In line with ensuring discipline of motorists, particularly riders, the Ghana Police Service has launched an exercise called Police Action Against Rider Indiscipline, shortened as OPERATION PAARI.

The exercise is an aggressive move by the service to deal aggressively with motor riders gross disregard to traffic regulations.

Thus, indiscipline among motorcycle users on the roads manifested in riding through red traffic lights, the non-wearing of crash helmets and general disregard for road traffic regulations had become the major cause of road traffic accidents in the country.

The Service is taking the action based on a data available that road traffic accidents/crashes indicates motorcycles are the leading cause of road accident-related deaths and the second leading cause of injures in the country.

In that regard, the Service has introduced OPERATION PAARI, as a holistic strategy to combat menaces on the road.

In a statement issued by the police and signed by DCOP Kwesi Ofori, Director-General Public Affairs.
For the purposes of enforcing this initiative, the release said multiple components of the OPERATION PAARI will be introduced in phases.

Currently, it said the first component of OPERATION PAARI, rolled out involves the deployment of teams of Police riders with body cameras to monitor the conduct of riders at major intersections and other strategic locations.

“The teams will follow offending riders and arrest them at convenient and safe locations. Such riders will be prosecuted, named and shamed,” it stated.

Additionally, it said the Police recognise the multi-stakeholder responsibility for dealing with this matter and continue to engage all stakeholders in trying to find a solution to the problem.