STORY: WADAJIR DISTRICT IN MOGADISHU SUPPORTS COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE:14 MAY 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
Wide shot; Wadajir District Commissioner addressing the community
Medium shot; Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah
Medium shot; community participants at the meeting
Wide shot; community participants at the meeting
Med shot; Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah
Close up shot; community elder at the meeting
Wide shot; Wadajir District women attending the meeting
Med shot; Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah addressing the community
SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Abdulle Afrah, Wadajir District Commissioner:
“Community policing is important for peace and stabilization since our country has just come from war. So our country is not as we would have wanted. We are trying to restore the peace and rebuild our country. We need to return our communities as they were in 1980”
Medium shot; AMISOM Police facilitating the meeting
Close up shot; Wadajir youth
Med shot; Inspector of Police John Onekalit of AMISOM Police facilitating the meeting
Close up shot; Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah
Med shot; Inspector of Police John Onekalit of AMISOM Police facilitating the meeting
Med shot; Wadajir District women at the meeting
Close up shot; AMISOM police officers and Wadajir district commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah
Med shot; Inspector of Police John Onekalit of AMISOM Police
Wide shot; Wadajir District elders at the meeting
Wide shot; Inspector of Police John Onekalit facilitating the meeting
SOUNDBITE (English) Inspector of Police John Onekalit, of AMISOM Police:
“We have decided to roll out the community policing because as AMISOM, we have seen that it is the best way of fighting criminal activities in the communities. We have decided to involve the community so that they work with the police to identify their own problems; coordinate with the police and fight the criminal activities within themselves”.
Med shot; Women attending
Close up shot; woman reading the community policing leaflet
Med shot; women reading the community policing leaflet
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Amina Abdulle Mohamed, resident:
“We love peace. It’s known world over that AMISOM has facilitated the peace we now have. For the Police, for long they couldn’t do their work but now, if someone has a problem, they call the police, not the intelligence or military” 25. Wide shot; women singing
STORY
WADAJIR DISTRICT IN MOGADISHU SUPPORTS COMMUNITY POLICING INITIATIVES.
Wadajir has become the 4th district in Mogadishu to get actively involved in the latest community policing initiatives rolled out by Somali Police Force (SPF) and the police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
The district’s administrative leaders and residents attended the launch of the initiative on Thursday, fronting a toll free line 888 for sharing crime related information.
Speaking during the launch at the Wadajir district headquarters, Wadajir District Commissioner Ahmed Abdulle Afrah urged the public to embrace the initiative, stressing that security was not a preserve of the armed forces. He expressed optimism that the initiative will pay off in Wadajir, which is the most populous district in the city.
“Community policing is important for the peace stabilization since our country has come from war. So our country is not as we wanted. So we are trying to get the peace and just restore the peace and we are rebuilding our country. We need to return our communities as they were in 1980,” Afrah said.
Inspector of Police John Onekalit from AMISOM emphasized on the benefits of community policing and the need to build closer relationships with the public.
“We have decided to roll out the community policing because as AMISOM we have seen that it is the best way of fighting criminal activities in the communities. We have decided to involve the community so that they work with the police to identify their own problems; they coordinate with the police and fight the criminal activities within themselves”, said Onekalit.
The SPF and AMISOM have in the last one month launched the initiative in three other districts in Mogadishu, namely Hodan, Warta-Nabada and Hamarweyne. It is hoped that the initiative will be launched in at least 4 other districts in the city.
