Dubai:Residents of various nationalities and representatives of different communities lauded the various initiatives by the Dubai Police at an open public meeting in Al Warqa on Thursday. They also raised their concerns on issues regarding security and traffic.

Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, and other senior officers interacted with public at the meeting. Maj-Gen Al Marri said the Dubai Police may extend the one-year traffic fine discount scheme if the final results are encouraging.

Maj-Gen Al Marri explained that holding a meeting with the public helps the police know their complaints and requirements. He added that the people must share some of the responsibilities, as they're partners in the same society.

Al Marri said that the parents must be responsible for the safety of their children, stressing that they are the most important part for improving the safety of society. "Many youths get salaries as low as Dh3,000 or Dh4,000, yet they are being arrested for driving a modified vehicle, which costs around Dh150,000.

How could this be possible? Parents must take responsibility for the safety of their kids," Maj-Gen Al Marri noted.

Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, director-general of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Dubai Police, explained the services provided by Dubai Police mobile app, which offer 61 services. All the services are also available on the e-crime platform, which received around 23,000 reports since it was created one-and-a-half year ago, said Captain Abdullah Al Shehhi, deputy director of the Cyber Crimes investigation.