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Hi-tech media platform for Abu Dhabi Police

Abu Dhabi - The platform is fitted with electronic equipment, modern software and high-quality techniques, which monitor and keep track of emergency events.

The Abu Dhabi Police announced that their media platform is the first innovative, integrated and comprehensive operations room in the region.
The platform is fitted with electronic equipment, modern software and high-quality techniques, which monitor and keep track of emergency events around the clock in Abu Dhabi, in order to provide video material and live coverage effectively from incident sites to support decision-makers operating in the field.
Major Fawaz Ali Abdullah, Director of the Security Media Department at Abu Dhabi Police, said that the platform serves as a significant link and field liaison between the police and media outlets' audiences.
"The platform operates according to standardised operational procedures manual and provides print and audiovisual media information to customers of the Security Media Department, in response to major and minor emergency notifications and situations that are reported and handled by the media," he said.
Major Abdullah explained that the platform was developed by Emirati innovators with the aim of highlighting the strategic role played by the Ministry of Interior, in its quest to keep abreast of all media-related developments, document security incidents and support media coverage of police-related events. He said, "The platform provides media outlets with more inclusive, faster and higher quality footage. It also provides them with photo and video material that can be easily retrieved when needed."
Major Abdullah said that the platform is in charge of dispatching the Security Media patrols. "The platform also ensures coordination with the Air Support and Air Wing Departments to send out their aircrafts and wireless drones as necessary, to take footage in hard to reach areas, using high quality HD technology. The drones broadcast live coverage from the site to provide an overview of the logistic conditions, which in turn would allow the distribution of resources to the competent entities, notably in cases of accidents, road closures, fires and major events; as well as monitoring traffic flow in the street, weather conditions, and the various security reports," he continued.
First Lieutenant Yusuf Abdullah Al Hosani, General Supervisor of the platform and the Photography Branch Manager said that the "platform" is designed to handle accidents at sites that may pose a risk to civilians, making it possible to obtain accurate and detailed footage of the events. "The platform is linked through geospatial technology to the Central Operations Room at Abu Dhabi Police. It receives reports and notifications in coordination with the Operations Room and technically assigns tasks and roles to media team on site to take photographic material and TV footage of incidents and development on site as they unfold," he continued.
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