Chief Superintendent Martin Ayiih, the Adenta Divisional Commander has called on the general public to be mindful of the people they recruit as security men to guard their properties for them.

He said it is important that such new recruits are brought to the police for routine background checks to ascertain the character of the individual.

Speaking in an interview with the GNA on Friday, Chief Superintendent Ayiih said equally important is that, when such security men or watchmen are dismissed or are no longer in the service of the employer, the employer should inform the police so that if there is any crucial information on the said individual, the police may keep a watchful eye on him.

It would be recalled that on August 3, this year, around 02:00 hours, one Richard Billah, a former security man of the Lakeside Estates, who had been dismissed for an alleged criminal act, entered the premises of an absentee landlord.

He allegedly stole a 42 inch television, a step-down transformer, a car battery, a mini compressor, a sewing machine and two pieces of Holland wax prints.

Billah then called a taxi driver to help him convey the goods to an undisclosed destination.

But an alert neighbour, knowing that the occupants of the said house had travelled, alerted the Adenta Police, who quickly arrived on the scene and caught Billah in the act of conveying the goods.

Billah immediately admitted the crime and is currently before the courts.

Chief Superintendent Ayiih said he was happy with the initiative of the alert neighbour, who after witnessing the suspicious act, immediately called the police for action.

He said he was unhappy that “many individuals and companies employ and dismiss their security men without informing the police and this needs to be halted if we want to improve our security”.