STORY: VETTING EXERCISE FOR NEW SOMALI

POLICE RECRUITS BEGIN

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DATELINE: 2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
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Wide shot, recruits waiting in line to be registered
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Med shot, recruits waiting in line to be registered
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Close up, a recruit waits for his turn to be registered
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Wide shot, AMISOM Police officers assist in the registering of
the SPF recruits
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Med shot, an AMISOM Police officer registers the details of a
recruit during the recruitment exercise
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Close up, a recruit is registered during the exercise
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Close up, an AMISOM Police officer writes down some notes
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Wide shot, a recruit is registered
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Med shot, recruits wait in line for their turn to be registered
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SOUNDBITE: THEOPHILUS SSENESI, AMISOM CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.
Today is very important to us as a support unit in AMISOM as the reform
and restructuring department because we are vetting 200 Somali police
officers who are already in training but we want to ascertain and affirm that
they are actually ready to be police officers. We are targeting 40 police
officers for today and the exercise is really elaborate and very effective, to
meet with international standards because these are the new breed of
police officers who are going to take over the reigns of policing in
Somalia.
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Med shot, an AMISOM Police official checks the height of one of
the recruits
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Med shot, an AMISOM Police official checks the weight of one of
the recruits
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Close up, the weight of one of the recruits is weighed
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Med shot, an AMISOM Police officer checks the blood pressure
of a recruit
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Med shot, an AMISOM Police officer checks the blood pressure
of a recruit
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Close up, an AMISOM Police officer checks the blood pressure
of a recruit

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Close up, the sphygmomanometer indicates the blood pressure
of a recruit
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Wide shot, recruits wait in line for their turn
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Close up, a recruit waits in line for her turn
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Wide shot, an AMISOM police doctor checks one of the recruits
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Close up, a recruit is instructed to perform certain tasks
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Med shot, the AMISOM police doctor gives instructions to one of
the recruits
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Close up, the AMISOM police doctor monitors the heartbeat of a
recruit
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SOUNDBITE: ABDULKADIR MOHAMED, MAJOR, SOMALI
POLICE FORCE.
We are here with the help of AMISOM police in the stadium camp to vet
about 40 new Somali Police Force recruits, those who are willing to join
the police. The total number is about 200 but for the first batch today we
are vetting 40. So these 40 have been checked by the AMISOM police in
terms of their physical fitness and their medical health. So this is
something very good because Somali Police Force is now going to recruit
a lot of new generation in order to build its capabilities to restore peace
and law in Somalia. So with the help of our brothers, the AMISOM police
we are beginning to recruit a new generation who will be ready to build
and defend their country.
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Wide shot, recruits jog on the spot during a fitness program
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Close up, a recruit jogs on the spot during a fitness program
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Wide shot, an AMISOM official instructs the recruits to perform
several fitness tests during the recruitment exercise
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Med shot, an AMISOM official instructs the recruits to perform
several fitness tests during the recruitment exercise
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Wide shot, the recruits in a parade during the recruitment
exercise
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Med shot, the recruits in a parade during the recruitment
exercise
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Close up, a recruit stands in line during the recruitment exercise
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Wide shot, Abdulkarim Mohamed Abdulahi, Major, Somali police
Force and the AMISOM Police doctor address the recruits
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Med shot, Abdulkarim Mohamed Abdulahi, Major, Somali police
Force and the AMISOM Police doctor address the recruits
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Wide shot, the recruits at the parade
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Med shot, the recruits at the parade
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Close up, the AMISOM Police doctor
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SOUNDBITE: NAEEMA HASSAN JAMA, RECRUIT, SOMALI
POLICE FORCE.
I have chosen to join the Somali Police Force to defend my country,
people and religion with honesty and hard work. I have also chosen to
defend the country from the enemy to save my people.
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Wide shot, the recruits are dismissed after the exercise
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Med shot, the recruits are dismissed after the exercise
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Close up, the recruits match in a line after the exercise
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Wide shot, the recruits are dismissed after the exercise

SCRIPT
VETTING EXERCISE FOR NEW SOMALI POLICE RECRUITS BEGIN

Somali Police Force(SPF) has embarked on a new phase of vetting and

recruitment exercise of police officers.
The recruitment aimed at absorbing into the police force at least 200
policemen and women, is expected to boost the numbers of the existing
force to a level where police-civilian ratio is manageable.
The police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), who is helping in the vetting exercise, will also help in
training of the recruits into professional and efficient officers, responsive
to the needs to the needs of the public.
Today is very important to us as a support unit in AMISOM as the
reform and restructuring department because we are vetting 200 Somali
police officers who are already in training but we want to ascertain and
affirm that they are actually ready to be police officers. We are targeting
40 police officers for today and the exercise is really elaborate and very
effective to meet with international standards because these are the new
breed of police officers who are going to take over the reins of policing in
Somalia, said Chief Superintendent of Police, Theophilus Ssenesi from
Sierra Leone.
The recruitment exercise which started on Thursday ends on Sunday. At
least 40 recruits who emerge successful in the vetting will join General
Kaahiye Police Academy based in Mogadishu, for a six months course.
We are here with the help of AMISOM police in the stadium camp to vet
about 40 new Somali Police Force recruits, those who are willing to join
the police. The total number is about 200 but for the first batch today we
are vetting 40. So these 40 have been checked by AMISOM police in
terms of their physical fitness and their medical health. So this is
something very good because Somali Police Force is now going to recruit

a lot of new generation officers in order to build its capacity to restore

peace and law in Somalia, said Major Abdulkarim Mohamed, a personal
assistant to the Somali Police Commissioner.
A female recruit, Naeema Hassan Jama, was hopeful that she will be one
of those who emerge succesful. She said, I have chosen to join the
Somali Police Force to defend my country, people and religion with
honesty and hard work. I have also chosen to defend the country from the
enemy to save my people.
AMISOM Police is tasked with the responsibility of enhancing skills of
the Somali police, but is also tasked with mentoring them to deliver their
tasks in a more professional manner.
END