EUCAP Sahel Mali trains the National Guard for the maintenance of order
(BRUSSELS2) What to do in the face of a group of agitated demonstrators: when to fire? When to use force? How to distribute the roles? These are some of the questions that 16 trainees from the Malian National Guard were able to answer during a training provided by the European Capacity Building Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali) in February. For three weeks, the Malians acquired expert knowledge in maintaining order.
Theory to better understand reality
The trainees, from the Order Maintenance Group and the Special Presidential Security Group, first acquired knowledge of the general principles of order maintenance (goal of order maintenance, gradation of employment of force, summons and warnings), the use of grenades, intervention in occupied premises, reaction to the opening of fire. According to the EUCAP trainers, the purpose of the training was to “ improve the middle managers of the National Guard through the mastery of technical procedures, the order framework, the operational command situation and pedagogy. “All applied to the maintenance of order.
A realistic practice
Intervention in occupied premises. 35 disgruntled employees have been besieging the premises of their companies for 5 days. All the exits are blocked and the negotiations with the trade union remained vain. All that remains is to call on the National Guard Order Maintenance Group. The mission entrusted to the unit: evacuate the company occupied by the demonstrators and maintain order in the area to prevent the return of the occupants. Here is an example of an exercise carried out by the EUCAP Sahel Mali team to put Malians in a situation. "The Group's soldiers carried out the evacuation of the occupants of the factory like true professionals" reports the mission in a press release.
Training to spread vertically
“It all starts with our training, and we managers must pass on what we have learned to our subordinates,” explains Warrant Officer Salif Djiré of the law enforcement group. To achieve this, the third and final week of the training was devoted to the pedagogy of those who will now be an example to follow and trainers within their units. This training of trainers was done in working groups. Everyone was able to put themselves in the shoes of the trainer and thus grasp the delicate art of transmitting their knowledge to interlocutors, of maintaining the attention of the class and of checking that the message has been well conveyed.
(LH)
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