The Ghana Police service announces to the information of the general public that it is undergoing recruitment exercise.
The Ghana Police Service has said it will employ electronic means in its recruitment process as it seeks to reduce the interference of middle men also known as ‘goro boys’.
The service has been hit by a number of recruitment scams in recent times, with one of them leading
to some servicemen, including Director General of Human Resource and Administration COP Patrick Timbillah, being interdicted.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the Police Headquarters Inspector Richmond Mensah, said the switch to online application is to ensure a credible selection process.
“Those who are interested in joining the Ghana Police Service can do so by going through the [process] which will be placed in the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times Newspaper come Monday (May 9) and Wednesday (May 11),” he said.
“We are switching from the normal sale of forms to what we call online application, that has got the potential of actually reducing scam [and] people who are middlemen in the local language we call them the ‘goro boys’ who will try to tell you that: ‘I have been mandated by the Ghana Police Service to recruit people on behalf of the Police.’”
The service has asked Ghanaians to report suspicious recruitment activities to the nearest police station or the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters.
ENLISTMENT PROCEDURE IN THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE.
The Police Administration has necessary procedures it follows in recruiting applicants into the Service. This is done in two (2) main ways after publication in both electronic and the print media and the mode of the application is clearly spelt out for the prospective applicants to follow. They are as follows;
a) Through sale of application forms at designated points
b) Direct application from prospective applicants.
Beginning Wednesday May 11, 2016
applicants could purchase
application vouchers at the GCB
Bank Limited across Ghana at the
cost of GhȻ100.
The mode of application is done
only online and receiving of
applications will cease on May 31,
2016.
Requirements and general eligibility
for the 2016 recruitment signed
and issued by the Director General
of Human Resource Department,
DCOP Beatrice Vib-Sanziri was
published in the Daily Graphic
newspaper of Monday May 9, 2016.
According to the police, all
applicants must be Ghanaians not
less 18 years and not more than 25
years of age by April 1, 2016, must
be at least 5 feet 8 inches [173cm]
tall for males and 5 feet 4 inches
[163] for females, must be
physically fit and must be of good
character, without any criminal
record.
Academic qualification
All applications must possess a
minimum academic qualification of
Six [6] credits [A1 – C6] at WASSCE,
including English language and
Mathematics.
Mode of Application
1. Purchase application voucher at
any GCB Bank Limited at GhȻ100
only
2. You need functional e-mail
address before purchasing the
application voucher.
3. Give your full official name at
the point of purchase.
4. Use your serial number [SN] and
pin code [PIN] to access the
application form online.
5. Keep your SN and PIN for all
states of the recruitment process.
6. The online registration form is
accessible only by the SN and PIN.
7. Once the online application is
opened, follow the instructions
carefully and fill
Stages of recruitment process
1. After online application,
applicants who meet the initial
requirements will be shortlisted and
invited to centres of their choice
for further processes.
2. At recruitment centres there
should be
a. Body examination and selection
b. Examination and inspection of
academic and personal documents
3. Successful candidates in [2]
above shall be made to write
aptitude test
4. Candidates who pass the aptitude
test will go through a thorough
criminal and background check.
5. Then there shall be medical
examination for successful
applicants.
6. The final stage of the processes
is invitation to commence training.
Things to note
1. Forms are not being sold for this
recruitment exercise
2. Filling in of recruitment form is
done online only.
3. The Police Service has not
contracted any middlemen to
recruit on its behalf.
4. Read guidelines thoroughly and carefully before filling the form
5. Do not submit more than one application; you will be disqualified if you do so.
6. All academic certificates will be vetted at WAEC, and any applicant who is found to have presented forged document will be prosecuted.
7. All correspondence with applications will be done through their e-mails only
8. Only shortlisted applicants will be invited for further processes.
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