Dubai Police has received 65 distress calls via “Sail Safely” since the launch of the service

Director of the Ports Police Station, Colonel Dr. Hassan Suhail Al Suwaidi, said, “The number of marine craft owners and captains registered in the Dubai Police application service (Sail Safely) reached 3,715 people on both the Apple Store and Android platforms, and the number of calls reached SOS, since the launch of the service, 65 calls.

Colonel Al Suwaidi stressed that the Dubai Police General Command, under the guidance of the Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, is keen to develop all services provided by the police sectors in their various specializations, including the maritime sector, and to provide the latest technologies and artificial intelligence systems with international specifications, in order to achieve the strategic directions of the police. Dubai is a “safe city” and makes society happy.

He pointed out that the service, since its launch two years ago, has received great demand from seagoers and lovers of all kinds of cruises, due to the provision of an easy and reliable automated service to call the rescue and request help, after registering for the service in the Dubai Police application, and entering the trip plan and the locations expected to go to. If someone is exposed to any emergency, all he has to do is press SOS, and Dubai Police, represented by the General Department of Operations and the Ports Police Center, will then determine the user’s location and many information about his trip, from Through a smart platform in operations, linked to the service and containing a special control screen and an interactive map, the service also automatically sends distress requests and alerts about delayed flights in the event that the user is unable to do so.

The head of the marine rescue department at the ports police station, Lieutenant Colonel Ali Al Naqbi, confirmed that the center deployed all maritime rescue and maritime security boats and mechanisms in the areas of maritime jurisdiction within the eight concentration points, which are: Al Hamriya, Deira Port at the Hyatt Regency, Dubai Creek at the Al Maktoum Bridge, The Floating Bridge, Jumeirah 1 Fishermen’s Harbor (1), Jumeirah 4 Fishermen’s Harbor (2), and Jumeirah 5 Fishermen’s Harbor (3) in Jumeirah Umm Suqeim and Ain Dubai, in order to enhance the speed of responding to the call. Mayday is one of the main tasks in quickly responding to maritime reports.