STORY: Senior Somali police officers benefit from a

Strategic Planning and Management course

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 21/OCTOBER/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Somali Police Force headquarters

2. Wide shot, senior Somali Police officers attending a leadership and management
training
3. Med shot, Gen. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Commissioner, Christine
Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner and Zakia Hussein, the deputy Somali
Police Commissioner attending the closing ceremony of the training
4. Med shot, senior police officers at the closing
5. Wide shot, senior police officers at the closing
6. Close up shot, an officer taking notes
7. Close up shot, Leon Ngulube, AMISOM deputy Police Training Coordinator
speaking at the closing
8. Med shot, senior AMISOM officers listening
9. Wide shot, Gen. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Commissioner speaking
10. Med shot, senior SPF officers listening
11. Wide shot, senior AMISOM officers listening
12. Med shot, senior AMISOM and SPF officers listening
17. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Gen. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Commissioner
“This country was in bad shape for many years. We need a lot of catching up to do to
reach the same level as the rest of the world; recover quickly. We need to have a
formidable police force. The knowledge you have acquired shouldn’t sit with you.
You need to cascade it down and pass it on to your junior officers. That’s the essence
of imparting you with such skills. That is why you are in leadership positions.”

18. Wide shot, SPF officers attending the closing

19. Med shot, SPF officers listening to Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police
Commissioner
20. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner speaking at the
closing
21. Med shot, SPF officers listing
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner
“With this training, the officers were able to acquire skills, knowledge and attitude
that are necessary for them to be able to rise to the occasion and professionally
carry out their duties in accordance with the expectations of the Somali population
with due diligence to and observation of human rights.”

23. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner and Zakia
Hussein, deputy Somali Police Commissioner awarding certificates to participants
24. Close up shot, certificate
25. Wide shot, Christine Alalo, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner awarding a
certificate to Fadumo Hassan Mohamed, Somali Police head of community policing
26. Med shot, Fadumo Hassan Mohamed, Somali Police head of community policing
receives a certificate
27. Wide shot, Zakia Hussein, deputy Somali Police Commissioner awarding a
certificate to an officer
28. Wide shot, officers looking at the certificates
29. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Gen. Ahmed Dayib Ahmed, Somali Police Force Head of
Operations
“The core takeaway from this training was how SPF should conduct planning and
management since our core responsibility is to relate with and protect our citizens.
We see a great reduction in crimes which can be attributed to taking leadership and
management to the grassroots level. The SPF has embraced a bottom-up approach,
strengthened and developed police stations, forged closer collaboration between
the police and the police leading to a reduction in criminal activities.”

30. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Fadumo Hassan Mohamed, Somali Police Force Head of
Community Policing
“I am thrilled we have just finished such an important training. We have learnt vital
leadership tools and skill that we didn’t know before. This training is a must for every
senior officer.”

STORY

Senior Somali police officers benefit from a Strategic Planning and Management
course

Mogadishu, 21 October 2018 - As part of efforts to implement institutional reforms,

the Somali Police Force (SPF) has trained 28 senior-level officers, on Strategic
Planning and Management.

Facilitated by the police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia

(AMISOM), the UN and local experts, the course, the first of its kind for the force, is
part of the organizational and culture change activities, being undertaken within the
institution, to improve efficiency and performance, among top-level officers.

The officials, most of whom head various directorates and units within the force, will
use skills acquired to implement desired change.

“With this training, the officers acquired skills, knowledge and attitudes, that are
necessary for them to be able to rise to the occasion and professionally carry out
their duties in accordance with the expectations of the Somali population, with due
diligence to and observance of human rights,” said Christine Alalo, the Acting
AMISOM Police Commissioner, at the conclusion of the ten-day course, in
Mogadishu today.

As a leadership tool, strategic management can be instrumental in fostering a

culture of excellence and enhancing professionalism in a workforce, and in turn,
maximize performance and output. AMISOM hopes, that the training will improve
the interfacing and collaboration between various departments of the Somali Police
Force.

“We have learnt vital leadership skills that we didn’t know before. This training is a
must for every senior officer,” said Lt. Col. Fadumo Hassan Mohamed, the SPF head
of community policing, who was one of the trainees.

Participants learnt how to develop a strategic vision and mission for the police force,
principles of management, strategic planning and leadership, among other topics.

“We need a lot of catching up to do, to reach the same level with the rest of the
world; and recover quickly. The knowledge you have acquired shouldn’t sit with you.
You need to cascade it down and pass it on to your junior officers. That’s the essence
of imparting you with such skills,” Gen. Bashir Abdi Mohamed, the Somali Police
Commissioner told the course participants.

Gen. Ahmed Dayib Ahmed, the SPF head of operations described the training as
timely, saying such leadership development courses boosted performance in the
police hierarchy.

The Federal Minister of Interior, Mr. Mohamed Abukar Islow and the Somali deputy
Police Chief, Ms. Zakia Hussein attended the closing ceremony of the management
course.

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