The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has said the police have a job to do and are mandated to effect arrest any time of the day, especially when people fail to honour invitations extended to them.
He said no one is above the law and, therefore, the laws must be made to work in the country.
Consequently, he impressed on media associations to make it clear to their members that the law would take its rightful course when members of the media are found on the wrong side.
The IGP said this when the Police Administration met some members of the Ghana Journalists Association last Friday to discuss how the police and the media could complement each other’s functions to promote peace and security for the development of the country.
Also at the meeting were the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association and the Private Newspapers Publishing Association of Ghana.
The discussions centred on the enforcement of laws in the area of the arrest and prosecution of journalists who contravene the laws of the state, the protection of press freedom, the promotion of police-media relations, among others.
Dr Dampare said media institutions should boldly condemn unprofessional acts that bordered on criminality, since leaving such conduct uncommented on embolden the people who engage in them.
He also suggested that education on criminality be intensified, media practitioners should be held accountable for their actions and supporters of media practitioners who contravened the law must also be condemned since it breads irresponsibility.
