Interior Minister nominee Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has committed to enforcing the use of body cameras by police officers while on duty.

During his vetting on Friday, January 24, Mr. Muntaka highlighted the importance of the initiative as a means of rebuilding public trust in law enforcement.

According to him, the widespread concerns about police misconduct require urgent measures to improve accountability and transparency within the service.

“We will ensure that if you are a police officer and you have to step out, you must have your body camera on,” he stated. “So that it takes away all the ambiguity and the troubles because when you put the body camera on, everywhere you are, you are being recorded—not only you but your surroundings as well. So that if you are on the road extorting money, it will show; if you are brutalizing others, it will show. Whatever you are doing, the body camera will record and show what you are doing.”

The Member of Parliament for Asawase emphasized that the initiative would also support efforts by the leadership of security agencies to tackle the challenges facing the police force.

He added, “We must do everything to ensure that they remain professional, and the only way to remove this ambiguity is to have the body camera on, then insist and make sure that everybody adheres to it.”

The proposal, if implemented, aims to provide a verifiable record of police interactions with the public, ultimately fostering greater accountability and professionalism within Ghana’s law enforcement agencies.