October 2019 (Page 2)

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 4 October, 2019 I honoured an invitation to the Teshie police station Thursday evening and arrived there in the company of a friend. A police officer admitted that he had read some “favourable” police articles on this blog; our mission statement, “…..a moral and intellectual guide…….” was also praised with enthusiasm. Then the discussions reached a crescendo. Officer X offered that from now on, peer-reviewed articles from police officers and other security experts on “security, peace and development” should appear on this blog so that we shall together with the police raise the level of public discourse. “But theRead More →

By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – 2 October, 2019 The Tuesday meeting was rescheduled first at the behest of the police and second at my behest; a new date is still pending. When I was leaving the police station at about 530am after my “arrest” and detention for querying why police will flash a torchlight into my face, the CID officer warned me that he could “not guarantee your safety in front of the gate because armed robbers attack people there!” The Teshie police station is a few meters away from Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre; Military Academy and Training School; and Teshie Military camp.Read More →

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 1 October, 2019 I spent the night of 29 September in a police cell at Teshie; I am now on self recognizance bail and have been ordered to report back on 1 October at 12 noon. What led me there was a personal choice; I have not broken any law. For 20 odd years I have always questioned the police for flashing lights into my eyes and the eyes of other commuters during night traffic duties. And I will continue to do so regardless of whatever they say. And so it happened that on the Teshie Bush Road inRead More →