In implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide care and full care to senior citizens and residents in the Emirate of Dubai, and with the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, launched Dubai Police General Command, in cooperation with the Community Development Authority, "We communicate and protect" service, which provides space for senior citizens and residents to register to give them priority in receiving their communications at the Dubai Police Command and Control Center to provide them with the best services easily and conveniently in time of need, whether the services are healthy or Food or others, with this category present in homes, in implementation of the “Stay at Home” campaign.
Dubai Police and the Community Development Authority stressed that the goal is to provide a distinguished service for this category that needs special care and extensive precautionary measures, as the service will provide an updated database of places for senior citizens and residents, which contributes to enhancing the ability to respond to their urgent requests and provide moral support and care for them in the fastest A possible time, while providing important and basic needs if needed.
The Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Commissioner-General of the Citizens Services Track in the Dubai Council, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, emphasized that the service of senior citizens and residents is one of the important priorities that the rational leadership attaches all attention and care, so the initiative to launch these services that provide this category with the support you need In these exceptional circumstances that raise the level of our responsibility towards its members, whether citizens or residents, as serving the community and ensuring the comfort of all its members and protecting the ingredients of their happiness is an essential task for Dubai Police, while making every effort to do it fully at various times.
The General Command of Dubai Police and the Community Development Authority called on senior citizens and residents to register for the service by visiting the website of the Dubai Police, https://www.dubaipolice.gov.ae, while emphasizing that registration will provide an opportunity to provide an electronic database for the service of senior citizens and residents through the use of Identity with identifying the place of residence for them.
For his part, General Manager of the Community Development Authority in Dubai, Ahmed Julfar, pointed out that the service comes within the framework of uniting efforts under the umbrella of government directives to besiege the spread of the Corona epidemic and ensure protection of the most vulnerable segments from infection, stressing that the integrated measures taken by the rational leadership are placed on individuals Society has a greater responsibility, their commitment and response, not only to protect themselves, but to spare their loved ones and relatives the risk of infection.
The Community Development Authority will provide sterilization tools for the homes of senior citizens and residents during this temporary period without the need to leave their homes, and with providing educational advice to their caregivers on instructions related to prevention and sterilization.
On the other hand, Colonel Turki Abdel Rahman bin Faris, Director of the Command and Control Center at the General Operations Department of Dubai Police stressed the importance of registering in the “We communicate and protect” service to achieve a rapid response to the communications of senior citizens and residents, indicating that registration allows priority to be given in the command center And control for senior citizens and residents, and then, moving to their places of residence quickly after accurately locating them via the interactive map in the operating room, indicating that there is a set of urgent services that will be provided to this category, including requesting ambulance and health care in cooperation with the competent authorities and preventive services e. He explained that this initiative is part of the special platform for senior citizens and residents of Dubai Police, and a special team has been formed to contact senior citizens and residents to find out and limit their needs during this period.
For its part, Awatif Al Suwaidi, Chairman of the Happiness and Positive Council in Dubai Police, explained that senior citizens and residents of different nationalities can contact the Community Development Authority call center at 8002121 and then they will be transferred to the Dubai Police Command and Control Center to take their data, noting that the service It will contribute to enhancing the ability to provide their needs for medical care, sterilizers, health kits or foodstuffs during this period in cooperation with the competent authorities.