SOUTH SUDAN / NEW POLICE STATION

A brand-new police station, constructed by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with the help of a local NGO, Women Aid Vision, was handed over to the South Sudanese National Police Service on Thursday, opening doors of optimism for improved security for the local community. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:28
• Production Date: 20 July 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: CRIME PREVENTION
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 2205196
• Parent Id: 2205196
• Alternate Title: unifeed180720b

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / NEW POLICE STATION
TRT: 2:28
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 JULY 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

FILE - 07 MARCH 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Various shots, breaking ground for a new building

19 JULY 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

2. Wide shot, completed Police Post building
3. Med shot, doorway of the building
4. Med shot, interior room
5. Various shots, local communities at the gathering
6. Med shot, community leader
7. SOUNDBITE (Juba Arabic) Chief Joseph Akol Machar, The Check-Point Community Leader:
“Today I am happy for opening of the police unit. And I call upon the civilians, especially the IDPs and the entire community outside, this is a unit that will guide us all, those outside and those inside. We should support the police.”
8. Wide shot, community leader at the gathering
9. SOUNDBITE (Juba Arabic) Chief Joseph Akol Machar, The Check-Point Community Leader:
“This will protect the civilians who normally move from the POCs to the market, and back to the POCs. Some of these IDPs fall victims of night kidnaps, which was not bad. From today, I assure you that the security will be good, and I thank you all”.
10. Med shot, ribbon cutting by the guests
11. Med shot, visiting the rooms
12. SOUNDBITE(English) Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissionner, UNMISS:
“This police post should be a symbol of trust and confidence in the community, to ensure public order, tranquility and safety within the locality.”

FILE - 07 MARCH 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

13. Wide Shot, nearby market
14. Pan left, local people walking

19 JULY 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

15. SOUNDBITE(English) Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissionner, UNMISS:
“It’s incumbent on SSNPS (South Sudan National Police Service), our counterpart, to provide a conducive environment, for the community to have the confidence and trust to visit this police station, as victims of crimes, especially victims of sexual and gender-based violence, or even to provide necessary information that would assist in policing”
16. Wide shot, police post
17. Wide Shot, doorway

Storyline

A brand-new police station, constructed by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) with the help of a local NGO, Women Aid Vision, was handed over to the South Sudanese National Police Service on Thursday (19 Jul), opening doors of optimism for improved security for the local community.

The new police station is located near the Protection of Civilians sites in Juba, South Sudan’s capital. The Check-Point community leader, Joseph Akol Machar, expressed the community’s gratitude towards UNMISS.

SOUNDBITE (Juba Arabic) Chief Joseph Akol Machar, The Check-Point Community Leader:
“Today I am happy for opening of the police unit. And I call upon the civilians, especially the IDPs and the entire community outside, this is a unit that will guide us all, those outside and those inside. We should support the police.”

After the crisis in South Sudan in July 2016, safety conditions in Juba deteriorated significantly. A number of incidents including rapes, robberies, killings and random shooting continued to take place, affecting the safety and security of the local community and internally displaced people.

To help curb these incidents, UNMISS began to construct the police station in March 2018 under its quick impact projects programme.

Akol Machar believes the new police station will bring more protection of the local civilians.

SOUNDBITE (Juba Arabic) Chief Joseph Akol Machar, The Check-Point Community Leader:
“This will protect the civilians who normally move from the POCs to the market, and back to the POCs. Some of these IDPs fall victims of night kidnaps, which was not bad. From today, I assure you that the security will be good, and I thank you all”.

Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, the UN Police Commissioner of UNMISS, led the handover ceremony, emphasizing the significance of the new police station.

SOUNDBITE(English) Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissionner, UNMISS
“This police post should be a symbol of trust and confidence in the community, to ensure public order, tranquility and safety within the locality.”

Emphasizing the need to bridge the gap between the police and the community, she said it was necessary to make sure that community members have the confidence to come forward and report crimes, and to assist the police in their work.

SOUNDBITE(English) Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, Police Commissionner, UNMISS
“It’s incumbent on SSNPS (South Sudan National Police Service), our counterpart, to provide a conducive environment, for the community to have the confidence and trust to visit this police station, as victims of crimes, especially victims of sexual and gender-based violence, or even to provide necessary information that would assist in policing.”

The Check-Point Police Station is meant to improve the visibility and accessibility of the police, to enable them to effectively respond to the needs and concerns of the communities that they serve.