement shall retire
from the Service on reaching the
age of 55 years, or in the case of
a woman on reaching the age of 50
years.
(2) A member of the Service
holding a post otherwise than on a
limited engagement may retire from
the Service at any time after he
has reached the age of 45 years,
or in the case of a woman 40
years:
Provided that a member of the
Service may retire at an earlier
time with the consent of the
National Redemption Council.
Regulation 25—Voluntary
Retirement.
(1) A member of the Service who
wishes to retire voluntarily after
reaching the age of 45 years, or
in the case of a woman 40 years
shall seek the permission of the
Inspector-General at least three
months before the date on which he
wishes to retire.
(2) The Inspector-General shall
grant such permission, unless
criminal or disciplinary
proceedings have been or are about
to be instituted against the
member of the Service concerned.
(3) A member of the Service who
wishes to retire voluntarily
before reaching the voluntary
retiring age shall submit his
application to the National
Redemption Council through the
Inspector-General together with a
statement of his reason for
wishing to retire prematurely.
The Inspector-General shall
forward the application together
with his own recommendation to the
National Redemption Council.
Regulation 26—Retirement for
Medical Reasons.
The authority, in relation to
retirement, for the purpose of
declaring that a member of the
Service is incapable by reason of
infirmity of mind or body of
discharging the duties of his
post, shall be the
Inspector-General after the member
of the Service has been examined
and found unfit for further
service by a Medical Board
selected by the Chief Medical
Officer.
Regulation 27—Transfers.
The authority for approving the
transfer of a member of the
Service to another Public Service
or to other approved employment
shall be the Inspector-General.
Regulation 28—Certificates of
Conduct and Discharge.
(1) A member of the Service who
has served for more than twelve
months shall, on leaving the
Service for any reason other than
dismissal, be granted a
Certificate of Conduct by the
Inspector-General.
(2) The Certificate shall reflect
the conduct of the member
concerned during his service and
may be graded as exemplary, very
good, good, fair or indifferent.
(3) A grading of exemplary shall
only be granted in exceptional
cases.
(4) A Discharge Certificate only,
but no Certificate of Conduct,
shall be granted to a member who
has been dismissed from the
Service, or who has served for
less than twelve months.
(5) The Certificates referred to
in this regulation shall be in a
form approved by the
Inspector-General.
PART V—THE VOLUNTEER POLICE
RESERVE
Regulation 29—Organisation.
(1) The Volunteer Police Reserve
shall be divided into the
districts shown in the Fifth
Schedule and shall consist of the
ranks of Chief Inspector,
Inspector Grade I, Inspector Grade
II, Sergeant Major, Sergeant,
Corporal and Constable.
(2) The Reserve shall be organised
within the framework of the
administrative organisation of the
Service.
(3) Control over all members of
the Reserve shall be exercised by
the Inspector-General.
(4) Regional Control over members
of the Reserve serving in
districts in a Region shall be
exercised by the Superior police
officer in charge of the Region.
(5) All members of the Reserve in
a district shall be under the
general control of the superior
police officer in charge of the
district.
(6) Inspectors and
Non-Commissioned Officers of the
Reserve shall be responsible for
such duties of supervision and
control over the members of the
Reserve in a district as the
superior police officer in charge
of the district may direct.
Regulation 30—Enrolment.
(1) Application for enrolment
shall be made to the
Inspector-General in writing in
the form set out in the Sixth
Schedule.
(2) Subject to any direction of
the Inspector-General an applicant
shall be a citizen of Ghana.
(3) The Inspector-General shall
satisfy himself that the applicant
is physically fit to carry out the
duties which he may be called upon
to perform.
(4) The acceptance of an
application for enrolment shall be
in the discretion of the
Inspector-General.
(5) On enrolment, a member of the
Reserve shall be given a free
issue of clothing and equipment on
the scale laid down in Police
Service Instructions.
Regulation 31—Notification of
Address.
(1) Every Volunteer on joining
shall furnish his superior officer
with an address where all
communications can reach him, and
shall duly notify any change in
such address.
