STORY: AMISOM trains Somali Police officers on

communication skills
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DATELINE: 07/MAY/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST
1. Wide shot, Simon Mulongo Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia arriving at the venue
of the workshop
2. Wide shot, officers from the Somali Police Force (SPF) flanked by AMISOM
Police officers, singing the national anthem during the opening of the
workshop
3. Med shot, officers from the Somali Police Force (SPF) flanked by AMISOM
Police officers, singing the national anthem during the opening of the
workshop
4. Med shot, Simon Mulongo, Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia flanked by top Somali
Police force officials stand as SPF officers sing the national anthem
5. Med shot, officers from the Somali Police Force (SPF) singing the national
anthem during the opening of the workshop
6. Wide shot, officers from SPF sitting down after singing the national anthem
7. Med shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
8. Med shot, top officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
9. Med shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
10. Med shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
11. Med shot, Simon Mulongo, Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia walking to the podium
to give his remarks
12. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) SIMON MULONGO, DEPUTY SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION (DSRCC) FOR SOMALIA
As part of your work as a police force in this country, you need to have skills,
knowledge and capabilities to make people know what the police force in
Somalia stand for and you can do this by speaking out. And one of the major
responsibilities in terms of transition planning and transition implementation
is to empower the local forces in capacities such as this so that when we go
 away you are capable of standing on your own and can communicate
effectively not only to the Somali people but to the whole world.”

13. Wide shot, Philip Mukasa AMISOM Public Information Officer (PIO)
facilitating the workshop
14. Med shot, officers from SPF listening and taking notes during the opening of
the workshop
15. Close up shot, officer from SPF taking notes during the opening of the
workshop
16. Med shot, Philip Mukasa AMISOM PIO facilitating the workshop
17. Med shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
18. Wide shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the workshop
19. Med shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner walking to
the podium to give her remarks
20. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) CHRISTINE ALALO, ACTING AMISOM POLICE
COMMISSIONER
“This training is special in a way that we are setting the ground for the
transition and for us to be able to set the ground for the transition, we need
Somalis who can report what is happening on the ground.”

21. Wide shot, participants from Galmudug being introduced

22. Med shot, participants from Jubbaland being introduced
23. Med shot, Simon Mulongo Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission for Somalia applauding as participants from
HirShabelle are introduced
24. Close up shot, officer from SPF listening
25. Wide shot, participants from Mogadishu being introduced, colleagues
applauding
26. Med shot, officers from SPF listening during the opening of the training
workshop
27. Gen. Hassan Alasow Mohamed, Director of Training and Planning for the
Somali Police Force (SPF) walking to the podium to give his remarks
28. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) GEN. HASSAN ALASOW MOHAMED, DIRECTOR OF
TRAINING AND PLANNING, SOMALI POLICE FORCE (SPF)
“I hope that when you return back home you will share the knowledge and
skills you have acquired from this training with your colleagues at your
workplace so that the people and states where you come from can benefit. I
also urge you to be trainers of trainers and train all your colleagues at your
places of work.”

29. Wide shot, Simon Mulongo Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia officially declaring the
training workshop open, participants applauding
30. Med shot, participants applauding

AMISOM trains Somali Police officers on communication skills

Mogadishu, 8 May 2018 - A one-week training to enhance communication skills of
Somali Police officers opened in the capital, Mogadishu, yesterday.

The training, organized by the police component of African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), is being attended by officers drawn from Mogadishu and the five federal
member states.

It also aims to strengthen relations between security officers and the public and help
Somali Police establish communication departments, within the force, in all the
federal member states.

Speaking during the opening of the training, Deputy Special Representative of the
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) for Somalia, Simon Mulongo,
described the training as timely, adding that the skills learned will help improve
cooperation between officers and the public on security matters.

“As part of your work as a police force in this country, you need to have skills,
knowledge and capabilities to make people know what the police force in Somalia
stands for and you can do this by speaking out,” the DSRCC said.

Mr. Mulongo noted that the training was part of the transition plan, which requires
AMISOM to prepare Somali national security institutions to take over the country’s
security once AMISOM’s mandate comes to an end.

“One of the major responsibilities in terms of transition planning and

implementation is to empower the local forces in capacities such as this, so that
when we go away, you are capable of standing on your own and can communicate
effectively not only to the Somali people but to the whole world,” Mr. Mulongo
observed.

Speaking at the same function, the Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Christine
Alalo, noted that the workshop, the first of its kind, is part of a series of specialized
training that AMISOM Police has been conducting for the SPF.

“This training is special in a way that we are setting the ground for the transition and
for us to be able to set the ground for the transition, we need Somalis who can
report what is happening on the ground,” Ms. Alalo noted.

During the training, the participants will be taken through a range of topics including,
among others, fostering relations between the police and the media; social media as
a tool of information dissemination; public relations and media awareness and
practice.

Others are how to consolidate partnerships between the police and the community;
drafting key messages and information dissemination and the role of public relations
in conflict resolution.

On his part, Mr. Hassan Alasow Mahamed, the SPF Director of Training and Planning
lauded AMISOM for organizing the training and urged participants to take the
training seriously and share the knowledge acquired with their colleagues.

“I hope that when you return back home you will share the knowledge and skills you
have acquired from this training with your colleagues at your workplace so that the
people and states where you come from can benefit,” Mr. Mahamed stated.

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