UNITED ARAB EMIRATES the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation Is in Charge of Crime Detection and Liaison with Interpol

WORLD POLICE AND PARAMILITARY FORCES

The UAE Police has a Federal Police Air Wing, with about a dozen helicopters. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES The Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation is in charge of crime detection and liaison with Interpol. The main police forces of the Emirates are those of Abu Area: 92,100 sq. km Dhabi and Dubai. Their organization remains much as it was Population: 1,170,000 before federalization, and is detailed below. Head of State: HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan The Abu Dhabi Police Force is headed by a Director- (President) General and includes nine departments: Criminal Investiga- Minister of the Interior: Sheikh Mubarak bin Muhammad tion, Equipment and Purchasing, Financial, Immigration al-Nahayan and Naturalization, Licence, Operations, Registration, Telecommunications and Traffic. Two divisions are separ- The United Arab Emirates came into existence in December ately administered: the Town Police, for urban Abu Dhabi, 1971 and comprise the former Trucial States: Abu Dhabi, and the Airport Police. There are police stations at Al Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Khalidiya, Al Shabiya, Mina Zayed and the Airport. Umm al Qawain. Each Emirate has a Ruler, who is a member The Dubai Police includes a Traffic Branch, the Port and of the Supreme Council of Rulers of the UAE. Marine Police, the riot control Emergency Forces and a Until recently, there was a small police force in each Training School. The force is also responsible for the prose- Emirate, usually with limited paramilitary capacity. The cution of offenders and is in charge of the Prison Service. current policy is to merge all the local police forces into a There are police stations at Al Ghusais, Al Muraqabat, Federal Police. Although there has been some opposition to Deira, Dubai, Rifaa, Rashidiya and Zabeel. this scheme, its full implementation is nearly complete. The Federal Police includes Administrative, Criminal Investiga- tion, Public Security and Traffic Branches. It is under the overall control of the Federal Minister of the Interior, while Directorate General of Police, PO Box 253, Abu Dhabi retaining some local autonomy on matters which affect only (330830) one particular Emirate. Dubai Police Headquarters, PO Box 1493, Dubai (225111)

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