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The Command and Control Centre of the Abu Dhabi Police received more than 51,000 calls from the public during the Eid Al Adha holidays, authorities revealed on Wednesday.
Residents have made 51,639 calls during the Eid holidays from August 19 to 25, including 32,970 calls from Abu Dhabi, 15,436 from Al Ain and 3,233 from Al Dhafra.
However, Abu Dhabi Police did not reveal the variety of the calls made during these days.
The Abu Dhabi Police revealed that it had received a total of 2.48 million emergency calls from the Capital in the first half of last year.
A majority of the calls varied between traffic and criminal reports, as well as inquires from the public regarding travel directions.
Other calls made included residents requesting for help after their vehicles had broken down on the roads.
Colonel Nasser Sulaiman Al Maskari, director of operations at the Abu Dhabi Police, stressed the importance of the Command and Control Centre, which work round-the-clock through high tech-electronic systems and advanced databases to receive emergency calls.
Col. Al Maskari added that the department immediately directs the patrols of the police authorities to the concerned sites once the calls are made by the public.
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