ADMINISTRATION OF THE SERVICE
The structure of the Police Service has expanded over the years with the creation of new units to address the increasing demands of governance and public safety.

The day-to-day administration of the Police Service is under the unified command and authority of the Inspector-General of Police [IGP] who is based at the Police Headquarters in Accra, the nation’s capital.

The IGP is assisted by two deputy IGP’s – one is responsible for Administration and the other responsible for Operations.

Also assisting the IGP at the Police Headquarters is the Headquarters Management Advisory Board: (HEMAB). They are responsible for the following schedules;

• SERVICES
• WELFARE
• SDM (Strategic Direction and Monitoring)
• TECHNICAL
• LEGAL AND SPECIAL DUTIES
• FINANCE
• OPERATIONS (OPS)
• HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD)
• CHIEF STAFF OFFICER
• POLICE INTELLIGENCE AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BUREAU (PIPS)

The Ghana Police Service is divided into twelve administrative regions namely: Accra, Tema, Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Volta, Western, Central, Northern, Railways, Ports and Harbour, Upper East and Upper West Regions.
Below the regions, there are;

• 51 Police Divisions, Commanded by Divisional Commanders,
• 179 Police Districts Commanded by District Commanders, and
• 651 Police Stations and posts supervised by station officers.

The service has manpower strength of a little over seventeen thousand 17,000 personnel with a male to female ratio of about 7:3 and police civilian ratio of about 1:1200.

 NEW POLICING STRATEGY
With manpower strength of about 17,000, the Ghana Police Service has undergone major transformation over the years.

The focus is now on forming strategic partnership with the public in the fight against crime.  Community Policing is now being encouraged to involve local communities in identifying potential crime problems and together with the police map out strategies to check them.

The service is also paying special attention to the needs of women and children and other victims of domestic violence.  The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit [DOVVSU] has offices throughout the regions to handle such cases.

RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERPOL
The Ghana Police Service joined Interpol in 1958.  Ghana was the first African Country to host the Interpol General Assembly in 1976.  Ghana is also an active member of the West African Police Chiefs’ Committee [WAPCCO]

The Ghana Police Service has been actively cooperating with police services within and outside the sub-region in the fight against trans-national crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, internet fraud, stolen vehicles, trafficking in small arms and light weapons and money laundering.  Ghana hosted the 18th Interpol African Regional Conference and the 7th meeting of Heads of African National Drugs service from 11th - 15th July, 2005 in Accra.

The Ghana Office of Interpol has been connected to the state of the art global communication system called 1/24/7 - Interpol 24 hours a day seven days a week.  Tel. No. 00233 (0) 246682176.