STORY: Security Improves In Somalia As Police

Force Builds Capacity - SPF Commissioner

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DATELINE: 28/APRIL/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHORT LIST
1. Wide shot; AMISOM and SPF Police Commissioners at the
media briefing
2. Close up shot; a journalist asking a question
3. Wide shot; AMISOM and SPF Police Commissioners addressing
the the media briefing
4. Close up shot; a journalist asking a question
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gen Mohamed Sheikh Hamud, the
Somali Police Force (SPF) Commissioner
People do not realize the improvements made in security. They only
comment when there is an explosion or suicide attack. These attacks will
continue as long as we have radicalized youth. It is not an easy thing as it is
also happening in other cities, including Europe. But if you compare since
2010, we are in a better state of security.
6. Med shot; AMISOM and SPF Police Commissioners at the
media briefing
7. Close up shot; a journalist listening
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brig Gen Anand Pillay, the AMISOM
Police Commissioner
We all know basic training takes more than a year to get a police officer to
perform his functions. Unfortunately, we do not have that luxury in Somalia.
So we give them limited training of 12 weeks and thereafter our officers
mentor them on the job.
9. Med shot; journalists listening at the media briefing
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brig Gen Anand Pillay, the AMISOM
Police Commissioner
We have revised our concept of operations to be aligned to the state
formation process. We are now in the states and helping build police
organization institutions in those states.
11. Med shot; AMISOM and SPF Police Commissioners at the
media briefing

12. Wide shot; AMISOM and SPF Police Commissioners addressing

the media the media briefing
STORY
Security Improves In Somalia As Police Force Builds Capacity - SPF
Commissioner
Mogadishu, April 28, 2016 - The security situation in Somalia has seen
improvement with the strengthening of its national police force despite the
constant threat of terrorist attacks from Al Shabaab, the Forces
Commissioner, Gen Mohammed Sheikh Hamud, has said.
Gen Hamud said the police service, which is receiving training from the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is focusing on internal security
and learning from terror attacks that take place in Mogadishu and elsewhere.
People do not realize the improvements made in security. They only
comment when there is an explosion or suicide attack. These attacks will
continue as long as we have radicalized youth. It is not an easy thing as it is
also happening in other cities, including Europe. But if you compare since
2010, we are in a better state of security, Gen Hamud told a group of
journalists from countries that have contributed troops to the regional force.
The journalists were in Mogadishu to report on the situation in Somalia and
the steps AMISOM has made in stabilizing Somalia and degrading Al
Shabaab.
AMISOM Police Commissioner, Brig. Gen. Anand Pillay, who was also
present, said the countrys revamped police force is being structured to
accommodate the countrys new federal system of government. He said the
two police forces are engaged in security measures in advance of the holy
month of Ramadhan that starts in early July and general elections later this
year.
We have revised our concept of operations to align with the new political
status. Now we are in all the Somali regions, Pillay said at the press briefing
held early this week.
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AMISOM offers 12 week basic training courses for police before their
deployment, followed by on-the-job training.
Hamud said the force needed more ammunition and equipment to bring it up
to full capacity.
This week, the Security Council expressed grave concern at the fragility of the
security situation in Somalia but paid tribute to African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army for their efforts in reducing
the threat posed by Al-Shabaab.

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