Dubai Police hold specialised course for raid and special missions teams

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The Dubai Police have recently organIsed a specialised course for raids and special mission teams to respond rapidly and effectively emergencies and incidents. In his speech marking the course’s graduation ceremony, Major General Abdullah Ali Al Ghaithi, Director of the General Department for Organisations Protective Security and Emergency, said the Dubai Police General Command, headed by Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, gives the force’s specialised teams a special priority in terms of organising courses and qualifying them scientifically, physically and psychologically to be able to respond to emergencies swiftly and effectively.

Maj. Gen. Al Ghaithi explained that Dubai Police had always adopted a proactive approach when training and qualifying its personnel to ensure their readiness and skills are at their best at all times. Colonel Obaid Mubarak Bin Yaroof, Director of the Department of VIP Security and Protection, explained that 18 officers from various specialised departments in Dubai Police joined the course and were trained to respond effectively and swiftly.

He added that the participants learned how to work under the pressure of tear gas using or without masks, and were also familiarised with the process of disembarkation using special equipment provided by the General Department of Transport and Rescue.

The course was organised by the Department of VIP Security and Protection in General Department of Protective Security & Emergency, in cooperation with the General Department of Transport and Rescue, in Wadi Al Shabak, an affiliated training area of the Presidential Guard Command, and took place in the presence of Colonel Juma Ahmad Butti Al Falasi, Director the General Department of Transport and Rescue; Colonel Nasser Sibba, Commander of the Presidential Guard, and other senior officers.