Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, Ghana’s Minister-Designate for the Interior, has argued persuasively in favor of requiring police officers to wear body cameras as part of an effort to address the country’s mounting concerns about police brutality and extortion.
The Asawase MP emphasized that such an approach would improve accountability and rebuild public trust in the Ghana Police Service during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday, January 24.
Muntaka noted the growing public outrage against police violence and extortion, stating that these concerns have destroyed trust in Ghana’s law enforcement authorities.
To address the issue, Muntaka proposed a regulation requiring all police officers to wear and activate a body camera anytime they go out to do official responsibilities.
Muntaka explained to the Committee that body cameras will give an unedited and impartial record of police interactions with the public.
This, he claimed, would help to reduce uncertainty in circumstances where police behavior 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.”
