Dubai Police and Huawei join forces at GITEX to develop Safe City Innovation Center ahead of Expo2020

Dubai Police and Huawei today announced a long-term collaboration to develop and deploy an advanced Safe City Innovation Center for Dubai Police which will be ready ahead of Dubai’s Expo 2020 and will embody the latest safe city technologies available in the near future.

Dubai Police and Huawei are showcasing a range of cutting-edge security and law enforcement solutions on both stands, providing GITEX 2016 visitors with a glimpse of how innovation is helping Dubai to become the safest, happiest city on earth.  Dubai Police has employed the latest technologies to ensure the wellbeing of the people of the UAE, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. 

His Excellency Lieutenant General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander in Chief of Dubai Police, said: “Today, Dubai stands among the cities globally in terms of trade and investments, due to its ability to attract capital and investors from across the world, thanks to the visionary outlook of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.  Investing in information and communications technologies and related infrastructure, coupled with the formation of strategic partnerships with global leaders, such as Huawei, enables us to employ the best safe, smart cities solutions, and latest developments in communications networks and cloud services.”

As a key partner committed to fulfilling this vision, Huawei is exhibiting the most advanced public safety solutions developed in collaboration with Dubai Police and being adopted by law enforcement agencies globally.

“IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data and other innovative technologies will bring greater improvements and happiness to our traditional way of life. Huawei is proud to be working with Dubai Police to develop a Safe City Innovation Center, where such technologies also become vital to safeguarding life and property. With Huawei’s commitment and experience in R&D, and Dubai Police’s leading security management expertise, we can develop solutions that offer better security, safety and happiness to everyone in the UAE,” said David Wang, CEO of Huawei UAE.

“As the ICT industry continues to witness massive changes, the UAE is committed to keeping pace with the latest developments to achieve our leaders’ vision and national agenda, in a manner that conforms with Dubai government’s strategy and the UAE Ministry of Interior (MoI), with customer satisfaction and community happiness being our ultimate goal,” His Excellency added.

Dubai Police and Huawei are showcasing four advanced safe city solutions on the Dubai Police stand including advanced facial recognition technology that is able to identify and track people within the systems parameter.  A live demonstration of the system will include tracking GITEX visitors within the exhibition grounds and show key tracking data that includes where the visitor has visited and at what times, data that is critical to law enforcement.

An Augmented Reality (AR) solution and headset like the Hollow Lens from Microsoft will be on also be on display, showcasing how insightful biometric or location data can be layered over objects the user is looking at through the headset.  By seeing through the AR headset, the user receives real-time data on the person or object they are looking at similar to data being fed to a helmet of a fighter jet pilot.

A video content management (VCM) solution will also show how video feed can be automatically analyzed for criminal activity such as unauthorized intrusion and trespass detection, objects being left behind or peoples removing an object as used to secure paintings at galleries and museums. The solutions can also be used for traffic purposes, providing insightful information such as vehicle count on congested road, calculating speed of vehicles, execution of illegal turns or vehicles traveling in the wrong direction, and even detect breakdowns or debris on the road. 

With a growing trend in private and commercial drones being deployed globally, an anti-drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weapon will be on display that is designed to disable drones by firing electronic waves at un-authorized drones.  The weapon uses radar tracking to prevent public safety threats from the air. 

As public safety continues to become a priority for global governments, innovative safety solutions such as these are attracting strong interest from the region, particularly with civil and law enforcement departments who are responsible for the management of public safety of its city.