Dubai Police Research Articles

Utilizing Blockchain Technology to Modernize Police Operations: Ensuring Security, Transparency, and Efficiency

This article explores the transformative potential of blockchain technology in police operations, focusing on enhancing security, transparency, and efficiency. Initially recognized for its role in cryptocurrencies, blockchain's inherent immutability and distributed ledger features are now being leveraged to revolutionize data management within law enforcement. The technology ensures the secure, auditable, and tamper-resistant recording of all transactions and data related to police operations, from investigation records to evidence management, ensuring accessibility only to authorized personnel. Key areas examined include the enhancement of security and transparency through blockchain's immutable and distributed records, ensuring data integrity and evidence management by providing an unalterable record of all transactions and data, and improving interoperability among various police departments and agencies. The integration of advanced technologies like Zero-Knowledge Proofs and Layer 2 solutions further strengthens privacy protection and operational speed, contributing to a more efficient and reliable police information system. Practical implementations in police departments worldwide, such as Delhi Police's blockchain initiative for evidence tracking and Dubai Police's collaboration with Cardano Blockchain for secure data sharing, demonstrate significant improvements in transparency, integrity, and security of processes. The article concludes by addressing the ongoing challenges of scalability, interoperability, and privacy, emphasizing the need for continued development and standardization to fully realize blockchain's benefits in modernizing police operations. By evaluating these aspects, the article highlights blockchain's critical role in the digital transformation of law enforcement, promoting greater public trust and cooperation among police units at both national and international levels.

A journey into the innovations and expertise of Dubai police and the general department of forensic science and criminology

This manuscript offers an in-depth exploration of the Dubai Police and its General Department of Forensic Science and Criminology, emphasizing their critical role in law enforcement through advanced forensic science and innovative practices. Beginning with a historical overview, it traces the evolution of forensic disciplines from Edmond Locard's foundational principles to Sir Alec Jeffreys' groundbreaking DNA profiling techniques. The manuscript details the structure and functions of specialized sections within the department, including Biology and DNA, Forensic Chemistry, Forensic Toxicology, Firearms and Tool Marks, Questioned Documents, Forensic Explosive, Forensic Fire Investigation, Forensic and Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear Physics. Key achievements, such as the Biology and DNA Section's processing of thousands of cases and the generation of highly discriminating DNA profiles, are highlighted. The manuscript also addresses the department's challenges, including the rapid evolution of technology and the increasing complexity of crimes. Future plans to enhance capabilities through investment in new technologies, international collaboration, and continuous professional development are outlined. By showcasing the department's commitment to innovation, excellence, and public safety, this manuscript underscores the pivotal contributions of the Dubai Police and its forensic department to crime resolution and community safety. The insights provided aim to foster a deeper understanding of the critical role of forensic science in the criminal justice system.

Developing an integrated framework for risk management in policing: crisis management using big data analytics as a case study

Objective: The study seeks to develop an integrated framework for enhancing risk management and crisis management in policing through the utilization of big data analytics, using the Dubai police force as a case study. Theoretical Framework: This research is grounded in the intersection of big data analytics and risk management within the field of policing, focusing on how data-driven approaches can innovate and improve security crisis management. Method: Data for the study was collected via questionnaires distributed to 450 police officers across all departments in Dubai. The analysis was conducted using AMOS software within a Structural Equation Modeling framework to assess the impact of big data analytics on police risk and crisis management. Results and Discussion: The results indicate that big data analytics significantly enhances risk management and crisis management in policing. It was found that police risk management serves as a mediating factor between big data analytics and security crisis management. These findings suggest that the application of big data can substantially improve knowledge and operational performance in police organizations. Research Implications: The study emphasizes the crucial role of big data analytics in revolutionizing police risk and crisis management processes. It highlights the potential for these technologies to provide substantial improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of police operations. Originality/Value: This research is valuable as it provides empirical evidence of the benefits of big data analytics in the context of policing. It offers practical guidelines to police departments, particularly within the UAE, on leveraging big data to enhance their operational performance in managing risks and crises. The study contributes to the broader understanding of integrating advanced data analytics into public safety and emergency response strategies.

