Dubai Police Force


The Dubai Police is the police force of the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai Police Force was established on June 01, 1956, and was based in Naif Fort until 1973 when it was moved to Al Twar.
The Dubai Police Force has 30,000 employees who are responsible for policing an area of 4,114 square kilometres and a population of over 3 million people. They come under the jurisdiction of the Ruler of Dubai.
The force is currently led by Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, whose formal title is the Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police; he succeeded Khamis Mattar Al Mezaina in 2017. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim has served as the Deputy Chief of Police and General Security since 2013.

History

Dubai Police was founded on 1 June 1956 and was headquartered in Naif with only 29 members. The first police station was based at Naif Fort. The size of the force increased to 105 members in 1960 and to 430 members by 1967. In 1973, the force moved its headquarters to their current location in Al-Twar.
During every New Year's Eve in Dubai, Dubai Police in cooperation with Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, organize traffic and police distribution across the city as well coordinate ambulance, civil defence, and emergency medical services.
In May 2017, Dubai Police announced an initiative to incorporate smart services, such as using smart police robots for people to pay fines and report crimes as well as police stations that do not require human employees for general services. These stations were to be called Smart Police Stations.
On 4 January 2018, Dubai Police unveiled a new logo, and launched a smartphone App and website.
In 2023, the United Arab Emirates’ first ever all-female SWAT team competed in the SWAT World Challenge for the Dubai Police.
In 2024, Dubai Police reported a 99 percent crime detection rate using forensic evidence.
Dubai Police will launch the Middle East’s first floating Smart Police Station which will be operational by the end of 2026.

Organizational structure

Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police

  • Headquarter Regulatory Office
  • Police Judiciary Council
  • Resilience Center
  • Internal Audit Office
  • Esaad Card Center
  • Governance and Compliance

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Community Happiness and Logistic Support Affairs

  • Protocol Department
  • Institutional Development Office
  • General Department of Community Happiness
  • General Department of Logistic Support

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Ports Affairs

  • Institutional Development Office
  • General Department of Airports Security
  • Ports Police Station
  • Dubai Police Air Wing

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Academic Affairs and Training

  • Hemaya Schools Office
  • Institutional Development Office
  • Dubai Police Academy
  • General Department of Training

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Excellence and Pioneering Affairs

  • Institutional Development Office
  • General Department of Excellence and Pioneering
  • General Department of Human Rights in Dubai Police
  • Future Foresight And Decision Support Center

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Operations

  • Institutional Development Office
  • General Department of Traffic
  • General Department of Operations
  • General Department of Organization Protective Security and Emergency
  • General Department of Transport and Rescue

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Administration Affairs

  • Dubai Police Health Center
  • Institutional Development Office
  • Center for Quality of life
  • Financial Control Department
  • General Department of Administrative Affairs
  • General Department of Human Resources
  • General Department of Artificial Intelligence
  • General Department of Finance

    Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation

  • Institutional Development Office
  • Oyoon Center
  • General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology
  • General Department of Anti-Narcotics
  • General Department of Punitive and Correctional Establishments
  • General Department of Criminal Investigations
  • * Institutional Development Office
  • ** Bur Dubai Police station
  • ** Al Muraghabat Police Station
  • ** Nad Al Sheba Police Station
  • ** Al Rifaa Police Station
  • ** Jebel Ali Police Station
  • ** Hata Police Station
  • ** Al Qusais Police Station
  • ** Al Rashidiya Police Station
  • ** Al Barsha Police Station
  • ** Naif Police Station
  • ** Al Khawaneej Police Station
  • ** Dubai Mounted Police
  • ** Criminal Information Department

    Dubai Police Commanders in Chief

Departments

The Dubai Police Force operates under a general commander and his deputy, who in turn work under the police chief and his own deputy. The general commander forms part of an organisational office which, with a decision making support centre, organises fifteen separate departments.
They include the General Department of Operations, which controls all patrols, emergency responses, and search and rescue operation, the General Department of Artificial Intelligence, which was established in 2001 and renamed in 2018, and the General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology which first opened in 1982. At that time, it was affiliated with the General Department of Criminal Investigations. Given the increase and expansion of the scope of work in the field of forensic evidence and the multiplying of criminal work departments, in 2000 AD, the laboratory was renamed the General Administration of Forensic Evidence. On April 14, 2007, the name of the General Administration of Criminal Evidence and Criminology was changed because it also was using science to investigate crime in addition to its administrative tasks.

