STORY: AMISOM Police conducts biometric

data registration training in Baidoa

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DATELINE: 15 APRIL 2017, BAIDOA, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST

1. Wide shot, Baidoa Police Station

2. Med shot, Baidoa Police Station
3. Close up shot, Somalia national and Police force
flags
4. Wide shot, trained police officers taking photos of
their colleagues
5. Med shot, an officer taking photos
6. Close up shot, camera
7. Close up shot, an officer pose for a photo
8. Med shot, a senior AMISOM police officer
instructing a Somali Police Force officer
9. Med shot, officers waiting to take photos
10. Wide shot, senior AMISOM police officers
instructing
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Anand Pillay,
AMISOM Police Commissioner
We support the development of the biometric human resource
management database, and software. These are to register all the
Somali Police officers, in terms of biometric data registration, to
determine the number of police officers and their locations, where
they are deployed. So it is a human resource data base, to clearly
help federal states know how many officers they have and what are
their skills, age, qualifications and all other details with regard to
Somali Police.

12. Wide shot, Baidoa town

13. Med shot, Baidoa town
14. Wide shot, Somali Police Force officers
registering
15. Close up shot, officers registering
16. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM Police officer
 instructing
17. Med shot, Somali Police Force officers
registering
18. Close up shot, computer
19. Med shot, Somali Police Force officers
registering
20. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Lt. Colonel
Mukhtar Ahmed Ibrahim, Commander of Baidoa Police
Station
This is a new registration system. The training is about how to file
data of Somali Police Force officers with details including name, age,
location; so that it is kept well and easy to use when needed. It
facilitates easy access to the officers data in case of death or if one
desserts the force, among other scenarios. So this is a new
development for Somali Police, using computers to capture their
data.

21. Med shot, participants training

22. Wide shot, participants training
23. Close up shot, a participant
24. Wide shot, participants training
25. Close up shot, biometric fingerprinting
machine
26. Close up shot, computer screen with
photograph and fingerprint
27. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM training
officer at the training
28. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mursal Ahmed
Hassan, trained data entry police officer
I very much appreciate the training AMISOM Police provided to us.
It has been very professional and conducted in a short time. We are
grateful for how AMISOM Police have supported us and we thank
them.

29. Med shot, officers entering data into a

computer
30. Wide shot, officers entering data into a
computer

AMISOM Police conducts biometric data registration training

in Baidoa

Baidoa, 15 April 2017 - The Police Component of the African Union

Mission in Somalia has extended the training programme on the use
of biometric registration system to the South West state.
The training, being conducted by AMISOM officers, aims to help the
police department of the federal state strengthen its human
resource management as it strives to provide adequate security to
its residents.

The registration of the 500-plus South West police officers is

expected to guide human resource management decisions mainly
identity verification, promotion and personnel transfer among
others.

AMISOM Police Commissioner, Anand Pillay, said the collection of

data will greatly impact the management of the Somali Police
personnel both at federal level and regional states.

We support the development of the biometric human resource

management database, and software. These are to register all the
Somali Police officers, in terms of biometric data registration, to
determine the number of police officers and their locations, where
they are deployed. So it is a human resource data base, to help the
states know how many officers they have and what are their skills,
age, qualifications and all other details with regard to Somali Police,
the AMISOM Police Commissioner explained.

Participants described the training as fruitful, expressing optimism

that it will go a long way in improving the management of the
regional police.

This is a new registration system. The training is about how to file

data of Somali Police Force officers with details including name, age,
location so that it is kept well and easy to use when needed, noted
Lt. Colonel Mukhtar Ahmed Ibrahim, the Commander of Baidoa
Police Station.

Lt Colonel Ibrahim added that the new system will facilitate easy
access to the officers data in case of death or if one desserts the
force, among other scenarios.

He welcomed the use of the new system, adding that the use of
computers to capture data was a positive development for the
federal state.

Mursal Ahmed Hassan, a trained data entry police officer at Baidoa

Police Station, echoed Lt. Colonel Ibrahims sentiments, saying it will
improve efficiency in the police force.

I very much appreciate the training AMISOM Police provided to us.

It has been very professional and conducted in a short time. We are
grateful for how AMISOM Police have supported us and we thank
them, said Mr. Hassan.