STORY: AMISOM police officers complete checkpoint

management course
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DATELINE: 12/JUNE/2020, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM at the
closing ceremony after completing a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on
vehicle checkpoint screening.
2. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked
by experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the
Safe Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the
closing ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle
checkpoint screening.
3. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIGP), Augustine Magnus Kailie, flanked by other senior AMISOM
Police officers listening during the closing ceremony
4. Med shot, personnel from UNMAS listening during the closing ceremony
5. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIGP), Augustine Magnus Kailie, flanked by UNMAS Deputy Project
Manager, Borys Pokalyuk listening during the closing ceremony
6. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked by
experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the Safe
Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the closing
ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle checkpoint
screening.
7. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked by
experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the Safe
Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the closing
ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle checkpoint
screening.
8. Med shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked by
experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the Safe
Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the closing
ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle checkpoint
screening.
9. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) AMISOM POLICE COMMISSIONER, AIGP,
AUGUSTINE MAGNUS KAILIE
 “A lot of people have lost their precious lives because of IEDs, a weapon of
choice for the Al-Shabaab. Gaining knowledge on IEDs is a very big plus on
our part.”

10. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked
by experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the
Safe Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the
closing ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle
checkpoint screening.
11. Med shot, personnel from UNMAS listening during the closing ceremony
12. Med shot, personnel from UNMAS listening during the closing ceremony
13. Med shot, Personnel from AMISOM Police and UNMAS listening during the
closing ceremony
14. Close up shot, personnel from UNMAS listening during the closing ceremony
15. Med shot, AMISOM Chief of Staff, Rex Dundun listening during the closing
ceremony
16. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) BORYS POKALYUK, UNMAS DEPUTY
PROJECT MANAGER
“There is a huge task in front of you because it is not just about you having
received knowledge that you are going to use in the future. Being instructors,
you are going to teach a new generation of Somali police officers who are
about to be hired.”

17. Med shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM at the
closing ceremony after completing a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on
vehicle checkpoint screening.
18. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM at the
closing ceremony after completing a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on
vehicle checkpoint screening.
19. Close up shot, IPO serving under AMISOM listening during the closing
ceremony of a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle checkpoint
screening.
20. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked by
experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the Safe
Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the closing
ceremony of the two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on vehicle checkpoint
screening.
21. Med shot, UNMAS Deputy Project manager flanked by senior AMISOM
Police officer listening during the closing ceremony
22. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM at the
closing ceremony after completing a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on
vehicle checkpoint screening.
23. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) ANTHONY BARLAY, INSPECTOR OF POLICE
FROM THE SIERRA LEONE CONTINGENT
“The most important things I have learnt during this training was how to
identify the components of Improvised Explosive Devices, which, if I am
conducting an operation and I come across, I will be able to intercept and
stop whatever plan of the carrier. And I believe this will create a conducive
 security environment for the Somali community and we will use this technique
to also share the knowledge with our colleagues, Police Officers in Somali
Police Force (SPF) and our IPO colleagues within AMISOM.”

24. Med shot, AMISOM Police Commissioner, (AIGP),Augustine Magnus Kailie

handing over the certificate to an Individual Police Officer at the closing
ceremony of the Vehicle Checkpoint Training for AMISOM Police Officers in
Mogadishu
25. Close up shot, an Individual Police Officer listening during the closing
ceremony of the Vehicle Checkpoint Training for AMISOM Police Officers in
Mogadishu
26. Wide shot, UNMAS Deputy Project Manager, Borys Pokalyuk, handing over a
certificate to an Individual Police Officer at the closing ceremony of the
Vehicle Checkpoint Training for AMISOM Police Officers in Mogadishu
27. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) HALIMA MOLU, POLICE CONSTABLE FROM
THE KENYAN POLICE CONTINGENT
“This course entailed a lot of knowledge and skills. It will also help us in
capacity building. Later after this maybe back home I am going to impart the
same knowledge to my fellow officers.”

28. Wide shot, UNMAS official handing over certificate to an n Individual Police
Officer listening during the closing ceremony of the Vehicle Checkpoint
Training for AMISOM Police Officers in Mogadishu
29. Wide shot, Individual Police Officers (IPOs serving under AMISOM flanked
by experienced personnel in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) from the
Safe Lane team of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
applauding during the closing ceremony of the Vehicle Checkpoint Training
for AMISOM Police Officers in Mogadishu

AMISOM police officers complete checkpoint management course

 
Mogadishu, 14 June 2020— Eleven police officers of the African Union Mission in
Somalia (AMISOM) have completed a two-week Trainer-of-Trainers course on
vehicle checkpoint management. 

The officers from Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Ghana, were awarded
certificates on their final training day at the AMISOM Police Headquarters in
Mogadishu on Friday June 12, and urged by their trainers to use the knowledge
gained in executing their mandate to build the capacity of the Somali Police Force. 

Aimed at equipping the officers with the requisite skills and practices in handling
vehicle checkpoint operations, the course covered topics like Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Awareness, Explosive Hazard Awareness, components of Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs), Induction Action Drills, Persons and Baggage Search,
Vehicle Search, and Practical Methods of Instruction. 

The training was facilitated by personnel from the Safe Lane team of the United
Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). 
 
“There is a huge task in front of you because it is not just about you having received
knowledge that you are going to use in the future. Being instructors, you are going to
teach a new generation of Somali police officers who are about to be hired,” said
UNMAS Deputy Project Manager, Borys Pokalyuk.     
 
While officiating at the closing ceremony on Friday, the AMISOM Police
Commissioner, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Augustine Magnus
Kailie, said that the training on vehicle checkpoint was very critical because IEDs
remain the weapon of choice for the Al-Shabaab terrorists, with vehicles being a
higher risk since they are used for transportation of components, or as Vehicle-Borne
Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs).  
 
“A lot of people have lost their precious lives because of IEDs. It is a weapon of
choice for Al-Shabaab. Gaining knowledge on IEDs is a very big plus on our part,”
said AIGP Kailie.
 
Kailie said the training is going to be important for the protection of the Somali
population, especially in the upcoming national elections as terrorists will try to use
every method possible to disrupt the electoral process.  
 
Following the training, the graduating officers said the training had been crucial and
beneficial. 
“This course gave a lot of knowledge and skills. It will also help us in capacity
building. Later when I go back home, I will impart the same knowledge to my fellow
officers on how to detect IEDs,” said Police Constable Halima Molu from the Kenyan
Police contingent. 
 
Inspector of Police (IP), Anthony Barlay from the Sierra Leone contingent, said the
training would help him in the detection of planned attacks. 
 
“One of the most important things I have learnt during this training was how to
identify the components of Improvised Explosive Devices, which, if I am conducting
an operation and I come across, I will be able to intercept and stop whatever plan of
the carrier. I believe this will create a conducive security environment for the Somali
community,” said IP Barlay.