General Department of Operations

Round the clock telephone lines help to electronically control all patrols from this department, with 2,000 land lines and 178 fax machines, and utilising wireless equipment to locate both car and foot patrols. The department also coordinates all emergency responses as well as search and rescue operations on land and sea.

General Department of Artificial Intelligence

It was established in 2001 as part of the aims of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, to form an electronic government. In 2008, 30% of UAE Nationals are assigned to work in the E-services Department to fulfill their duty. In 2014, Director-General Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi introduced Google Glass to the police force to issue fines and identify wanted cars. In 2018, the department was renamed to correspond to the new government direction towards artificial intelligence.

General Department of Criminal Investigation

Crime fighting department of the Dubai Police, its objectives are:
1. Dealing with petty crime.

2. Dealing with offences against the person, such as murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping, etc.

3. Dealing with organized crime.

4. Social services, such as lost property, things found, certificates of good conduct, licences of all kinds etc.

5. Employing scientific evidence.

6. Employing identity recognition means.

7. Crime prevention methods.

8. Contains the Dubai section of the International Criminal Police.

General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology

The criminal laboratory opened for the Dubai Police in 1982. At that time, it was affiliated with the General Department of Criminal Investigations. Given the increase and expansion of the scope of work in the field of forensic evidence and the multiplying of criminal work departments, in 2000 AD, the laboratory was renamed the General Administration of Forensic Evidence.
On April 14, 2007, the name of the General Administration of Criminal Evidence and Criminology was changed because it also was using science to investigate crime in addition to its administrative tasks. This science studies criminal phenomena and their causes as related to the person or the environment surrounding him or her in order to determine the motives leading to crime and to combat it and limit its spread. Forensic science employs several disciplines, including psychology and sociology.
On March 30, 2016, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, opened the new General Department of Criminal Evidence and Criminology.

Services

Dubai Police provides a variety of specialist services to the public. The eCrime Self-Service allows the public to record a complaint regarding cybercrimes, whether for their persons or for their properties. This service is specific to crimes happened within the geographical scope of Dubai city and people who benefit from this service are people who are affected by e-crimes.
The "On the go" service was introduced in 2015 by Dubai Police General Command in association with the ENOC Group with the goal of swiftly reporting minor traffic incidents. The service will assist city drivers in filing straightforward accident reports in the event of collisions, and more recently it has expanded the provision of services for filing unidentified accident reports.
Dubai Police recorded an average emergency response time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds in the third quarter of 2023. This is helped by the use of drones.

Police stations

There are currently twelve Dubai police stations in the city.
  • Al-Rifaa
  • * This station was established in the 1970s to secure the Bur Dubai region. It has been reopened in different premises on two occasions, 1979 and 1992.
  • Al-Muraqqabat
  • * This station was established in 1974.
  • Al-Rashidiyah
  • * Al-Rashidiyah was created in 1976 as part of Al-Muraqqabat, however it became an independent station in 1984, and was moved to newer premises in 2000.
  • Naif
  • * The original headquarters of the Dubai Police force, Naif Fort was constructed in 1929, and was used as a prison until the founding of the force in 1956.
  • Al-Qusais
  • * Al-Qusais was founded in 1977 and moved to new premises in 1999.
  • Hatta
  • * This station was established in 1974, and also moved to new premises, this time in 1976.
  • Nad Al-Sheba
  • * This station opened in 1994 in Zabeel, though subsequently moved.
  • Jebel Ali
  • * This station was built in 1971, and renovated in 2000.
  • Ports
  • * Ports police station was also built in 1971, and watches over the Rashid Port.
  • Bur Dubai
  • * This station was founded in 1979.
  • Al-Barsha
  • * This new station opened in 2014 and covers the new developments in Al-Barsha and the surrounding locales.
  • Al-Khawaneej
  • * This new station opened in 2022 and covers the new developments in Al-Khawaneej and the surrounding areas, the stations is considered to be a smart police station and is one of the different branches of the smart police stations located around in Dubai.