His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, said: “We believe that a culture of innovation is the basis for promoting sustainable development in societies and advancing the quality of life and development in various fields.” And general culture.
His Highness inaugurated the Security Innovation Laboratory at the headquarters of the Dubai Police General Headquarters, in the presence of the Commander in Chief of Dubai Police, Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, and the Executive Director of the Radio and Television Sector at Dubai Media Corporation, Ahmed Saeed Al Mansoori, the assistant commander of the Dubai Police, senior officers, and a number of departmental directors General and sub.
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed briefed on the system of the security innovation lab, and the halls that comprise it, in line with international standards for innovation laboratories.
His Highness praised the innovations included in the Security Innovation Lab, stressing that the inauguration of the laboratory reflects leadership trends towards strengthening the innovation culture in society and government departments, and keenness on preparing generations of innovators to contribute to achieving the UAE vision 2071, and achieving the vision of the state in the year of preparation for the next fifty.
His Highness explained that innovation, thanks to the leadership directives, has become a platform for work and a general culture, drawing on the statement of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who said: “Innovation today is not an option but a necessity, not a general culture but rather Work style ».
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed pointed out that “the General Command of Dubai Police is always a race to reach excellence and motivate its employees, and work to mobilize their energies and efforts towards innovation and creativity at work, which contributed to making Dubai an oasis of security, safety and stability, especially as we believe that the culture of innovation is the basis To promote sustainable development in societies, and advance the quality of life and development in various fields. ”
Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri stressed that “Dubai Police works in accordance with the government's directions in preparation for the next fifty years, and from here comes the security laboratory to constitute a qualitative addition to our path towards development and development in the state, in a way that enhances its leadership to become one of the best countries in the world by the centenary of the Union in 2071, and contributes In pushing the creativity and innovation movement, and creates a strategy that is concerned with developing and improving the level of institutional performance, and linking it with higher strategic goals, by providing services with international specifications, and upgrading the aspirations of leadership ».
For his part, the head of the Innovation Council at the General Command of Dubai Police, Lt. Col. Ibrahim bin Sabaa Al-Marri, said that the laboratory represents a qualitative shift in the field of supporting innovators and talents, which gives him an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into reality, because Dubai Police, through the laboratory It will provide logistical and material support to those whose ideas represent solutions to the security challenges posed, whether it is a staff of Dubai Police, or university students, or any owner of a creative idea from the external public.
He explained that the laboratory is divided into halls, according to the international specifications for the field, and is represented in the "Without Borders" hall specialized in research, and the quality of life hall, where innovative projects and ideas are presented, the future hall in which ideas are discussed, and the imagination hall specialized in software development, and hall It is impossible to develop devices, tools and equipment, and in turn is divided into two parts, three-dimensional printing, electrical circuits, and finally the fifty room, which is concerned with the decision-making process in the proposed innovative projects and decide on them.
The Security Innovation Lab receives creators' projects and ideas and provides logistical support to them.