The Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Cybercrime Unit (CU) has undergone a thorough reorganization as part of the Ghana Police Service’s modernization program.
To extend its services closer to the general population, the unit has also been dispersed to all 25 police regional commands around the nation, according to a statement from the Police Service.
Instead of initially focusing on general criminal investigations like creating case dockets and handling suspects directly, this strategic reorganization has positioned the CU as an expert unit to support criminal investigation by providing services like cyber forensic analysis, digital device forensic analysis, mobile and network forensic analysis, and digital content forensic analysis.
The Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Cybercrime Unit (CU) has undergone a thorough reorganization as part of the Ghana Police Service’s modernization program.
To extend its services closer to the general population, the unit has also been dispersed to all 25 police regional commands around the nation, according to a statement from the Police Service.
Instead of initially focusing on general criminal investigations like creating case dockets and handling suspects directly, this strategic reorganization has positioned the CU as an expert unit to support criminal investigation by providing services like cyber forensic analysis, digital device forensic analysis, mobile and network forensic analysis, and digital content forensic analysis.
The Police found that “the CU’s decentralization aligns with the larger goals of modernizing the Police Service and ensuring that it remains at the forefront of addressing emerging threats in the digital age.”