(2) Any communication sent to such
address shall be considered to
have reached him, if posted, when
it would have reached him in the
ordinary course of post, or if
left at such address at the time
when it was so left.
Regulation 32—Undertaking as to
Efficiency.
A
member joining the Volunteer
Police Reserve shall undertake to
make himself efficient in simple
drill and in knowledge of police
duties.
Regulation 33—Discipline.
When called out for active
service, a member of the Reserve
shall be subject to the same
disciplinary standards and
processes as the holder of any
equivalent rank in the Police
Service.
Regulation 34—Warrant.
(1) There shall be issued to every
member of the Volunteer Police
Reserve a Warrant Card in the form
set out in the Seventh Schedule
which shall be his authority to
act as such.
(2) All members of the Volunteer
Police Reserve shall carry their
Warrant Card when on active
service.
Regulation 35—Remuneration.
When on active service, a member
of the Reserve shall be entitled
to remuneration at the following
rates:—
Inspector
.. .. 40p per hour
or part thereof.
Non-commissioned officer 30p
per hour or part thereof.
Constable
.. .. 20p per hour
or part thereof.
Regulation 36—Rolls, Returns, etc.
District Rolls of members shall be
kept and a card index or other
system shall be maintained,
showing the age, occupation,
address and any other particulars
required by the Inspector-General
of each Volunteer of the district,
and a monthly return of strength
of each district shall be sent to
the Inspector-General.
Regulation 37—Suspension.
The Inspector-General may at any
time suspend a member of the
Volunteer Police Reserve or
terminate his membership of the
Reserve.
Regulation 38—Resignation.
A
member of the Reserve may, subject
to the approval of the
Inspector-General, resign on
giving 14 days’ notice in writing
to the superior police officer in
charge of the district and upon
delivering up to him all articles
of clothing, equipment and the
Warrant Card issued to him.
PART VI—ESCORTING OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY
Regulation 39—Application of this
Part.
This Part shall only extend to the
supply of police escorts on the
application of private persons in
respect of the transport of
private property.
Regulation 40—Application for
Escort.
(1) Any person who requires a
police escort for the protection
of valuables in transit shall
apply to a superior police officer
in writing not less than two days
before the escort is required.
(2) The application shall state—
(a) the number of packages to be
transported;
(b) the contents and value of each
package;
(c) the place from which and the
address to which the packages are
intended to be transported;
(d) the date of the intended
transportation;
(e) an undertaking to pay such
charges in respect of the escort
as the Inspector-General of Police
may specify, together with all
expenses which may be incurred in
connection with the transport of
the packages and in connection
with the escort supplied therefor.
(3) An application may be refused
by the competent police authority
without reason assigned; and no
person shall be entitled as of
right to the services of a police
escort.
Regulation 41—Duties of Escort.
(1) The functions of an escort
shall not extend to the actual
conveyance of any package, but
shall be limited to affording
protection to the persons
conveying the packages and to the
packages themselves.
(2) The strength and composition
of the escort shall be such as the
competent police authority may in
each case think fit.
Regulation 42—Payment for Escort.
The person applying for an escort
shall be responsible for the
payment of all charges and
expenses referred to in regulation
40 (2), and the certificate of the
competent police authority as to
the amount of such moneys due
shall be conclusive evidence of
such amount.
PART VII—POLICE WELFARE FUND
Regulation 43—Rewards.
(1) If a subordinate police
officer performs any meritorious
act of bravery or valour in the
prevention of crime, the arrest of
an offender, the saving of life,
or the saving of property from
loss or destruction, the
Inspector-General of Police may
grant to him from the Police
Welfare Fund such reward as the
Inspector-General thinks fit,
provided that where the reward
exceeds fifty cedis it shall be
granted in consultation with the
Police Council.
(2) If a subordinate police
officer shows special skill in
detective duty or any other duty
requiring tact or ability, the
Inspector General of Police may
grant to him from the Police
Welfare Fund a reward not
exceeding fifty cedis.
