Akintunde Akintayo, Washington DC Metropolitan Police Officer, Exposes Defects, Solutions To Nigeria Police Force

<h4>Akintunde Akintayo<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Mr&period; Akintunde Akintayo of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department has offered tips on how Nigeria Police Force can function effectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akintunde&comma; a graduate of University of Baltimore&comma; joined the DC police department in May 2016&period; He was among the officers of the Metropolitan Police Department &lpar;MPD&rpar; that featured in its new web series&comma; <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Beyond the Badge&comma;”<&sol;strong> shown on multiple DC Police social media platforms in October 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking as a guest on Arise TV Sunday morning&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">United States <&sol;a> Police Officer pointed out defects in the administration of Police in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among other things&comma; Akintayo listed poor welfare of Police officers&comma; inadequate training&comma; poor salary&comma; ineffective work equipment&comma; conducive work environment&comma; lack of pension clarity for officers as basic problems in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria Police Force<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a remedy&comma; Adetayo who disclosed &dollar;70k as his annual pay in Washington DC Met Police urged the government to pay attention to these shortcomings so that Nigeria can have effective police system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Training is very important&period; Police officers must be trained on how to handle community issues&period; Police is the first in line in law enforcement in the business of safety and security&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am the face of the people in the US because I am the first person they run to when in trouble&period; Therefore&comma; I must be okay to be able to discharge my <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">duties<&sol;a>&period; That is why welfare of officers is very important&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Adetayo said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;