Patrick Kwateng Acheampong
| Patrick Kwateng Acheampong | |
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| Inspector General of Police | |
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In office 25 March 2005 – 28 January 2009 |
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| Appointed by | John Kufuor |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Nana Owusu-Nsiah |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Mills-Robertson (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 March 1951 |
| Nationality |
 Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Occupation | Police officer |
| Profession | Barrister |
Patrick Kwateng Acheampong (/əˈtʃæmpɒŋ/; born 25 March 1951) is a barrister and was the Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP).
Patrick Acheampong had his secondary education at the Adisadel College between 1962 and 1969 where he obtained his GCE O-level and A-level certificates. He then entered the University of Ghana where he obtained a law degree in 1972. He next attended the Ghana Police College, qualifying with the Certificate in Police Duties in 1976. He was also awarded the Sword of Honour for being the Best Cadet Officer in his batch. He qualified as a barrister from the Ghana Law School in 1977. In 1988, he studied at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, gaining the Certificate in management development. In 1990, he obtained the M.A. (Police Studies and Criminal Justice) degree from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom where he passed with distinction in his written examinations.
In the Ghana Police Service, Acheampong first worked as a prosecutor at the law courts in Accra from September 1976. He was then appointed as the Executive Secretary to the IGP at the Ghana Police headquarters in June 1979. During the PNDC era, he became the Assistant Special Public Prosecutor at the Office of the Special Public Prosecutor of the National Public Tribunals of Ghana, a function he performed till June 1986. He was the District Police Commander for Tema Community One from May 1982 to June 1984. From May to August 1986, he became the Accra Central District Police Commander. He then worked as the Officer in charge of Special Duties at the National Police Headquarters until October 1988. He was next posted to the Northern Region of Ghana as the Deputy Regional Police Commander in February 1990, a position he held for the next two years. Acheampong was the Regional Police Commander in the Northern and then the Ashanti Regions between February 1992 and October 1996. He then worked at the National Police Headquarters in Accra as the Deputy Commissioner in charge of Administration.
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