Rose Atinga Bio


Rose Bio Atinga (was born on November 30, 1957)[1] is the first female to be Commissioner of Police in Ghana.[2] She is a Frafra from the Upper East Region of Ghana.[3]The Director General in charge of Technical at the Police Headquarters, Commissioner of Police (COP) Rose Bio-Atinga, has retired after 29 years of police work.COP Bio-Atinga who was among those tipped to become the Inspector General of Police in 2012, started her retirement on Thursday, November 30, 2017.

Rose Bio Atinga
Born1958 (age 61–62)
Ghana
Police career
DepartmentGhana Police Service
RankDirector General,Research and Planning

She joined the Ghana Police in 1988 as an officer and rose through the ranks to become the fourth female Commissioner of Police in Ghana having served in various capacities within the Service across the country.[4]

Education

Rose Bio Atinga had her GCE O-Level Certificate (1969–74) at the St Francis Secondary School and A-Level (1974–76) at St. Monica's Secondary School. She earned a degree in Political Science and a master's degree in Public Administration from the School of Administration, University of Ghana. Rose obtained a Post-graduate Certificate in Public Administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in 1985.[5]

Working life

COP Rose Bio Atinga was enlisted into the Ghana Police Service in 1988 as officer cadet alongside the current IGP, David Asante Apeatu, COP Patrick Timbilla retired, COP Frank Adu-Poku retired, COP Ransford Moses Ninson, among others.Then ASP Rose Bio Atinga, began her policing duties in the Tema region before being posted to the prosecution unit of the service where she served for twelve years.She rose through the ranks, serving as the first female Divisional and Regional commander in Volta, Eastern, Central and the Greater Accra regions.

As a COP, Rose Bio Atinga, moved to the national headquarters as the director general for administration research and planning and technical of the Ghana Police Service. She was tipped by many watchers as a potential IGP, but that ambition never got to her before her statutory retirement. She would be remembered for her tough decisions as a regional commander in the Eastern, Central and Accra, making her a toast of her subordinates who referred to her as action woman and vim lady among other interesting names.[6]

Career

Rose is currently the Director General,Research and Planning of the Ghana Police Service.[7][8]

The Director General in charge of Technical at the Police Headquarters, Commissioner of Police (COP)[9]

Greater Accra Regional Police Commander[10]

Major Case

she help in killing one of the most notorious armed robber by the name John Kofi Flagbedze,alias Spider [11]

Police Impound 380 Slabs Coke[12]

gollark: But the Linux `factor` program can do it in less than a second using presumably unoptimized code.
gollark: It's a 14-digit number, or something.
gollark: Is this some sort of joke?
gollark: So I guess I can increase the size now?
gollark: I mean, there are already billions of those and OpenCL is wildly overkill.

References
  1. "Policing: 29 years of Rose Bio Atinga in retrospect". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  2. "Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs - MOWAC". femaleachievers.org. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  3. Ghana, News (2012-12-18). "Rose Bio Atinga for IGP?". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  4. "COP Rose Bio-Atinga retires". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. "Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs - MOWAC". femaleachievers.org. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  6. "Policing: 29 years of Rose Bio Atinga in retrospect". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  7. Mwin, Kingsley. "Police reshuffle: A return to patronage? - Graphic Online". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  8. Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - IGP shakes up police service". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  9. "First Female COP In Ghana, Rose Bio-Atinga Retires". GhanaStar. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  10. Online, Peace FM. "Rose Atinga-Bio Builds Billion Cedi Mansion!". www.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  11. Kitcher (Mrs), Mavis (2002-07-17). Junior Graphic: Issue 94 July 17-23, 2002. Graphic Communications Group.
  12. "https://allafrica.com/stories/200806301949.html". External link in |title= (help)


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