STORY: Somali Police Force gets training on mitigating extremism
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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 29/JULY/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, General Kahiye police training academy
2. Close up shot, police training academy sign post
3. Med shot, police trainees walking
4. Wide shot, Somali police officers in training
5. Med shot, a senior AMISOM police officer distributing training material
6. Close up shot, a trainee taking notes
7. Wide shot, officers taking notes during the training
8. Wide shot, Brigadier Hassan Alasow, Somali Police Force (SPF) director of training and planning arrives to attend the workshop
9. Med shot, an SPF officer speaking during the training
10. Close up shot, Brigadier Hassan Alasow, SPF director of training and planning and AMISOM senior police officers listening
11.Close up shot, a senior AMISOM police officer taking notes at the workshop
12. Wide shot, officers listening
13. Close up shot, an AMISOM trainer speaking at the training
14. Wide shot, Brigadier Hassan Alasow, Somali Police Force (SPF) Director of Training and Planning
15. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM police officer taking notes
16. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Brigadier Hassan Alasow, Somali Police Force (SPF) Director of Training and Planning
“I thank the AMISOM trainers who always try to offer us their expertise and knowledge to uplift the standard of the Somali Police Force just like forces globally”.
17. Close up shot, SPF officers listening
18. Med shot, AMISOM police officers at the workshop
19. Close up shot, SPF officers listening
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senior Superintendent of Police Francis Ndiema, AMISOM Police Commander in Charge of Training and Planning
“This course which we are witnessing it’s closure today is such an important course to you because it was intended to equip the participants with the knowledge and skills in community safety but you can only achieve that through community policing approach. The intention was to fight radicalisation and extremism. It was also meant to create awareness for you on the dangers of radicalization and extremism”.
21. Wide shot, Brigadier Hassan Alasow, SPF director of training and planning awarding a certificate to an officer
22. Med shot, an officer receives a certificate
23. Med shot, Senior Superintendent of Police Francis Ndiemaawarding a certificate to an officer
24. Med shot, an officer receiving a certificate
25. Close up shot, certificate
26. Med shot, an AMISOM police officer distributing more certificates
27. Wide shot, an AMISOM police officer distributing more certificates
28. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mandeq Mohamed, participant
“I have learnt a lot about community policing and will use some of the skills in my duty station. I will also pass on the skills to my colleagues who did not get the opportunity to participate in this training”.
29. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Najib Abdulkadir, participant
“We in General Kahiye Academy where we have spent a week for a training on community policing implementation. I will use these skills effectively when I go back to my station particularly on how to coordinate police activities with the public and to create a working relationship with them. There is a lot I have learnt which I use to have a different view about. There are many mistakes which I will also correct”.
30. Med shot, group photo
31. Wide shot, officers pose for a group photo
Somali Police Force gets training on mitigating radicalisation
Mogadishu July 29 2019 – A seven-day course for 20 Somali Police Force (SPF) officers was concluded at the General Kaahiye Police Academy in Mogadishu on Saturday, with a call to the newly trained officers to work closely with members of the community to detect and eliminate extremism.
Eighteen male and two female officers from 17 police stations across Mogadishu were trained in community policing and de-radicalisation by the Police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
The training, funded by the Japanese government through the African Union, is to build the capacity of the SPF through continuous mentoring and reform initiatives, in line with AMISOM’s transition plan and commitment to improve peace and security in Somalia.
SPF’s director of training and planning, Brigadier Hassan Alasow, said the training was important in equipping Somali police officers with critical policing skills meant to quickly detect and arrest insurgents and radical extremists.
“I wish to thank AMISOM for this training, for imparting skills on how to detect and handle those radicalised by extremists and how to manage the reintegration of some of them into society,” said Alasow.
