Sharjah Police Guard service launched
Initiative encourages residents to report negative phenomena
The new service aims to enhance the importance of the role of community members as partners in social responsibility.
In a new initiative, the SharjahPolice is asking residents to help them fight negative phenomena by encouraging them to report them through the ‘ Guard service’ on the Sharjah Police app.
The service enables the user to report any negative phenomenon observed in Sharjah by visiting the website or Sharjah Police app.
The new service aims to enhance the importance of the role of community members as partners in social responsibility by maintaining security and preventing and reporting negative phenomena in the emirate.
Colonel Nasser Saeed Bin Afsan, Director of Electronic Services and Communications at the General Department of Resources and Support Services at Sharjah Police, said the service, which was launched through the electronic platforms of Sharjah Police, gives members of society a sense of social responsibility and their commitment to it.
Strengthening ties
This leads to the importance of raising awareness and promoting social responsibility for the members of the community of the emirate. He stressed that the service will strengthen the ties of community partnership, which the Sharjah Police is keen to strengthen with various segments of society by increasing community awareness of the importance of taking precautionary and preventive measures against behaviour that violates the law of the land.
Col. Bin Afsan pointed out that the process of using the service goes through several specific steps that are easy and streamlined, and allow all members of the Sharjah community to provide information about crimes and multiple negative phenomena through the electronic platforms available by Sharjah Police.
Secure service
Col. Bin Afsan mentioned that the first steps start with locating the negative phenomenon/ wrong behaviour as the service is equipped with a feature to locate it through the GPS, followed by the step of choosing the type of crime/ negative phenomenon such as annoying vehicles or begging and others.
What distinguishes the service is the presence of an optional feature that allows attaching or taking pictures of the subject to be reported so that the report can be sent to the competent authorities after confirming its authenticity and taking the necessary measures confidentially, as the service is completely secure, ensuring privacy of the person reporting without mentioning any data related to it.
Col. Bin Afsan explained that there are many negative issues and phenomena supported by the service, themost important of which begging, which is considered a seasonal phenomena that increases during religious and social occasions, in front of commercial centres or in residential places that would exploit the emotions of community members to obtain money.