Police decentralise criminal clearance services to 25 regional commands

The Ghana Police Service has decentralised criminal clearance services in the country to all Police regions across the country.

A statement by the police said this is part of a transformational agenda to improve the delivery of policing services to the public.

It explained that currently, all criminal background checks are conducted exclusively at the CID Headquarters in Accra.

This means all individuals and organisations who require this service have to travel from all parts of the country all the way to Accra just for this purpose.

“In order to ease this burden, the criminal clearance service has been decentralised to all the twenty-five (25) Police Regions across the country and the service can now be accessed from these locations without the need to come to Accra.

“Effective Monday, 22nd May 2023, persons seeking criminal clearance can do so in any of the 25 Police regions across the country,” the statement said.