STORY: Somali Police officers trained on riot-control tactics
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 3/JULY/2018, KISMAAYO, SOMALIA
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1. Wide shot, African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) conducting a training course on public order management for Darwish and Jubbaland Police forces at Darwish Police Academy in Kismayo
2. Med shot, Darwish and Jubbaland Police Forces undergo training
3. Wide shot, Darwish and Jubbaland Police Forces undergo training
4. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers conducting training
5. Wide shot, residents acting as rioters charging at the police during a practical session
6. Med shot, police closing in on the residents acting as rioters during a practical session
7. Wide shot, residents acting as rioters throwing objects at the police during a practical session
8. Wide shot, police subdues residents acting as rioters during a practical session
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ernest Martin Abilu, AMISOM Police Coordinating Officer for Jubbaland State
“We are here in the Darwish Police Academy training the Darwish and the Jubbaland police on public order management. This is a requirement for modern policing because when we are handling public crimes, we are not required to use lethal weapons, we use non-lethal weapons because we are dealing with momentary opponents, we are dealing with rioters who are our own citizens and not enemies, so we don’t need to injure them.”
10. Wide shot, AMISOM police officers demonstrating a drill
11. Med shot, Darwish and Jubbaland police officers demonstrating a drill
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ernest Martin Abilu, AMISOM Police Coordinating Officer for Jubbaland State
“We train them on the tactics of handling and managing such crimes, they will now be able to address those problems without much complains, without injuring or without killing any person.”
13. Wide shot, Darwish and Jubbaland police forces in training
14. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Col. Mohamed Ahmed Qaato, Commander of Darwish Police Academy
“This training helps in preventing riots and other problems that occur and it is an important training provided by AMISOM to Jubbaland forces. We thank AMISOM for the support. It will bring changes in the capacity of Darwish forces, prevention of riots and clan clashes, thirdly it will rearrange the forces to several units different from the former officers; it has all those benefits.”
15. Wide shot, AMISOM police officers demonstrating a drill
16. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mustafa Ali Mukhtar, Somali Police Officer
“The concept we have today is different from what we had before, because we gained a lot from this training. We were taught how to treat and handle the society. If it happens and there are children and old people are taking part in the riots, usage of tear gas is not allowed.”
17. Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers demonstrating a drill during the training
Somali police officers trained on riot-control tactics
Kismayo, 4 July 2018 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Police component has embarked on offering specialized training to regional police forces to prepare them for the gradual handover of security responsibility during the transition period.
Jubbaland and Darwish police units based in Kismayo are the latest beneficiaries of a training course on public order management for their forces at the Darwish Police Academy in Kismayo. The purpose of the training is to enable police officers contain crowd disturbances like riots, demonstrations and strikes – that occur in urban centres – without the use of lethal weapons.
The Coordinating Officer of AMISOM Police in Jubbaland state, Ernest Martin Abilu, said the purpose of the course was to equip Jubbaland’s riot police with skills on preventing crimes related to public unrest without harming those involved.
“This is a requirement for modern policing because when we are handling public crimes, we are not required to use lethal weapons, we use non-lethal weapons because we are dealing with momentary opponents, we are dealing with rioters who are our own citizens and these are not enemies, so we don’t need to injure them,” the AMISOM Police Coordinating Officer for Jubbaland state added.
Mr. Abilu said the officers were trained on how to professionally handle public order crimes including riots, strikes, violent demonstrations and mob justice among others.
He noted that the officers who had undergone the training could now comfortably handle public order crimes without maiming or causing death to members of the public.
