Somaliland Police Launch New Emergency Response Unit

Hargeisa, July 24, 2013 (SDN) — Somaliland Government has launched the biggest police emergency response unit. The Specialist Response unit will be able to respond to emergencies anywhere in country.

The new unit was announced by Somaliland’s interior minister Ali Mohamed Warancade in a ceremony held in Hargeisa.

“We in government and desirous of providing citizens with maximum security and protection during all emergencies hope that the new unit which shall respond to calls made to the specially allocated number 999 shall be of immense benefit” said the minister Waran’ade during the vehicles handover outside the interior ministry headquarters In Hargeisa.

While thanking his boss for the donation the police commissioner General Abdilahi Fadal Iman who said that the law enforcers shall put the vehicles to good use also  urged citizens to in their turn utilize the unit in a proper manner thus refrain from making unnecessary distress calls.

The high speed vehicles composed of Mark IIs and mini buses which bear the #999 in bold letters shall be distributed nationwide under specially trained officers who shall form the nucleus of the police emergency response unit hitherto not available.

SDN Hargeisa