NR No: 006 Date: 19/SEP/2023

SHOTLIST: ATMIS trains Hirshabelle Police Officers on Police Station

Management

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND

DATELINE: 18/SEP/2023, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot – ATMIS and Somali Police Force (SPF) officers present at the training
workshop in Jowhar.
2. Med shot - ATMIS and SPF officers present at the training workshop.
3. Close up – An SPF trainee present at the training workshop.

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sgt. Zainab Mayah Conteh, ATMIS team leader Training
and Development in Jowhar sector 5
“As ATMIS, we are proud that we have been able to execute this training, as it is one
of our main mandates of providing capacity building to Somali police force. I know
whatever we have imparted during the five-day training on station management is
beneficial as it entailed topics on community policing, arrest, search, detention and
seizure.”

5. Wide shot – High-ranking ATMIS and SPF officials present at the training workshop.
6. Med shot - ATMIS and SPF officers present at the training workshop.
7. Close up – ATMIS Civil Affairs Officer and Team Coordinator, Sector 5, Christopher
Aria.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sgt Zainab Mayah Conteh, ATMIS Team Leader
Training and Development in Sector 5
“Some of these techniques that have been taught here today are valuable to not only
the Somali police force but also to the community as a whole, which is why when you
have a good police force, you will have a better system as well.”

9. Wide shot - High-ranking ATMIS and SPF officials present at the workshop.
10. Med shot – ATMIS Civil Affairs Officer and Team Coordinator Sector 5 Christopher
Aria and ATMIS Acting Police Coordinating Officer in Sector 5 SP. Aguta Jimton at
the workshop.
11. Close up - ATMIS Acting Police Coordinating Officer in Sector 5, SP Aguta Jimton at
the workshop.
12. Close up – An ATMIS officer present at the workshop.

13. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Lt. Ahmed Abdulle Madobe, Deputy Commander of

Jowhar Airfield Police Station
“The five-day course on station management and community policing was valuable.
The participants gained important skills. We are grateful to ATMIS Police for the
much-needed training to our police officers.”

14. Wide shot - ATMIS and SPF officers present at the workshop
15. Wide shot – An SPF trainee receives a certificate at the end of the workshop.
16. Med shot - An SPF trainee receives a certificate at the end of the workshop.
17. Close up - An SPF trainee receives a certificate at the end of the workshop.
18. Med shot - An SPF trainee receives a certificate at the end of the workshop.
19. Med shot - An SPF trainee receives a certificate at the end of the workshop.

20. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Abdi Osman, Police Trainee

“I gained important skills from the four-day course on police station management
conducted by ATMIS. We hope they will organise more capacity building training in
the near future, and we are also grateful to the facilitators for this training.”

21. Wide shot - ATMIS and SPF officers take a group photo at the end of the workshop.

ATMIS trains Hirshabelle Police Officers on Police Station Management

Jowhar, 19 September 2023 - A group of Hirshabelle State Police officers has ended
a five-day training course on how to run police stations and reduce crime in
communities.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
The training from police officers serving with the African Union Transition Mission in
Somalia (ATMIS) covered a range of topics, such as community policing, search and
arrest, detention, criminal investigation procedures and methods and responsibilities
of station commanders.

“As ATMIS, we are proud that we have been able to execute this training, as one of
our main mandates is to provide capacity building to the Somali Police Force,” said
the ATMIS Team Leader Training and Development in Sector 5, Sgt. Zainab Mayah
Conteh at the closing ceremony on Monday.

Sgt. Conteh noted that topics such as community policing, arrest, search and detention
were important in modern-day policing and crime prevention.

“Some of these techniques that have been taught here today are valuable to both the
Somali Police Force and the community as a whole, which is why when a country has
a good police force it will most likely have improved security systems as well” added
Sgt. Zeinab.

The Deputy Commander of Jowhar Airfield Police Station, Lt. Ahmed Abdulle Madobe,
thanked ATMIS Police for conducting the much-needed training for the Hirshabelle
police officers.

“The five-day course on station management and community policing was really
valuable. The participants gained important skills. We are grateful to ATMIS police for
the much-needed training provided to our police officers,” said Madobe.

He noted that the training would help the officers discharge their duties professionally
and also maintain good relations with the community.

Officer Abdi Osman, one of the participants, said the training had improved his skills
and knowledge on how to fight crime and develop better relations with community
members.

“I gained important skills from the five-day course on police station management
conducted by ATMIS. We hope they will conduct more capacity-building training in the
near future” said Osman, a Hirshabelle police officer.

ATMIS Police component supports the Somali Police Force by providing capacity-
building training, advice and mentoring officers, conducting regular joint patrols and
protecting vital installations.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
The training and mentorship programmes are part of preparations for the Somali
Police Force to take full security responsibility when ATMIS exits Somalia in December
2024.

Also present were ATMIS Police Coordinating Officer in Hirshabelle, SP Aguta Jimton
and ATMIS Civil Affairs Officer and Team Coordinator Sector 5, Christopher Aria.

-- Ends --

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube