Ghana   continues   to   provide   troops   to   AU   and   UN   peace   keeping   missions   within   and   outside   the  continent.   The   Ghana   Police   Service   (GPS)   collaborates   with   INTERPOL   in   gathering   and   sharing   information  on  security  issues  within  the  sub-­‐region.  This  collaboration  saw  a  crack  down  on  an   international  car  stealing  syndicate  and  drug  trafficking  along  the  West  Arica  coast.     3.5   Safety  of  life  and  property   The  Ghana  Police  Service  has  undergone  major  transformation  over  the  years.  The  focus  is  now   on   forming   strategic   partnership   with   the   public   in   the   fight   against   crime.     Community   Policing   is  now  being  encouraged  to  involve  local  communities  in  identifying  potential  crime  problems   and  together  with  the  police  map  out  strategies  to  check  them.   The   Ghana   Prison   Service   is   changing   its   focus   to   become   more   of   a   correctional   service   that   focuses   on   reformation   and   rehabilitation.   The   GPS   has   begun   a   pilot   scheme   where   prison   inmates  are  given  formal  education  to  the  senior  high  school  level.  The  Government  has  also   imported  USD  3  million  worth  of  equipment  to  be  used  for  vocational  training  in  prisons.  There   is   also   a   pilot   programme   with   the   University   of   Cape   Coast   with   assistance   from   UNDP   to   provide  long  distance  tertiary  education  to  inmates  under  the  President’s  Special  Initiative  on   Education.     Majority   of   Respondents   (43.9   percent)   indicated   that   the   state   security   system   protected   citizens   against   torture   and/or   maltreatment   by   security   forces   (Figure   3).   39.9   percent   indicated   the   protection   was   low/very   low   and   cited   beatings   and   other   inhumane   treatment   meted  out  to  suspected  criminals  by  the  security  forces.     27