Regulation 44—Gratuities.
(1) If a subordinate police
officer is incapacitated from
performing his duty by infirmity
of mind or body caused by an
injury received in the execution
of his duty, without his own
default, the Inspector-General of
Police may, on receipt of a
certificate to that effect signed
by a medical officer, grant to
such subordinate police officer
from the Police Welfare Fund such
gratuity as the Inspector-General
in consultation with the Police
Council thinks fit.
(2) If a subordinate police
officer dies whilst in the Police
Service from the effect of an
injury received in the execution
of his duty, without his own
default, the Inspector-
General of Police may grant to his
widow or his children or both from
the Police Welfare Fund such
gratuity as the Inspector-General
in consultation with the Police
Council thinks fit.
(3) The gratuities referred to in
this regulation shall not be
payable if the subordinate police
officer, or his dependants as
defined in the Workmen's
Compensation Act, 1963 (Act 174),
as the case may be, are entitled
to compensation under that Act in
respect of such injury or death.
Regulation 45—Other Rewards and
Gratuities.
For good cause the
Inspector-General of Police in
consultation with the Police
Council may grant to a subordinate
police officer, or his widow or
children, a reward or gratuity
from the Police Welfare Fund in
circumstances to which regulations
43 and 44 do not apply.
Regulation 46—Special Grants.
The Inspector-General of Police in
consultation with the Police
Council may make grants from the
Police Welfare Fund for providing
and improving comforts,
conveniences and advantages, not
chargeable to the general revenue,
for the benefit of subordinate
police officers.
PART VIII—GENERAL
Regulation 47—Interpretation.
In these Regulations—
“appointing authority” means the
authority for the time being
empowered to appoint persons to
hold or act in any office in the
Police Service, pursuant to
section 10 (3), (4) and (5) of the
Police Service Act, 1970;
“central board” means the Police
Central Disciplinary Board.
Regulation 48—Revocation.
The Police Service
(Administration) Regulations, 1972
(L.I. 765) are hereby revoked.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
SUPERIOR POLICE OFFICERS
Inspector-General of Police
Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner
Chief Superintendent
Superintendent
Deputy Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent/Director
of Music/Senior Staff Instructor.
SECOND SCHEDULE
SUBORDINATE POLICE OFFICERS
Chief Inspector
Inspector, Grade I
Inspector, Grade II
Regional Sergeant Major
District Sergeant Major
Sergeant
Corporal
Constable, Class I
Constable, Class II
Constable, Class III
Police Recruit/Band Learner.
THIRD SCHEDULE
BADGES OF RANK
Inspector-General ..
.. .. The Ghana
Star surrounded by laurel leaves
surmounted by two Ghana Eagles
facing other and one Ghana Star.
Commissioner
.. ..
.. The Ghana Star
surrounding by laurel leaves
surmounted by two Ghana Stars.
Deputy Commissioner
.. ..
.. The Ghana Star
surrounded by laurel leaves
surmounted by one Ghana
Star.
Assistant Commissioner
.. ..
.. The Ghana Star
surrounded by laurel
leaves.
Chief Superintendent
.. ..
.. Two Ghana Eagles facing
each other surmounted by one Ghana
Star.
Superintendent
.. ..
.. Two Ghana Eagles facing
each other.
Deputy Superintendent
.. ..
.. Three Ghana Stars.
Assistant Superintendent
.. ..
.. Two Ghana Stars.
Officer Cadet ..
.. .. Broad Cloth
Band on both shoulder straps and
on head band. White collar patches
on Mess Kit.
Chief Inspector
.. ..
.. Four white metal bars
each mounted with the Ghana Star
in the centre.
Inspector, Grade I
.. ..
.. Three white metal bars
each mounted with the Ghana Star
in the centre.
Inspector, Grade II
.. ..
.. Two white metal bars each
mounted with the Ghana Star in the
center.
(The above badges of rank are worn
on both shoulder straps)
Regional Sergeant Major
.. ..
.. The Ghana Coat of Arms in
the form of a metal badges worn
on both sleeves.
