STORY: AMISOM hands over policy documents to Somalia’s

Jubbaland and South West police forces

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DATELINE: 01/APRIL/2019, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, the AMISOM Police officers in Jubbaland Police Force headquarters in
Kismayo town to hand over guiding principles of policing in an effort to
professionalize the police force in Somalia
2. Wide shot, Kismayo police administration building
3. Med shot, AMISOM Police entering the offices
4. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers meeting with Mohamed Nasir Guled, Somali
Police Commander in charge of Lower Jubba
5. Close up shot, AMISOM Police officer listening
7. Close up shot, another AMISOM Police officer at the meeting
8. Med shot, Mohamed Nasir Guled, Somali Police Commander in charge of Lower
Jubba signing the documents
9. Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers looking on
10. Close up shot, the document being signed
11. Close up shot, AMISOM Police officer looking on
12. Wide shot, the signing of the documents
13. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Mohamed Nasir Guled, Somali Police Commander in
charge of Lower Jubba
“The documents we have received are on various issues important to the Somali
Police. The documents are on human rights and are intended to guide the SPF
(Somali Police Force) on ethical conduct, the dress code, transfer guidelines,
transport and logistics. We appreciate the support and efforts of our AMISOM
colleagues. We hope they will double their support to develop the SPF especially the
Jubbaland State Police.”

14. Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers with Mohamed Nasir Guled, Somali Police
Commander in charge of Lower Jubba
15. Close up shot, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alusine Dumbuya, Project
Officer in the AMISOM Police Reform and Restructuring Department
16. Med shot, AMISOM Police Reform and Restructuring Department officers
17. Med shot, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alusine Dumbuya handing
over the documents
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alusine
Dumbuya, Project Officer in AMISOM Police Reform and Restructuring Department
“These are guiding principles that will be used effectively and efficiently as
principles for the Somali Police Force and federal member states. They will guide the
activities of police officers in their tour of duty. I hope these policies will be put to
good use by Jubbaland Police Force and federal member states.”

19. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers and Mohamed Nasir Guled, Somali Police
Commander in charge of Lower Jubba, pose for a group photo
20. Wide shot, group photo

STORY

AMISOM hands over policy documents to Somalia’s Jubbaland and South West
police forces

Kismayo, Baidoa, 3 April 2019 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has
handed over policy documents on law enforcement to Jubbaland and South West
states’ police forces to help streamline policing in the two federal member states.

The documents cover issues critical to establishing a professional police force,

among them, code of conduct, transfer guidelines, human resource management,
dress code, community policing, recruitment, promotion and gender equality.

“These are guiding principles for the Somali Police Force that will be used effectively
and efficiently to improve policing activities in the federal member states,” said
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Alusine Dumbuya, a Project Officer in
AMISOM Police Reform and Restructuring Department, during the handing over
ceremony in Kismayo.

The development of policy documents is part of AMISOM Police’s grand programme

aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Somali Police Force to maintain law and
order in the federal member states and secure the country against Al-Shabaab
insurgency. Other federal member states will also receive the documents.
Speaking after receiving the documents, the Somali Police Commander in charge of
Lower Jubba, Mohamed Nasir Guled, said the policy documents will help
professionalize Jubbaland State Police Force and improve policing services in the
region.

“The documents we have received today are intended to streamline policing

activities and we appreciate the help provided by AMISOM,” said Mr. Gulled.

In Baidoa, the documents were handed over to Brig. Gen. Mahan Abdurrahman
Adan, the South West State Police Commissioner, who noted that the policies will be
implemented to enhance administrative and operational capacity of the regional
state’s police force.

AMISOM Police Coordinator for South West State, Assistant Commissioner of Police
(ACP) Tresphord Kasale, said the development of the policy guidelines was part of
the ongoing implementation of the Somalia Transition Plan whose key objective is to
establish a strong Somali National Security Force capable of securing the country.