Dubai Police App — An Exclusive Review Of Cost & Feature | Xicom

Lori Caricofe
7 min readSep 25, 2019

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Did you know!

“Dubai” is the most populous and largest city in UAE (United Arab Emirates) and with 96.1 Percent feeling secure to walk at night makes it the safest city in the world.

Bringing economy and simultaneously focusing on making everyday life to a truly smart level with the right use of inescapable smartphone platform, the country has apps for everything — everything you can think of!

“Booking a Taxi, Paying The Bill, Accessing All Your Important Medical Records Or Keeping You Safe — An App Is There For You.

As Maj Gen AI Obaidly said, “Our leader has urged us to enhance people’s feeling of safety”. He further added “ Despite the sense of a drop in safety across the world, the UAE has become the safety oasis. Many security initiatives and projects helped to achieve this”.

Adding on, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan also stated the exponential decrease in response time has been an innovative solution to report the crime on time.

“We have launched an app to report a crime” — he added.

The app is “Dubai Police App”. Yes, a police app!

“Dubai Police App” — the Debut Of App Had Made law Enforcers Just A Tap Away

Xicom being the forerunner of innovations in digital era takes the responsibility of helping you find the answers for questions like:

  • How can I get a police report online?
  • How can I get police cases in Dubai?
  • How do I report an accident in Dubai?
  • How can I check my Police fines in Dubai?

As we step in 2019, the Dubai police app has also updated to help its citizens in logging complaints that also without revealing their identity.

Sounds exciting, right?

Keep on reading to have an in-depth understanding of how this app is useful for everyone — as a nation and as an urbanite.

1. Dubai Police App Include Service For Predicting Accidents

Dubai police have improvised their smart application for the Android platform using the “Kotlin” programming language and by aligning with the best app developers in Dubai. Their core focus was to resemble the latest updated version of its smart application for iOS.

This step direct people with an easy access to Dubai’s police smart services. The updated application, released by the General Department of Artificial Department associates smart services to the index of happiness. The app consists of numerous services provided in 7 different languages like Arabic, English, Chinese, German, French, Russian, and Spanish.

It becomes more interactive as it allows the public to reach police services easily and in a streamlined way. It inculcates an exclusive service of predicting serious accidents. This new feature can predict serious accidents and can send a notification for help automatically.

Adding this feature makes it a smart volunteer platform enabling users to create a more cooperative and safe surrounding.

2. Drive Mode

Now, this is a comfortable approach!

By adding this feature in the app, users can add their favorite roads for driving. The app will send the latest notification daily about the traffic scenario for your favorite roads while making your daily commute faster and easier in Dubai.

As a surprising factor, the public can use the virtual reality technology and debunk the illusions of the most important places around them like — Police stations, Pharmacies, Hospitals, and payment centers via the “My App” screen.

The app also provides instant traffic accident information including traffic status. It also allows you to report traffic accidents and violations, including taking pictures of damaged areas and receiving a report via email or SMS to present to insurance companies.

3. Traffic Violation & Traffic Accidents

Minor traffic accidents can be reported via the app, allowing drivers to receive the police report for the accident without the need to call the police, or even go to the police station. The traffic report can then be presented to insurance companies.

4. Activity Feeds

“Activity Feed” is a “Timeline” to keep track of all your transactions and tasks on the applications. This is of uttermost importance for the user as it will be easier to manage various complaints they have filed and have a follow-up for the respective action taken by the departments for the concerned complaints.

5. Smart Reporting Camera

The director of smart services, Brigadier Khaled Naseer AI Razzuqi, stated that the smart camera service is especially included for blind people. This service relies on “ Visual Detection Technology “ which is applied for the first time in the MENA region.

He paid attention by reflecting on the humanitarian side of the Dubai police by offering unique services to people with special needs. Moreover, the service can be activated on the iPhone or simply people can log on to the Dubai police app and access the service by just shaking the phone.

