SSNPS complete tenth CTBPS Workshop
The South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) completed the tenth sensitization workshop on the operational delivery of the Confidence and Trust Building Policing Strategy (CTBPS). The course was supported by UNMISS Police, Human Rights Department and Child Protection Units.
CTBPS was developed by the former SSNPS IGP (Inspector General of Police) Pieng Deng Kuol following the crisis of December 2013, to provide a conceptual framework for rebuilding confidence and trust between the SSNPS and the people of South Sudan. It is in the main but not exclusively aimed at those IDPs sheltering at the UNMISS Protection-of-Civilians (PoC) sites. The strategy also aims to create an improved security environment that makes it possible for the safe return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their former areas of residence
To contribute to the strategy, UNMISS Police assist in sensitizing SSNPS officers in key areas, mainly Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Community Policing and Sexual and Gender based Violence, and support the SSNPS Emergency Call Centre (ECC) and quick response team known as “777”. UNPOL also participates in the coordination of the Police Development Committee and supports the UNDP ID card project by providing IT experts to operate the SSNPS Personnel Database.
In support of the SSNPS CTBPS, three police posts, located in Khor William and Gudele areas, were built using funding from UNMISS Quick Impact Projects (QIP). These areas have been identified under the strategy as being areas where IDPs originally fled their homes.
During two-week workshop, thirty-four specially selected officers participated in lectures and practical activities aimed at providing course delegates with skills and knowledge on how win back the trust of the public and increase the security of the communities.
Between January and April this year, the SSNPS have trained three hundred officers in seven sessions, while 104 officers underwent similar training in May-June 2015. The course participants will be performing their duties in Khor William and Gudele areas.
“We are here to support you, we are here to make things chance, we are here to see you changing,” said the UNPOL Chief of Operations, Mr. Emmanuel Butera, addressing the participants during the closing ceremony and assured them that UNMISS would continue support and facilitate such courses.
“Go out there and chance the environment, go out there and serve the people (of South Sudan), go out there and be trusted by your communities and be confident in whatever you are doing,” he continued.
Mr. Butera also urged the course delegates to immediately implement in practice the knowledge gained during the training, “What you have captured here should be useful not only to you but to the people you are serving.”
“When you are putting this uniform on, the communities should look at you as at the problem solvers. You should always be loyal to your leadership, to your nation, to your people,” he finished his speech.
“As we all know, we are still a new country. We need our friends so that we can all go together to give good services to the people who are in need,” said the Assistant IGP for General Directorate of Training, Lieutenant General Joseph Lado and thanked UNMISS for the continued support.
Mr. Lado also touched upon the selection of the candidates and stressed the significance of the fact that female police officers were very well represented and made up almost half of the participants.
“I urge you to start making the change in our police work, you have already got the necessary knowledge for that. We (the SSNPS leadership) want you to make use of this knowledge for the benefit of people of South Sudan,” he added.
SSNPS complete tenth CTBPS Workshop
The South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) completed the tenth sensitization workshop on the operational delivery of the Confidence and Trust Building Policing Strategy (CTBPS). The course was supported by UNMISS Police, Human Rights Department and Child Protection Units.
CTBPS was developed by the former SSNPS IGP (Inspector General of Police) Pieng Deng Kuol following the crisis of December 2013, to provide a conceptual framework for rebuilding confidence and trust between the SSNPS and the people of South Sudan. It is in the main but not exclusively aimed at those IDPs sheltering at the UNMISS Protection-of-Civilians (PoC) sites. The strategy also aims to create an improved security environment that makes it possible for the safe return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their former areas of residence
To contribute to the strategy, UNMISS Police assist in sensitizing SSNPS officers in key areas, mainly Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Community Policing and Sexual and Gender based Violence, and support the SSNPS Emergency Call Centre (ECC) and quick response team known as “777”. UNPOL also participates in the coordination of the Police Development Committee and supports the UNDP ID card project by providing IT experts to operate the SSNPS Personnel Database.
In support of the SSNPS CTBPS, three police posts, located in Khor William and Gudele areas, were built using funding from UNMISS Quick Impact Projects (QIP). These areas have been identified under the strategy as being areas where IDPs originally fled their homes.
During two-week workshop, thirty-four specially selected officers participated in lectures and practical activities aimed at providing course delegates with skills and knowledge on how win back the trust of the public and increase the security of the communities.
Between January and April this year, the SSNPS have trained three hundred officers in seven sessions, while 104 officers underwent similar training in May-June 2015. The course participants will be performing their duties in Khor William and Gudele areas.
“We are here to support you, we are here to make things chance, we are here to see you changing,” said the UNPOL Chief of Operations, Mr. Emmanuel Butera, addressing the participants during the closing ceremony and assured them that UNMISS would continue support and facilitate such courses.
“Go out there and chance the environment, go out there and serve the people (of South Sudan), go out there and be trusted by your communities and be confident in whatever you are doing,” he continued.
Mr. Butera also urged the course delegates to immediately implement in practice the knowledge gained during the training, “What you have captured here should be useful not only to you but to the people you are serving.”
“When you are putting this uniform on, the communities should look at you as at the problem solvers. You should always be loyal to your leadership, to your nation, to your people,” he finished his speech.
“As we all know, we are still a new country. We need our friends so that we can all go together to give good services to the people who are in need,” said the Assistant IGP for General Directorate of Training, Lieutenant General Joseph Lado and thanked UNMISS for the continued support.
Mr. Lado also touched upon the selection of the candidates and stressed the significance of the fact that female police officers were very well represented and made up almost half of the participants.
“I urge you to start making the change in our police work, you have already got the necessary knowledge for that. We (the SSNPS leadership) want you to make use of this knowledge for the benefit of people of South Sudan,” he added.