Police trains Somali Police Force on Biometric Data Management

The Somali Police Force is now fully trained on biometric data collection and compilation, for effective management of its human resources.

The training conducted by the police component of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), enables the Somali Police Force to capture all data of its personnel in the federal and regional police units.

The biometric data management will also allow storage of critical information, including officers’ fingerprints, ranks, stations of work and academic qualifications.

“Now that we have the bio-data, the report that will be generated will help in terms of managing the personnel, in terms of rank, promotion, in terms of crime prone areas, where to send more personnel. By a click of a button you will be able to know all the data about a particular station,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Samwel CP Winful explained.

The data will also guide human resource management decisions on personnel transfers, promotions and identity verification. The database provides details of officers in all ranks by seniority, in all police stations.

The process of collecting the data began in November 2015 and has been introduced in all police stations across Somalia. The data system was formally handed over to the Somali Police Commissioner Major General Mohamud Sheikh Hassan Hamud, by the AMISOM Police Commissioner Anand Pillay on Sunday.

“I would like first to thank our partners, AMISOM Police. What we have launched today is our Human Resources Department’s new equipment on biometrics and registration system. As you are aware, after two decades and a half of civil war and lawlessness in this country, we are trying to recover what we had lost in the previous years. It will help to know the exact number of Somali Police Forces wherever they are and as you can see, when we want to know an officer’s situation, we will just click on his figure print or date of birth, so it easy to work with,” Somali Police Commissioner Major General Mohamud Sheikh Hassan Hamud said.

The process of collecting the data began in November 2015 and has been introduced in all police stations across Somalia.

The training on biometric data systems will be extended to regional police stations.