Dubai Internet City-based Interactive Limited, in partnership with the General Department of E-Services at Dubai Police, recently completed the successful installation of a new Intranet service linking all departments and police stations in Dubai following six months of development work.
Before the installation of the system, the 13 departments and nine police stations in Dubai had different applications, web pages, and hardware in spite of a newly built sophisticated fiber network infrastructure. According to head of Information Technology for Dubai Police, Colonel Ahmad Hamdan Bin Dalmook “The introduction of the new Intranet system has not only provided the police officers and staff with more access to critical information, but this technology has enabled and empowered them to self-initiate and do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.”
One of the key services of the Intranet is the Police Report service that lists all the criminal reports submitted by the various police stations during the last 48 hours. The reports, linked to the Unified Criminal System database, are displayed in order of date/time with the latest date appearing on top.
Another service of direct relevance to the public is the Criminal Album, which allows users to identify criminals and suspects more effectively through a digital photo album integrated with the Unified Crime System. Previously victims of crime would be required to spend hours scanning through all the photo albums to try to identify the perpetrator.
Dubai Internet City (DIC) is designed to support the business development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies. It is the Middle East's biggest IT infrastructure, built inside a free trade zone, and has the largest commercial Internet Protocol Telephony system in the world. — (menareport.com)
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