The Director General, Lagos State Law Enforcement Training Institute, LETI, Prince Ifalade Ajasa Oyekan, has assured stakeholders in public and private sectors including citizens to expect positive impacts from the technology driving trainings for officers and men in the Lagos State security architecture.
Oyekan, who is tenaciously driving the cosmopolitan vision of the executive governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the area of repositioning the psyche of Lagos security officers including exterminating attitudinal lawlessness in the discharge of their duties, stated this when he hosted executive members of the National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE.
He explained that given that security officers are the first contacts with both local and international visitors to Lagos, “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu considered it mandatory to re orientate all employed officers through training in line with global best practice, a development that would advertise the Sate as friendly to tourists, citizens and investors,” he said.
To square up with the governor’s vision, Falade disclosed that he has developed a curriculum, patterned towards proactive strategy instead of reactive, saying that the training templates are implemented through modern and 21st Century security gadgets.
“So far, we have been able to change many things. We have rebranded as directed by Mr. Governor for better service delivery. The impact is already being felt by the public in terms of improved professionalism,” he said.
Lagos State current security formations include Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Lagos State Neighbourhood Agency, LSNA, Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service, LACVIS, Central Business District Enforcement Corpse, CBD EC and others.
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