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Technology in policing on show

The Ministry of Interior is participating in Gitex 2012 in a big way, displaying its advanced technology being used in a number of electronic initiatives and services.

According to the ministry, it is keen to show a variety of forms and channels through which it provides its services to the public, according to a comprehensive strategy aimed at reshaping many services and making them available via the Internet.

“The Ministry of Interior is one of the largest participants in Gitex Technology Week 2012. The public will witness diversity in stands and systems available at the exhibition,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Faisal Mohammed Al Shammari, Information Security Officer and Chairman of the Organising Committee in charge of the ministry’s participation in Gitex.

He said the information security team at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters is participating for the second time in the exhibition via a number of shows as part of its seminar programme.

Major Mohammed Saleh Al Mansouri, Director of the GIS (Geographic Information System) Centre for Security, said that the centre is displaying the electronic infrastructure programme to exchange federal security-sensitive geospatial data. The programme consists of three main projects: a project to equip the GIS data rooms and disaster recovery; a project to establish the infrastructure for federal GIS; and a project for acquisition and installation of software and databases for the Geographic Information Security System.

He explained: “On display is the federal security-sensitive geospatial data, which represents the technological interface of digital maps for internal users, including the police, and a variety of security maps such as operation maps and Community Police maps.

“The police resources management system using GIS is also on display. It constitutes a sophisticated geographical system, allowing speedy response and support for resources and field units in their mandated tasks. It also aims to develop and implement four applications to support management and distribution of police forces and resources, as well as providing the possibility of analysing the situation on site.”

The mobile data unit application, which is used for assigning, receiving orders and giving site directions to the field units to arrive as quickly as possible, is also on show. It is also one of the applications of the police resources management system that is used to locate field units and display the geographic security analysis system for notifications, crimes and traffic accidents.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Abu Dhabi Police is also participating by displaying the Electronic Forensic Evidence Laboratory experience. The laboratory was founded in 2009 under the instruction of the Higher Commandment as part of the strategic plan of the Abu Dhabi Police.

First Lieutenant Mohammed Al Baloushi said the Electronic Forensic Evidence Laboratory was established to run checks on electronic evidence gathered from the crime scenes, playing a significant role in storing information and evidence serving as proof in investigated cases. “It is a distinguished laboratory analysing electronic crimes and cases across the country.

It includes currently three divisions: computers, videos and mobile phones,” Al Baloushi explained.

He said that in August alone, the laboratory was able to test more than 400 mobile phones, 236 SIM cards, 241 external memory devices and more than 1,430 compact discs.

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