District Sergeant Major
.. .. ..
The Ghana Star surrounded by
laurel leaves in the form of a
metal badge worn on both
sleeves.
Sergeant ..
.. .. Three
chevrons worn on both
sleeves.
Corporal ..
.. .. Two
chevrons worn on both
sleeves.
Constable ..
.. .. Nil.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL CONSTABLE
Under the power conferred by
regulation 6 of the Police Service
(Administration) Regulations,
1974, I hereby appoint you to be a
Special Constable for
Dated
this........................day
of........................19...............................
...................…………..
Appointing Authority
FIFTH SCHEDULE
VOLUNTEER POLICE RESERVE DISTRICTS
ACCRA REGION
A. District
B. District
C. District
D. District
E. District
Accra Rural
TEMA REGION
A. District
B. District
C. District
Tema Rural
Ada
EASTERN REGION
Koforidua
Akuse
Nsawam
Akosombo
Mampong Akwapim
Kibi
Oda
Nkawkaw
Akwatia
Takrowase
New Tafo
ASHANTI REGION
A. District
B. District
C. District
Kumasi Rural
Bekwai
Ejisu
Offinso
Mampong
Konongo
Obuasi
Teppa
WESTERN REGION
Sekondi
Takoradi
Axim
Tarkwa
Enchi
Wiawso
Bibiani
BRONG-AHAFO REGION
Sunyani
Wenchi
Goaso
Berekum
Atebubu
CENTRAL REGION
Cape Coast
Winneba
Saltpond
Dunkwa
Agona Swedru
NORTHERN REGION
Tamale
Tamale Rural
Yendi
VOLTA REGION
Jasikan
Ho
Hohoe
Kpandu
Keta
Sogakope
Kete-Krachi
UPPER REGION
Bolgatanga
Wa
Bawku
Navrongo
SIXTH SCHEDULE
APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT IN THE
VOLUNTEER POLICE RESERVE
(To be completed in Applicant's
own handwriting)
1. Name in full
.......................................................................……................................
(In Block Letters)
2. Date of birth
..........................................................................................................
Place of birth
..............................................................................................................
Nationality
.................................................................................................................
3. Present address
.......................................................................................................
Telephone No. (if any)
......................................................................................….
4. Married or Single
………………………..............................................................
Number of
children………………………...............................................................
5.
Height....................ft……..ins.
6. Father's name
..........................................................................................................
Nationality...................................................................................................................
Place of birth
...............................................………...................................................
Occupation
.............................................................….............................................
Present address
………………………………..............................................................
7. Mother's
name.........................................................……............................................
Nationality.........................................................................................
Place of birth
...............................................................................................................
Occupation
.....................................................................................................................
Present address
..............................................................…….......................................
8. What languages do you speak and
understand?……………........................................
..………………………………………………………………………………………...................................................................
9. Schools
attended:
From To
______________
1.
………………………………..
………..………..
2.
………………………………..
………..………..
3. ………………………………..
………..………..
10. Certificates obtained
................……………………………………......................
11. Nature of present employment
................................................................................
12. Name and address of employer
..........................................................…………….
…………………………………………………………………………………....................
13. Length of service in present
employment..................................................................
14. Give name and address of two
responsible persons who know you
well and can recommend your
character:
1.
………………………………………………................................................................
2.
……………………………………………….................................................................
..........................................................…….
Signature of Applicant
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
WARRANT CARD FOR A MEMBER OF
VOLUNTEER
POLICE RESERVE
(Issued under regulation 34 of the
Police Service (Administration)
Regulations, 1974)
This is to certify
that...............................................................................................…
has been accepted and enrolled as
a member of the Volunteer Police
Reserve in accordance with the
provisions of the Police Service
Act, 1970 for the service in the
District of
.........................………………………………………………………
…………………………………
Inspector-General
of Police
Place
...........................................................
Date ...............……………………………..
COLONEL I. K. ACHEAMPONG
Chairman of the National
Redemption Council
Date of Gazette Notification: 4th
May, 1974
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