STORY: AMISOM Police Commissioner ends tour of duty

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DATELINE: 27/NOV/2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, AMISOM
Deputy Police Commissioner and Rex Dundun, AMISOM Chief of Staff cut the
cake
2. Wide shot, AMISOM officers mount a guard of honour
3. Med shot, AMISOM officers mount a guard of honour
4. Close up, AMISOM officers mount a guard of honour
5. Wide shot, AMISOM officers mount a guard of honour
6. Med shot, AMISOM officers mount a guard of honour
7. Wide shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner
8. Med shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner
9. Wide shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner inspects the guard of
honour
10. Med shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner inspects the guard of
honour
11. Close up, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner inspects the guard of
honour
12. Med shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner inspects the guard of
honour
13. Wide shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
14. Med shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
15. Close up, AMISOM officers present during the function
16. Wide shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, AMISOM
Deputy Police Commissioner and Rex Dundun, AMISOM Chief of Staff
17. Med shot, Anand Pillay, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine Alalo, AMISOM
Deputy Police Commissioner and Rex Dundun, AMISOM Chief of Staff
18. Close up, Rex Dundun, AMISOM Chief of Staff
19. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) GEN. FIDZA DLUDLU, AMISOM HEAD OF MISSION
SUPPORT.
When he took over the Police were only operating in Mogadishu. General Pillay
has been able to deploy the Police to all sectors, for mentoring and advising
activities. During the tenure of his office, he has been able to deploy FPUs to
Baidoa and Kismayo, to assist in operational support. The Police component
were also instrumental in securing the 2016/17 Somalia elections that remains
one of his major achievements.
 General Pillay it has been great knowing you, working with you. On behalf of the
SRCC and the whole of AMISOM, I wish you best in your future endeavors and
hope to see you soon.
20. Wide shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
21. Med shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
22. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CHRISTINE ALALO, AMISOM DEPUTY POLICE
COMMISSIONER.
You have done a lot here, you have done a lot for the Police, we know all your
achievements. We talk about the new policing model but you were the first
person to implement it, to operationalize it. We now have the state police, as
much as they are still discussing how to start it and in what roles, we have
already started by operationalizing it and those are your achievements. We have
seen you successfully securing the elections, you have you successfully trying to
push so that we go to the recovered areas, despite the challenges that are there.
A lot can be said about your achievements.
23. Wide shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
24. Med shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
25. Close up, Christine Alalo, AMISOM Deputy Police Commissioner
26. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) REX DUNDUN, AMISOM CHIEF OF STAFF.
I can tell you categorically, he have served with merit, with strategic leadership
and the achievements are there for everybody to see.
27. Wide shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
28. Med shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
29. Close up, AMISOM officers present during the function
30. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ANAND PILLAY, AMISOM POLICE COMMISSIONER.
The situation in Somalia demands a lot from you, being in a leadership position,
demands increase every day. At times you have to be a politician, other times a
diplomat, when it comes to your team, I need sometimes to be a commander, at
times a friend, a father and many times a driver.
31. Wide shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
32. Med shot, AMISOM officers present during the function
33. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ANAND PILLAY, AMISOM POLICE COMMISSIONER.
We are giving them training, we are mentoring them. What have we done to
develop the capacity, of getting their own trainers, capacitating them, mentoring
them, and ensuring that they can train their own people. You need to start to
doing that, identify groups of Police officers from the Somalis, training them to a
level where they can go and do what you are doing. In that way with the
numbers that you have and they numbers that they have and if we train them,
we can reach more of them and we can build the capacity quicker.

STORY
AMISOM Police Commissioner ends tour of duty in Somalia
Mogadishu, 29 November 2017 - Brigadier General Anand Pillay, the Police
Commissioner with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), has left the
Mission, after the end his tour of duty.

Brig. Gen. Pillay who joined the AU Mission in 2014, is credited with championing
and operationalizing key reforms in the Somali police sector, in the federal
government and regional states.

Under his leadership, AMISOM Police rolled out an elaborate capacity building plan
for the Somali Police Force, which included screening, recruiting, training and
mentoring Somali police officers.

Also, under his tenure, AMISOM Police extended its services to newly recovered
areas; and expanded its operations to the state capitals, in Baidoa in South West
state, Jowhar in HirShabelle state, Dhobley and Kismayo in Lower Jubba region and
Beletweyne in Hiiraan region.

I can say categorically, that he (Pillay) has served with merit, with strategic
leadership and the achievements are there, for everybody to see, Mr. Alex Dundun,
the AMISOM Police Chief of Staff said, during a send off ceremony for the outgoing
Police Commissioner.

These sentiments were shared by the AMISOM Deputy Police Commissioner Ms.
Christine Alalo.

You were the first person to implement the new policing model, we have seen you
successfully securing the elections, you have been successful in trying to push, so
that we go to the recovered areas, despite the challenges that are there, Ms. Alalo
noted.

Brig. Gen. Pillay ensured the training and skilling of over 3,500 Somali police officers
and the establishment of systems and processes, including the introduction of a
biometric database for the police force within the Somali Police Force.

On behalf of the SRCC and the whole of AMISOM, I wish you best in your future
endeavors, Major General (Rtd) Fidza Dludlu, the AMISOM Head of Mission Support
told Pillay.

He commended Pillay for spearheading the construction and rehabilitation of

various police stations across south central Somalia, in a bid to ensure law and order,
especially in newly recovered areas.

The outgoing Police Commissioner advised AMISOM Police to focus on efforts that
will ensure the Somali Police Force is self-reliant, adequately trained and equipped
to preside over policing responsibilities in all of Somalia.
What have we done to develop their capacity; of getting their own trainers,
capacitating them, mentoring them, and ensuring that they can train their own
people?, he posed the question.

You need to start to do that, identify groups of Police officers from the Somalis, and
train them to a level where they can go and do what you are doing, Brig. Gen. Pillay
said, in his parting shot.

END.