Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, the Minister-Designate for the Interior, has called for the mandatory use of body cameras by police officers in Ghana as a means to address concerns over police misconduct, including extortion and brutality.
During his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, January 24, the Asawase lawmaker emphasized that implementing this policy would improve accountability and restore public trust in the Ghana Police Service.
Muntaka highlighted the growing public outcry over police brutality and extortion, which have undermined confidence in the country’s law enforcement. To address this, he proposed a policy requiring all police officers to wear and activate body cameras while on official duties.
Explaining his proposal to the Committee, Muntaka argued that the use of body cameras would provide an unfiltered and impartial record of police interactions with the public.
This, he said, would help eliminate ambiguity in cases where police conduct is called into question.
“We will ensure that if you are a police officer and you have to step out, then you have your body camera on to take away all the ambuigity and the troubles because when you put the body camera on, everywhere you are, you are being recorded.
“So that when you are on the road extorting money and brutalise others, it will show and record whatever the police officer is doing.”
