The Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al-Mansoori, affirmed that the Dubai Police is keen to observe the humanitarian side with those involved in drug abuse, who are young people who fall into this trap for the first time, whether out of curiosity or motivated by a bad friend, in the interest of On their future, and giving them a second chance to start a new page if they voluntarily applied to the General Department of Narcotics Control, or their parents or any of their friends took refuge in the Dubai Police seeking help, while the International Protection Center launched virtual assistance in the name of “Safe” to answer 2166 questions about how to prevent drugs and discriminate children Abusers, m Various issues within the framework of a highly classified system dependent on artificial intelligence techniques.
Al Mansouri said that Dubai Police has established a “protection” center to provide a protective shield for children from early ages, up to the youth stage, through secret programs in which the person is subjected to periodic checks and rehabilitation, to ensure his complete recovery and return to the right path, pointing out that 365 people have reported them Relatives during the past three years, to benefit from Article 43 of the Anti-Narcotics Law, which exempts all those who voluntarily submitted or reported to his family from legal accountability, provided that the communication is for the purpose of treatment or rehabilitation.
For his part, the Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, Brigadier Eid Thani Harib, said that 160 people benefited from this substance during the past year, compared to 121 people in 2018, and a significant increase from 2017, in which 75 people benefited, reflecting the growth of Community members are aware and aware of the importance of resorting to the police to protect their children from addiction.
Hareb said that people who benefit from Article 43 are directed to one of two tracks, the first being subject to the periodic examination program, which is a qualification system in which the person is followed up on fixed periods until he recovers, indicating that 120 people underwent the program last year, and the second track is to allow For their families by enrolling them in external centers for treatment and rehabilitation, and the General Department of Narcotics Control shall conduct sudden checks for them to ensure their commitment.
To that, the Director of the Center for Protection, Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, revealed that the Center has created an awareness system about the dangers of addiction, drugs and psychotropic substances, which depends on artificial intelligence techniques, to provide the highest levels of privacy and confidentiality through the free “protection” application, which is a virtual personal assistance «safe »Programmed to answer 2,166 questions in both Arabic and English, about the dangers of drugs and how to combat them, in addition to its ability to help addicts themselves and provide specialized advice to them, and to guide parents on how to protect their children and know changes in their behavior, within the framework of the leader’s eagerness For Dubai Police, Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, to provide a modern security and protective cover for school and university students.
He added, "Talking about drugs and addiction in general among the youth, even if it is a matter of public debate and nothing more, may expose the person to embarrassment and place him in a circle of doubts within his surroundings, which prompted us to invent a secret dialogue system through the application of (protection), so that it allows young people after downloading Application, start a discussion with (safe) virtual personal assistance about all the questions that come to mind about addiction ».
51 thousand students
The Director of the International Protection Center, Colonel Abdullah Al Khayyat, stated that the awareness activities of the Center translate the strategy of the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, which seeks to spread a culture of awareness of drug damage among groups of society, through organizing exhibitions and conducting lectures in schools, government and private universities, charities and government departments And private foundations. He added that more than 51 thousand students representing 37 nationalities participated in the activities and programs of the center, last year, they were trained in military movements and exercise, and participated in field visits to tourist, educational and cultural sites.
• “Protection” provides a protective shield for children from early ages, up to the youth stage.
Dubai Police provide secret programs in which a person is subjected to periodic checks and qualifications, to ensure his complete recovery from addiction.