STORY: Twenty-five Somali Police officers undergo training

on traffic management
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 4/JULY/2018, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
2. Wide shot, Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
3. Med shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
4. Med shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
5. Close up shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on
traffic management

6. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH). Leon Ngulube, Acting AMISOM Police Training

and Development Coordinator
“This 10-days training on traffic management provides a platform for the
preparation and training of traffic officers based in Mogadishu who will
be able to control traffic and enforce traffic laws and regulations to
mitigate accidents, lawlessness on public roads, compliance to traffic
registration, vehicular driver registration licensing and attendance to
victims of traffic accidents in an event of such occurring where police
officers are required to render first aid and save lives.”

7. Wide shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
8. Med shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management

9. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH). Leon Ngulube, Acting AMISOM Police Training

and Development Coordinator
“AMISOM Police will continue to build capacity of Somali Police Forces in
areas of policing and other specialized fields to enable police officers
carry out their function in a professional manner and according to
international standards.”

10. Med shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
11. Close up shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on
traffic management

12. SOUNDBITE (SOMALI) Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Force

Commissioner
“I want you to take part in this training the way it is and you should
reciprocate the significance we have given you in the selection process.
This came after through consultations. These are the fruits of long efforts
and I hope you will not make us lose this opportunity. I expect you to
shine from this training and wholeheartedly take part in it.”

13. Med shot; Somali traffic Police officers during the training on traffic
management
14. Close up shot; Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Force
Commissioner

15. SOUNDBITE (SOMALI) Bashir Abdi Mohamed, Somali Police Force

Commissioner
“This training has personal benefits to your lives and you will remember it
in your daily lives. Secondly, this training is the positive efforts of the
police force, hoping that you will use it to improve the public perception
about the police force.”

16. Wide shot; participants, guests and facilitators taking a group

photograph
Twenty-five Somali police officers undergo training on traffic management

Mogadishu, 5 July 2018 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has
organized a 10 –day course for Somali police officers to improve their skills in
traffic management.

The training, being attended by 25 traffic police officers, comes at a time when
the capital city is experiencing increased traffic on its roads partly due to
improved security.

Speaking during the official opening ceremony at General Kahiye Police

Academy, the Somali Police Force Commissioner, Bashir Abdi Mohamed, urged
the officers to enforce traffic rules and regulations not only to bring order on
public roads but also help improve security in the city.

General Mohamed advised participants to make use of the training offered and
pass the knowledge acquired to their colleagues.

“This training has personal benefits and you will remember it in your daily lives.
Secondly, this training is part of the (positive) efforts of the police force, hoping
that you will use it to improve the public perception about the police force,” he
added.

The Police Commissioner noted that there is need for the Somali Police officers
to redouble their efforts to improve the country’s security after decades of
conflict, which resulted in the collapse of critical institutions.

He urged officers to conduct themselves in a professional manner when dealing

with the public, adding that they are the image of the Somali Police Force.

Addressing participants, the Acting AMISOM Police Training and Development

Department Coordinator, Leon Ngulube, thanked the officers for participating in
the training, saying the exercise will provide them with the requisite knowledge,
skills and attitudes needed to perform their duties effectively.

“This 10-day training on traffic management provides a platform for the

preparation and training of traffic officers based in Mogadishu who will be able
to regulate traffic and enforce traffic laws and regulations to mitigate accidents,
lawlessness on public roads, compliance to traffic registration, vehicular driver
registration licensing and attendance to victims of traffic accidents,” Mr Ngulube
added.

He reiterated that AMISOM Police will continue to build capacity of Somali Police
Force in areas of policing and other specialised fields to enable the officers carry
out their duties in a professional manner and in accordance to international
standards.
Mr Ngulube added that there is need to develop a cadre of professional traffic
police officers capable of managing the sharp increase of traffic on public roads
in Mogadishu.