STORY: MOGADISHUs CRIME PRONE HELIWAA

DISTRICT LOOKS UP TO COMMUNITY POLICING

TO SOLVE SECURITY CHALLENGES
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATS
DATELINE: 19/MAY/2015, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
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Wide shot, community members from Heliwaa District at the
conference room
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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Close up, a community member present during the function
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Med shot, Mohamed Ahmed Hashi, District Commissioner, Heliwaa
District and Khaliif Abdule, Police Commander.
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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Close up, a community member at the function
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Wide shot, Randolph Somiah, Deputy Superintendent of Police,
AMISOM
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Med shot, officials from AMISOM and members of Heliwaa
community
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Close up, community members at the function
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Wide shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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Close up, Randolph Somiah, Deputy Superintendent of Police,
AMISOM
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Close up, Mohamed Ahmed Hashi, District Commissioner, Heliwaa
District
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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SOUNDBITE, RANDOLPH SOMIAH, DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, AMISOM.
Heliwaa was strategically selected for this programme simply because this place
records the most violent crimes, more than any other stations and that is why it
was the best place to select for this programme.
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Wide shot, community members from Heliwaa District at the function
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Med shot, Mohamed Ahmed Hashi, District Commissioner, Heliwaa
District
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Med shot, Deeqo Abdulahi Filfil, Chairlady, Heliwaa Women Group
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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SOUNDBITE, MOHAMED AHMED HASHI, DISTRICT
COMMISSIONER, HELIWAA DISTRICT.
We have gathered here today because of the need to raise awareness and we have
called on AMISOM to come to us and participate in awareness raising to make the

people understand the need for their participation and how they engage with the
police and security forces.
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Med shot, Inspector Funmi Akinola and Randolph Somiah both of
AMISOM Police
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Close up, Inspector Funmi Akinola, AMISOM Police
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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Med shot, officials from both AMISOM Police and District
Commissioners office
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Close up, an AMISOM Police officer at the function
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Med shot, community members from Heliwaa District
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SOUNDBITE, DEEQO ABDULAHI FILFIL, CHAIRLADY,
HELIWAA WOMEN GROUP.
Security starts from the family, then the neighborhood and to the district. Every
mother in Heliwaa needs to start security from her family then extend it to the
neighborhood and then the district. She has to inform and seek security. It is her
work to encourage people to give awareness in order for people to have peace and
she has to play her role in the district,
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Med shot, Inspector Funmi Akinola of AMISOM Police distributes
flyers to the public
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Wide shot, an official distributes flyers to the public
SCRIPT

Mogadishus Crime Prone Heliwaa District looks up to Community

Policing to solve security challenges
Residents of Heliwaa district of Mogadishu are expressing optimism that
community policing initiatives being introduced in their locality will
reduce the high level of crime, in an area with the highest incidents of
violent crimes.
Hitherto an Al Shabaab haven, Heliwaa district continues to register high
numbers of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) attacks and gun related
crimes.
It becomes the sixth district in the city of Mogadishu to embrace the joint
community policing initiative being rolled out by the Somali Police Force
(SPF) and the police component of African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM).
Heliwaa was strategically selected for this programme simply because
this place records the most violent crimes, more than any other stations
and that is why it was the best place to select for this programme, said
AMISOMs Randolph Somiah, an Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP) from Ghana.

Area residents turned up in large numbers at the Heliwaa district

headquarters on Tuesday, where District Commissioner Mohamed Ahmed
Hashi moderated discussions on security related matters.
The initiative is aimed at building closer ties between the administration,
police and the public with a view of heightening vigilance in the district.
Police urged residents to form a neighborhood watch and also share
information on criminals, using a toll free number provided, as District
Commissioner Mohamed Ahmed Hashi emphasised the need for
cooperation with law enforcement agencies to rid the district of
undesirable elements.
We have gathered here today because of the need to raise awareness and
we have called on AMISOM to come to us and participate in awareness
raising to make the people understand the need for their participation and
how they engage with the police and security forces, said Hashi.
The districts womens representative Deeqo Abdulahi Filfil, expressed
optimism that the public will benefit from the initiative but urged for
more cooperation from the women, adding that they have a great role to
play in keeping the district secure.
Security starts from the family, then the neighborhood and to the district.
Every mother in Heliwaa needs to start security from her family then
extend it to the neighborhood and then the district. She has to inform and
seek security. It is her work to encourage people to give awareness in
order for people to have peace and she has to play her role in the district,
stressed Filfil said.
The Somali Police Force in conjunction with AMISOM have in the past
one month embarked on a massive drive, to roll out community policing
programmes in the capital, which has experienced sporadic attacks from
gangs suspected to be working in cohorts with Al Shabaab.
At the end of the meeting, police distributed flyers with messages on
community policing and urged the public to report anything suspicious
using the toll free number 888.
END