STORY: AMISOM reiterates its commitment to continue

supporting Somali Police Force

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 01/SEPTEMBER/2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST
1. Med shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said arriving at the venue for the closing ceremony
2. Med shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said and other top SPF officials taking their seats
3. Med shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said seated
4. Wide shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said and other top (SPF) officers seated down
5. Close up shot, Moderator addressing the participants
6. Wide shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said and other top (SPF) officers listening
7. Close up shot, Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner Brig. Gen. Abdihakim
Dahir Said listening
8. Wide shot, (SPF) officers who took part in the training listening
9. Wide shot, AMISOM Police Coordinator for Operations, Daniel Ali Gwambal
walking to the podium to address the participants
10. Med shot, AMISOM Police Coordinator for Operations, Daniel Ali Gwambal
saluting at the podium before addressing the participants
11. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) DANIEL ALI GWAMBAL; AMISOM POLICE
COORDINATOR FOR OPERATIONS
AMISOM is ready at any time to offer training and contribute to the
development of Somalia. As you [participants] go out to the field I want you
to impart to your colleagues the same training you have gotten here and that
is how we will be able to develop our capacities as police officers.

12. Wide shot, Moderator addressing the participants

13. Med shot, (SPF) officers listening
14. Med shot, SPF) officers listening
15. Close up shot, SPF) officers listening
16. Wide shot, Brig. Gen Hassan Alasow Mohamed, Director Training/Planning
preparing to give his remarks on the podium
 17. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) BRIG. GEN HASSAN ALASOW MOHAMED; DIRECTOR
OF TRAINING
I believe that this training was beneficial to the participants drawn from the
counter terrorism because this training was both theory and practical.

18. Med shot, (SPF) officers applauding

19. Med shot, (SPF) officers listening
20. Med shot, (SPF) top officers listening
21. Wide shot, (SPF) officers listening
22. Med shot, (SPF) officers listening
23. Med shot, (SPF) Commissioner going to the podium
24. Wide shot, (SPF) Commissioner walking to the podium
25. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) SOMALI POLICE FORCE COMMISSIONER; BRIG.GEN.
ABDIHAKIM DAHIR SAID
This training was important to the extent that we had to postpone other
trainings and fast track this one so as to enhance the skills and capacity of the
police. We will continue to improve the training and quality of our police so
that they can safeguard the community and restore peace in the country.
26. Wide shot, Somali Police officer who took part in the training receiving
certificate
27. Wide shot, Somali Police officer who took part in the training receiving
certificate
28. Close up shot, certificate being handed out
29. Med shot, Somali Police officer who took part in the training receiving
certificate
30. Wide shot, Somali Police officer who took part in the training receiving
certificate
31. Close up shot, certificate being handed out
32. Med shot, Somali Police officer who took part in the training receiving
certificate
33. Med shot, Somali Police Force officers standing at attention after end of
ceremony

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AMISOM reiterates its commitment to continue supporting Somali Police Force

Mogadishu, 1 September 2017 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

has reiterated its commitment to help establish a strong and professional police
force capable of handling security challenges facing the horn of Africa country.

The remarks were made on Thursday by the AMISOM Police Coordinator for
Operations, Daniel Ali Gwambal, during the closing ceremony of a 10-day training
course on child protection and basic counter insurgency for Somali police officers
held in Mogadishu. The training was conducted by officers from the AMISOM Police
component.
AMISOM is ready at any time to offer training and contribute to the development of
Somalia, Mr. Gwambal said at the function presided over by the Somali Police Force
(SPF) Commissioner, Brig. Gen. Abdihakim Dahir Said, and attended by senior police
officers.

Mr. Gwambal urged the participants to put into practice and also share the
knowledge they have acquired with their colleagues.

As you go out to the field I want you to impart to your colleagues the same training
you have gotten here and that is how we will be able to develop our capacities as
police officers, Mr. Gwambal added.

Speaking at the function, SPF Commissioner, Brig. Gen. Abdihakim Dahir Said, noted
that the trainings were timely and of priority to the force, given the changing nature
of crime in the country.

This training was important to the extent that we had to postpone other trainings
and fast track this one so as to enhance the skills and capacity of the police, Brig.
Gen. Said stated.

He added that the trainings were in line with the decision of the SPF leadership to
localize basic and non-specialized training to help in strengthening capacity of the
force.

We will continue to improve the training and quality of our police so that they can
safeguard the community and restore peace in the country, Brig. Gen. Said
observed.

SPF Director of Training, Brig. Gen., Hassan Alasow Mohamed, said the participants
were taken through complex security issues to broaden their knowledge on policing
matters.