STORY: AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police

officers on security maintenance

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DATELINE: 1/JULY/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
2. Med shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
3. Close up, a participant present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
4. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
5. Med shot, high ranking officials present during the closing ceremony of the in-
Mission training workshop
6. Close up, a participant present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner.
“Whatever you have learnt here, we expect you to get it out to our counterparts,
the Somalis, who you are mandated to build their capacity.”

8. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
9. Med shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
10. Close up, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
11. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
12. Med shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
13. Close up, a participant present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner.
“This training comes at the right time when we are talking about the transition.
We must ensure that we have the right people who can deliver. The right people
 who can bring out the information. The right people who can guide the Somali
police on professional policing.”

15. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
16. Med shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
17. Close up, Daniel Ali Gwambal, AMISOM Police Coordinator for Operations
18. Wide shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
19. Med shot, participants present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
20. Close up, a participant present during the closing ceremony of the in-Mission
training workshop
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner.
“If we are not able to do that very well then we cannot talk about a transition.
We cannot be in a position to talk about the transition. If you cannot be able to
bring it out, if you cannot be able to mentor them, to prepare them in the next
three years, to take over the security of the country, then we are wasting time.”

22. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner awards
participants with certificates
23. Med shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner awards
participants with certificates
24. Close up, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner awards
participants with certificates
25. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner awards
participants with certificates

AMISOM to intensify training of Somali police officers on security maintenance

Mogadishu, 2 July 2018 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will step
up the training and mentoring of Somali police officers during the transition period to
prepare them for handover of security responsibilities.
Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, said the trainings will be done
in all the federal states to empower Somali police officers to take charge of the
country’s security.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of a six-day in-Mission training course on
Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), for AMISOM Police officers, on Sunday,
Ms. Alalo urged the participants to ensure the objective of establishing a strong and
professional police force in Somalia is realized.
“Whatever you have learnt from here, we expect you to get it out to our
counterparts, the Somalis, who you are mandated to build their capacity,” Ms. Alalo
stated at the function attended by other senior AMISOM Police officers, among
them, Daniel Ali Gwambal, AMISOM Police Coordinator for Operations, and the
Acting AMISOM Police Training Coordinator, Leon Ngulube.
The refresher course, the fourth this year, is aimed at improving the knowledge of
officers on SGBV matters to help Somalia tackle the crime. More than 100 police
officers have undergone the training this year.
Ms. Alalo noted that proper training and mentoring of the Somali Police Force (SPF)
is crucial, adding that it will enable AMISOM handover security responsibility to
competent officers.

“This training comes at the right time when we are talking about the transition. We
must ensure that we have the right people who can deliver. The right people who can
bring out the information. The right people who can guide the Somali police about
professional policing,” Ms. Alalo observed.
During the training, the officers were taken through a number of topics which
included AU Instruments and Conventions, police activities in Somalia, introduction
to international humanitarian law, Somali legal system, forms and types of SGBV and
traumatic effects and prevention of SGBV.

Ms. Alalo urged the participants, comprising personnel from the Formed Police Units
(FPU) and Individual Police Officers (IPOs), to share with their colleagues and Somali
police counterparts the knowledge acquired from the training.

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