Once it gets activated, the user can click the smart camera button, which will capture the image. Then, further, the application will evaluate the taken pictures and give a commentary to them.

6. MYID

This is the “MY Id” platform.
In this, the user can easily access your own record. The user just needs to sign in your MYID, and he/she can access all the information like name, police record (If any), credentials and the list is long.

Adding on, the user can change the profile picture, address, and many more things.

7. Business Mode

Under the Dubai enjoyment rule, it is mandatory for every organization to verify their employee’s identity to avoid frauds and mishappening.

But, with the Dubai police app, it is no more a tedious task. You can apply for the verification of more than one employee at one time. This feature saves time for the organization as well as the police department.

8. Police Eye

The Dubai police app comes with a “Police app” feature. This has been developed keeping in mind to help those who are nervous to report a crime, providing them semi-anonymity (freedom to disclose their identity) so they feel comfortable and safe to report a crime or offense happening around them.

For easy reporting the suspicious activities, it is funneled down to the following categories:

According to Dubai police officer, depending upon the severity of the chances of the case are there you won’t be contacted by the police unless it is a big case, no will disrupt you.

The police eye is one of the other services available to improvise the safety paradigms for the residents of the UAE keeping yourself anonymous and safe.

9. Police Station Mode

This feature allows you to check the count of customers waiting at each police station including the average waiting time. Even, you can issue a ticket before reaching the station to avoid standing in long waiting queues.

10. Home Security

Whether you live in a villa or a house, a breach-in can shatter your feeling of security and safety at home. The general department of the criminal investigation has started a free security service for houses while you are busy is making memories with your loved one on holidays.

Its simple to start!

Register on the app’s home security section, the premises will be secured with police patrolling until residents return from their vacations.

11. Tourist Security

You don’t have to be a resident to use the app. Whether you are alone or with your family in Emirates and want to register any complaint or illicit activity, all this can be done with your smartphone.

You simply need to enter your contact details, irrespective if it’s a UAE based number or not.

12. Bounced Cheques

“Bounced Cheque” is a common offense nowadays. But, this app allows the user to send the photos of the bounced cheque to the Dubai police and register their complaint without stepping in the police station.

As per Dubai police customer service, the reporting of the cheque is done in two different ways:

First, it should be issued within Dubai. Second, its validity date of being chased should not be expired.

13. Lost & Find Service

By far now, this is one of the most useful features in the complete application. The app allows you to trace down whether you lost some personal items to the lost and found a department at Dubai Police.

Well, they won’t entertain the embarrassing call, “I have again misplaced my phone or I don’t remember the taxi number”.

Awards Achieved

  • Consecutive Winner of the best M-Government services awards since last 5 years (since 2014)
  • Winner of World Summit Award-M-Government 2014
  • Winner of Hamdan Bin Mohammad Award — Smart Government in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017

Development & Cost Analysis

Dubai Police app is among the best thing to happen to this city.

However, to create an app like the Dubai police app might seems a daunting task at first. But, aligning with the right mobile app development services in Dubai will help you sail through the behemoth waves with fair estimation, determine and evaluate the basic requirements and budget.

So, start with making up your mind either to opt for native app development or cross-platform app development. As a piece of advice, it is better to go for cross-platform app development as it allows you to achieve better quality and proves to be a boon in the competitive range, especially security.

With all the exclusive features, theapp developmentshall cost you around ($16000) at least.

In The End… We agree this app is an intelligent option to get a quick turnaround for any mishaps around you. And, if you also want a quick solution for minor prangs, pay focus on saving the massive amount of hours of police, go for an app.

All you will need is the best app developer in Dubai and MENA region, get your free estimation and discuss your project.

Originally published at https://www.xicom.ae on September 25, 2019.

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Lori Caricofe
Lori Caricofe

Written by Lori Caricofe

Software tester by profession. Fast learner, Passionate about tech. Good sense of humour, & Enjoy challenges!

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