Be professional, LETI DG tells officers

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Lagos State Law Enforcement Training Institute &lpar;LETI&rpar; has charged newly trained Central Business District &lpar;CBD&rpar; Enforcement Officers to uphold integrity and professionalism in the discharge of their duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Director General LETI&comma; Mr Ifalade Oyekan made the call at the end of a three-day training held at the institute for new volunteers of the CBD Corps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The News Agency of Nigeria &lpar;NAN&rpar; reports that 40 officers participated in the law enforcement officers proficiency training&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">They were trained on various aspects of law enforcement including public transportation and traffic management&comma; emotional intelligence&comma; investigation&comma; human relations&comma; first aid&comma; physical agility and self defense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Oyekan said the training was in fulfillment of the institute’s mandate to equip law enforcement officers with 21st century professional standards and tactical proficiency needed for quality delivery of service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He furthered that the activities of the institute were in line with the Lagos State Government THEMES agenda which are&colon; Traffic Management and Transportation&semi; Health and Environment&semi; Education and Technology&semi; Making Lagos a 21st Century state&semi; Security and Governance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Security of lives and property is paramount to the Lagos state government which was why this training was mandated and approved by Gov&period; Babajide Sanwo-Olu under the THEMES agenda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You have received training for three days in different aspects that will mould and shape your operation on the field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I urge you to be very diligent&comma; respect senior officers&comma; be courteous and most importantly&comma; uphold your integrity because this will take you far in life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Oyekan said the newly trained members would be monitored periodically to evaluate their performance on the field vis-a-vis the training received&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He also urged the officers to adhere strictly to safety guidelines of the NCDC and Lagos state government directives in the discharge of their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He added that the institute would commence its&nbsp&semi; training programmes for other law enforcement agencies in the coming weeks which would be done in accordance to the safety guidelines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;