NEWS FLASH: Community Protection Assistants’ Allowance Increased By 30%

The Community Protection Assistants’ (CPAs’) monthly stipends have been increased by 30% by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).

With the increase, the recipients would start receiving monthly allowances of GHC 500 in January 2023.

At a ceremony in Accra to symbolically culminate the successful completion of the training programs held simultaneously for the first batch of the newly trained CPAs across the nation, Alhaji Bashiru Ibrahim, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in charge of operations at YEA, made this known.

One-third of the 15,000 young men and women who will be hired nationwide over the span of three months to help the police with community security were included in the first batch of CPAs, which included 5,000 beneficiaries.

The Training Arrangement

The training agreement was a result of an earlier memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Youth Employment Association (YEA) and the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to offer auxiliary support for the service and aid the police in upholding law and order in the communities.

As a matter of fact, community policing, traffic control, client service, criminal law, and criminal process were among the topics covered by the CPAs trainees.

Others included managing public order, human rights, fundamental police abilities, and criminal investigation and evidence preservation.

Also, the remaining topics included techniques for preventing crime, fundamental instruction on terrorism, domestic violence, ethics, and a code of conduct for law enforcement personnel.

Good ambassadors

In his remarks, the Deputy CEO noted that staff members had been exposed to community policing, and as a result, they were expected to continue in that capacity and act as positive representatives of the organization.

He issued a warning, stating that the organization would not hesitate to fire any CPA who misbehaved while performing their jobs by assuming the status of police officers and officer ranks in order to falsely represent themselves and mislead the public.

He stated that such behavior was wrong and went on to provide the example of a CPA who had misrepresented himself to locals while on duty to assist the police.

In order to increase their chances of being hired into the mainstream service in the future, he urged the CPAs to abide by the laws and regulations controlling their training.

He claimed that the organization was prepared and dedicated to the President’s mission to combat youth unemployment and that measures had already been done with a recruiting drive into the conventional modules.

Conclusion

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