Change Management and Security Consultant, Dr. Victor Abbey has cautioned that procuring armoured vehicles do not exonerate escorts of cash-in-transit from robbery attacks.
He stated in an interview with Johnnie Hughes on 3FM Sunrise that the bulletproof vehicles prevent bullet penetration but the individuals escorting the cash have to be mindful of their environment.
He also recommended further training for the bullion drivers and escorts since cash-in-transit has high-level security implications. “If there is no further training apart from the fact that the guy knows how to drive, that should be one of the starting point where they need to be taking through escort driving or the military calls combat driving so that in times like this the driver will know what to do. They have to be taken through simulation exercises”.
He added that by that training, the drivers and escorts should be able to wear the protective equipment and be conversant with how to wear them and still drive.
“If it is just going to be given to them to wear, I am pretty sure that they will hang it the way we have seen some of the policemen hanged them” he said.
He emphasized that the cashiers and all personnel onboard escort vehicles require training to understand the nature of the job as to what to do and not to do.
“In case of an incident, it is not the police who needs to take action alone but all the people on board” Dr. Abbey stressed.
He urged all stakeholders including the; Bank of Ghana, the Ministry of Interior, the Police Service, escort vehicles operators, banks and everybody must come on board to help protect and sustain this enterprise.
The security consultant also called for a relook at the regulation of motorcycles (okada).
By Samuel Afriyie Owusu|3news.com|Ghana
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