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.

(Police Studies and Criminal Justice) degree from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom where he passed with distinction in his written examinations.

[3] In the Ghana Police Service, Acheampong first worked as a prosecutor at the law courts in Accra from September 1976.

[5] Acheampong was the Deputy Contingent Commander of the United Nations Peace Keeping Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a year beginning March 1997.

He performed the same instructor role at the UNCIVPOL Pre-Mission Training School at Zagreb, Croatia between May and September 1998.

[5] On 25 March 2005, he was appointed by President of Ghana, John Kufuor as the Inspector General of Police, his 54th birthday.