12,802 officers promoted as Ghana Police Service ends years‑long backlog

12,802 officers promoted as Ghana Police Service ends years‑long backlog

The Ghana Police Service has advanced 12,802 personnel, addressing a backlog of promotions that accumulated over five to ten years.

These promotions, effective from January through early February 2026, were granted following administrative and special recommendations and conform to the Police Service Regulations, 2012 (Constitutional Instrument 76).

Regulation 37 of CI 76 specifies that advancement within the Service is determined by