Protocols, under a new police transformation agenda, bans Journalists from taking or airing close range pictures at accident or crime scenes, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr David Senanu Eklu, Director General, police public Affairs has said.
Additionally, the police would not allow media coverage of police operations such as identification parades and swoops, he emphasized, while also cautioning the police to, on no account, release such pictures to the media.
Mr Eklu, speaking at a Police-Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) media engagement in Kumasi last Thursday, said it was important media personnel adhered to ethical norms by ensuring that the gory faces or bodies of dead accident victims or even criminals, did not show in the public domain.
This would be a way of respecting their rights to human dignity while being careful not to hurt the traditional cultures, sensibilities and emotions of the families that they belonged to. He told the gathering, made up of Senior Journalists from the print, radio and television, that under the new agenda, the police is using the protocol, to seek a stronger partnership with the media to tap its advantage as a channel which can aid the police in its function of providing security, crime detection and prevention.
Source: The Insight
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LOOOOG overdue. The illiterate so-called jounalist RUSH to crime scenes and Contaminate and pollute Police evidence and finger prints of CRIMINALS. The rush to say 'we were the first media house to brake the new' has made them to behave unprofessionally! Pleace give them a total ban. Elsewhere it the police who has the first call to a crime scene and after that secure the place. They give the public information on what they are doing. Will the Ghana Police do same? Well........
police should at shame for even about this and coming out in public. Even in public view you cannot do the right thing then in darkness you will do evil more than this so police should not try to stop journalist doing their cord duty and putting them right.
No placards in parliament; no crime scene photos. Stop gagging Ghanaians. You will not be in power forever. Just come to terms with the advancement in ICT and know that the years are far gone when we had only one photographer in the village. Now you live among 29m photographers, just make sure you do your work as a responsible clean group and no one will come at you
Its in order - never done in developed world as it incite and pollute the public and also put criminal investigations out of gear. Causes a lot of panic and state of fear in this time and age of social media; long overdue. that not withstanding, the police MUST also up their game in curbing these social menaces and be more proactive in combating.
This is long overdue. Crimes scenes should be immediately cordoned off and movements around should be restricted to investigators, paramedic and essential personnel. Press Centers are established away from the scene to brief members of the Press. This must be enforced.
Do not jubilate ooo, do not forget we are good at making laws but implementing is a big wahala....Worst of all, when it involves Ghana Police...better treat it as an interesting "short story" which will either end soon or will not see the "light of day".....
This is a great initiative and most continues