SPF Officers Conclude Training On Community Policing

NR No: 003/2023 Date: 06 February 2023
STORY: SPF officers conclude training on community policing.
DURATION: 2:23.
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND.
DATELINE: 06/FEBRUARY/2023, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA.
SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, the Somali Police Force Director
of Community Policing; Sao Vandy, Team Leader ATMIS Reforms, Restructuring
and Development (RRD); Peter Lennox Aidoo, Deputy Team Leader, ATMIS
Reforms, Restructuring and Development (RRD) and the SPF trainees during the
training.
2. Med shot - Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor, Community Policing takes the SPF
trainees through the workshop.
3. Med shot - Some of the SPF trainees in class.
4. Close up - An SPF trainee during the training workshop.
5. Wide shot - Some of the SPF trainees in class.
6. Med shot - Some of the SPF trainees in class.
7. Close up - An SPF trainee during the training workshop.
8. SOUNDBITE: Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Peter Lennox Aidoo,
ATMIS Police Deputy Coordinator Reforms, Restructuring and Development
(RRD).
“Following this training, we have already drafted Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) which will serve as a community policing guiding tool for the Somali
Police Force.”
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9. Wide shot - Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor Community Policing takes the SPF
trainees through the workshop.
10. Med shot - An SPF trainee asks a question during the workshop.
11. Close up - Some of the SPF trainees in class.
and Development (RRD); Peter Lennox Aidoo, Deputy Team Leader ATMIS
training.
13. Med shot - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, the Somali Police Force Director of
Community Policing; Sao Vandy, Team Leader ATMIS Reforms, Restructuring
training.
14. Close up - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, the Somali Police Force Director of
Community Policing and Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor Community Policing.
15. SOUNDBITE: Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Sao Vandy, ATMIS
Police Team Leader Reforms, Restructuring and Development (RRD)
“The community policing training is key in enhancing the capacity of SPF to take
over the country’s security responsibilities when ATMIS forces exit at the end of
their mandate.”
training.
17. Med shot - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, Somali Police Force Director of
Community Policing and Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor Community Policing.
18. Close up - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, Somali Police Force Director of
Community Policing during the training workshop.
19. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Brigadier General Yusuf Mohamed Farah, SPF
Director of Community Policing.
“Community policing is a big subject and this training is essential in fostering a
good working relationship with the communities we serve.”
20. Wide shot - Sao Vandy, Team Leader ATMIS Reforms, Restructuring and
Development (RRD); Peter Lennox Aidoo, Deputy Team Leader ATMIS Reforms,

Restructuring and Development (RRD); Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor,
Community Policing and other ATMIS police officers present certificates to the
trainees.
21. Close up - Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor Community Policing presents
certificates to some of the trainees.
22. Med shot - An ATMIS officer presents a certificate to a trainee.
23. Wide shot - Brig. Gen. Yusuf Mohamed Farah, Somali Police Force Director of
Community Policing; Sao Vandy, Team Leader ATMIS Reforms, Restructuring
Reforms, Restructuring and Development (RRD) present certificates to some of
the trainees.
24. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) Warsan Hasan Hagar, Chief Inspector Somali
Police
“We have learned how to collaborate, interact, and form close relationships in
order to strengthen ties between the community and the police.”
of Community Policing;, Sao Vandy, Team Leader ATMIS Reforms, Restructuring
Reforms, Restructuring and Development; Eunice Odonkor, ATMIS Advisor,
Community Policing and the SPF trainees pose for a group photo at the end of
the training workshop.
SPF officers conclude training on community policing.
Mogadishu, 6 February 2023 - Thirty-nine Somali Police Force (SPF) officers have
concluded a week-long training on community policing to enhance their knowledge
and skills in tackling violent extremism.
The training which was attended by 17 station commanders and six representatives
from the Community Policing Directorate was conducted by the Police Component of
the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
The officers were taken through various modules including community policing
strategies, conflict resolution, professional standards, and code of ethics. Others
were countering violent extremism, community engagement, and gender issues.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Monday, ATMIS Police Team Leader Reforms,
Restructuring and Development (RDD), Sao Vandy, said community policing training
is a key pillar in building the capacity of the SPF to discharge its duties effectively.
“The community policing training is key in enhancing the capacity of the SPF to take
over the country’s security responsibilities when ATMIS forces exit at the end of their
mandate,” said the Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Vandy.
The SPF Director of Community Policing, Brigadier General Yusuf Mohamed Farah,
noted that community policing is critical in restoring peace and stability in Somalia
and called for similar training in the Federal Member States.
“Community policing is a big subject and this training is essential in fostering a good
working relationship with the communities we serve,” said Brig. Gen. Farah.
Chief Inspector Warsan Hasan Hagar, one of the participants, said the training had
equipped her with valuable skills and knowledge on the relevance of community
policing in modern society.
“We have learned how to collaborate, interact, and form close relationships in order
to strengthen ties between the community and the police,” said Chief Inspector
Hagar.
The training is part of the ATMIS Police mandate which is to help build the capacity
of the SPF by offering specialised training, advice, and mentorship in line with the
Somali Transition Plan.
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NR No: 003/2023 Date: 06 February 2023

STORY: SPF officers conclude training on community policing.

SOURCE: ATMIS PUBLIC INFORMATION

CREDIT REQUIRED: ATMIS PUBLIC INFORMATION.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND.

DATELINE: 06/FEBRUARY/2023, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA.

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