STORY: Second batch of police recruits commence training

in Somalia’s HirShabelle State

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DATELINE: 27/MAY/2019, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, police recruits assemble to begin a three-month training at Jowhar

Police Academy
2. Med shot, police recruits assemble for training
3. Med shot, police recruits going through various drills
4. Wide shot, police recruits going through various drills
5. Close up shot, police recruits on parade
6. Med shot, an instructor taking the recruits through various drills
7. Med shot, police recruits
8. Wide shot, an instructor taking the recruits through various drills
9. Close up shot, police recruits
10. Wide shot, recruits participate in various drills
11. Med shot, recruits participate in various drills
12. Med shot, instructors leading the training session
13. Wide shot, recruits participate in various drills
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) SP John Hamweene, AMISOM Lead Trainer
“The training will take a period of three months starting today and the aim is for us
to graduate professional police officers for HirShabelle State who will be able to
protect and police the state in accordance with internationally accepted policing
standards. That is our main mission and also ensure that graduates will be able to
protect the main supply routes from insurgents like Al-Shabaab and other
destructive groups.”

15. Wide shot, recruits assemble in a tent to listen to the remarks of the deputy
president of HirShabelle State, Ali Abdullahi Hussein
16. Close up shot, AMISOM and Somali trainers at the event
17. Close up shot, Ali Abdullahi Hussein, deputy president of HirShabelle State
18. Wide shot, recruits listening to the remarks of HirShabelle’s deputy president
19. Close up shot, recruits listening to the remarks of HirShabelle’s deputy president
20. Wide shot, a senior AMISOM police trainer addressing the recruits
21. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM police trainer
22. Close up shot, other senior AMISOM police trainers
23. Wide shot, Ali Abdullahi Hussein, deputy president of HirShabelle State
addressing the recruits
24. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ali Abdullahi Hussein, Deputy President of HirShabelle
State
“Indeed, today we are happy to officially open the training for HirShabelle police
recruits, it is an achievement and we congratulate all those involved. I would like to
advise you that during training you need to maintain discipline, patience and
tolerance. You are educated youths whose level of education is either secondary or
university and I am sure the trainers will find you valuable.”

25. Wide shot, AMISOM police trainers talking to the recruits

26. Close up shot, the recruits listening
27. Med shot, the recruits listening
28. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ali Abdullahi Hussein, Deputy President of HirShabelle
State
“It is an achievement for the Somali people, particularly those in HirShabelle region
that we are opening the training for the second batch of police recruits. Thank you
very much. God willing, we are hopeful that you will contribute to the security and
the good of this nation. As you are aware, security as our major priority. Security
can be strengthened through establishment of strong security forces that are
committed to improving the country’s security and develop the country.”

29. Wide shot, the recruits seated after being addressed

30. Wide shot, a senior Somali police trainer talking to the recruits
31. Wide shot, police recruits seated ahead of the commencement of the three-
month training at Jowhar Police Academy

Second batch of police recruits commence training in Somalia’s HirShabelle State

Jowhar, 28 May 2019 – Two hundred police recruits yesterday commenced a three-
month intensive training at Jowhar Police Academy as efforts to establish a formidable
force in HirShabelle State continued in earnest.

The training was officially launched in the administrative capital, Jowhar, at a

ceremony attended by the deputy president of HirShabelle State, Ali Abdullahi
Hussein; governor of Middle Shabelle region, Ahmed Meyre Makaran; HirShabelle’s
deputy security minister, Gelle Isak Warsame; commander of Jowhar Police Academy,
Major Osman Afrah and officials from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
It follows the completion of the recruitment exercise conducted by AMISOM and the
Somali Police Force (SPF) last month in Hiiran and Middle Shabelle regions.

“The training for the second batch of police recruits has commenced. The exercise
will take three months and the aim is to graduate professional police officers who will
be able to secure and protect HirShabelle State in accordance with internationally
accepted policing standards,” said AMISOM lead trainer, Superintendent of Police,
John Hamweene.
The exercise, funded by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), is
being conducted by AMISOM Police in partnership with the Somali Police Force, and
HirShabelle state administration.
The group is the second batch of the planned 800 officers the HirShabelle State
intends to recruit under the grand programme supported by various partners, among
them AMISOM, United Nations, European Union and the United Kingdom’s
Department for International Development.
The first batch, comprising 200 police officers, graduated early this year and was
deployed to various parts of the region to maintain law and order.
Speaking at the same function, Mr. Hussein urged the recruits to maintain the highest
levels of discipline and to ensure that they complete the training ahead of deployment
to various police stations.
“You must maintain discipline, patience and tolerance during the training period. You
are educated youths who are highly qualified and I am sure the trainers will find you
valuable,” he observed.

The deputy president expressed optimism that the recruits will help secure the federal
member state once they complete the training, adding that security was a major
priority for the current administration.

“Security is one of our priorities and can be achieved by having a strong security force
that is capable of securing the country, enabling residents to live in peace and improve
their livelihoods,” he noted.

Mr. Hamweene said securing of main supply routes from terror groups like Al-Shabaab
will ease the movement of goods and services and help develop the agriculture-rich
state.

ENDS