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| Dubai surveillance cameras solve crimes |
| 2010-02-18 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] As Dubai Police Chief Dahi Khalfan showed the media and the entire world the details of the murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the role of surveillance cameras in uncovering crimes was brought to the light. For the first, audiences at home were capable of watching an entire political assassination thanks to the surveillance cameras that are spread all over Dubai which made it possible to follow the suspects' every move. Surveillance cameras have always played a major role in solving crimes, the latest of which was the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim where the cameras installed in the building where she lived revealed the identity of the culprit. Three years ago, the cameras recorded an incident when two cars went into a mall and out of them came a gang of armed men who stormed a jewelry shop and stole diamonds whose value amounted to AED14 million. Surveillance cameras are installed all over the streets of Dubai as well as in all public places. In fact, there is not a mall or a government facility in the emirate that has no cameras. In March of last year, the Operations Department at the Dubai Police announced their plan to enhance the presence of surveillance cameras, Khalfan said on the Dubai Police website. In addition to increasing the number of cameras to a total of 1,500, the plan involved connecting the cameras installed in 13 shopping malls to control rooms connected to seven police stations all over the emirate. The presence of surveillance cameras has become a security necessity, said Dr. Mohamed Mourad Abdullah, head of the Decision Making Support Center at the Dubai Police. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 yet 2 guys broke into the construction site of the worlds tallest building and did a base jump and made a documentary about it and how they did it. Good thing they weren't terrorist |
| Posted by: chris 2010-02-18 10:48 |
| #2 I was amazed that: 1) They promptly released the footage, Dubai isn't exactly a paragon of government openness. 2) The footage was so high quality. Usually with these it's black and white and you can barely see anything but smudges. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-02-18 10:27 |
| #1 It may be "solved", but you didnt actually catch anyone( except on tape). And they are long gone now, arent they? Better luck NEXT TIME, Chuckie. And its evident to EVERYBODY on BOTH sides of the aisle that it was a VERY professional hit. And Mahboub...well, Mahboub is JUST as dead as Tut. And there you have THAT. DO let us know when you catch anybody, wont you? Best of Luck there ( as I say). Dont tell anybody buuuttt...I think they got clean away with it, Abdrool. |
| Posted by: TasmanianDevil 2010-02-18 05:14 |