Canada officer who trained Mumbai cops, wanted to fulfil his

Satyanand Gaitonde, a Close Protection Officer with a security agency in Canada, who has been providing soft skills training to Mumbai police personnel here for the last few months, says he took up this task in order to serve his country, a wish harboured by his late father.

Mumbai-born Gaitonde is presently associated with a national level security agency in Canada. He specialises in soft skills training and imparts counselling besides holding personality development seminars for policemen abroad following which he was roped in by Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Milind Bharambe, to train traffic cops here last year.

"My dad always used to encourage me to do something for the country. I always used to delay it (the decision). He eventually convinced me to come here. But the day I landed here (November 1, 2016) he passed away. That strengthened my determination to work for my country," he told

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