Decoding Public Policy Making: Unraveling the Variables and Analytical Questions for Systematic, Comprehensive Analysis

Purpose: Government employees, like persons in the private sector, spend a lot of their time in public service. Consequently, employee satisfaction is essential for safeguarding long-term effectiveness and efficiency in both private and public sector organizations. Creating satisfactory working environments improves employees’ work-life balance, thus higher satisfaction levels. Every year, job satisfaction levels are measured throughout all the UAE public sector institutes. This is done through a survey sent by the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) to the employees every year. With the United Arab Emirates being heralded as one of the leading countries to create ideal work environments for employees, this study aims at determining the underlying factors that affect employee satisfaction in Dubai Police traffic department.
 Methodology: The study adopted descriptive research design. The research applied a purposive simple random sampling technique and probabilistic sampling technique. Data was collected on Dubai police traffic department employees. A quantitative and qualitative data analysis was conducted for the current research based on the collected data from the questionnaires circulated within the employees of police traffic department. Data were then analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-15) for statistical analysis. The results were presented in form of tables.
 Findings: While the socio-demographic factors could be considered factors explaining job satisfaction, age and marital status are the only factors that strongly explain the relationship due to their significant result. Additionally, for the nine environmental factors, using factor analysis to determine variables that strongly explain the dependent variables, the variable under “my work directly contributes towards organization’s goals” efficiently explains the status of job satisfaction. Furthermore, execution of mandates informed by the ability of the company to address public complaints and safe work environment influences job satisfaction levels.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Although salary and work directly contribute towards an organization’s goals, companies can ensure that job levels are acquired in the right way. This way, the organization can efficiently address public complaints and promote a safe and healthy working environment. , these findings will inform further studies on behavioral management and workplace productivity in organizations.

Police Leadership in Non-western Context: Evidence from the Dubai Police

Police Leadership in Non-western Context: Evidence from the Dubai Police

The Importance of Job Satisfaction in Dubai Police and Influencing Factors

Purpose: Government employees, like persons in the private sector, spend a lot of their time in public service. Consequently, employee satisfaction is essential for safeguarding long-term effectiveness and efficiency in both private and public sector organizations. Creating satisfactory working environments improves employees’ work-life balance, thus higher satisfaction levels. Every year, job satisfaction levels are measured throughout all the UAE public sector institutes. This is done through a survey sent by the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) to the employees every year. With the United Arab Emirates being heralded as one of the leading countries to create ideal work environments for employees, this study aims at determining the underlying factors that affect employee satisfaction in Dubai Police traffic department.
 Methodology: The study adopted descriptive research design. The research applied a purposive simple random sampling technique and probabilistic sampling technique. Data was collected on Dubai police traffic department employees. A quantitative and qualitative data analysis was conducted for the current research based on the collected data from the questionnaires circulated within the employees of police traffic department. Data were then analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-15) for statistical analysis. The results were presented in form of tables.
 Findings: While the socio-demographic factors could be considered factors explaining job satisfaction, age and marital status are the only factors that strongly explain the relationship due to their significant result. Additionally, for the nine environmental factors, using factor analysis to determine variables that strongly explain the dependent variables, the variable under “my work directly contributes towards organization’s goals” efficiently explains the status of job satisfaction. Furthermore, execution of mandates informed by the ability of the company to address public complaints and safe work environment influences job satisfaction levels.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Although salary and work directly contribute towards an organization’s goals, companies can ensure that job levels are acquired in the right way. This way, the organization can efficiently address public complaints and promote a safe and healthy working environment. , these findings will inform further studies on behavioral management and workplace productivity in organizations

Leadership in a military context: The case of the Dubai Police

Leadership is among the critical factors in any police force that helps them to achieve their goals. However, limited studies have focused on police leadership and those studies were conducted in western countries. Thus, this study aims to explore police leadership in a military context in non-western countries. Qualitative research methodology was used to achieve the aim of this study and to answer the research questions. Dubai Police which focuses on fostering human capital including leaders, was selected as a sample for military context. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten leaders working in the Dubai Police force who were asked about police leader conceptualisation, whether police leaders are born or made, what are the most important traits for police leaders and, finally, leadership development strategies in the police forces. NVivo Software (version 14) was used to analyze the data. The interviews have obtained the aim of the study and answered the research questions. The findings provided a more complete in-depth description of the leadership in a military context. The results showed that; 1) Police leadership conceptualization is defined as influencing others and also it is process. 2) Police leaders are born and made. 3) Strong communication skills, decision making and integrity were observed to be among the most important traits for police leaders. 4) Police leadership development strategies included formal education, training courses, experience and learning in practice. The study had extended police leadership literature, and confirmed the applicability of results of studies conducted in western countries on those of non- western ones that give priority to police leaders and focuses on achieving organizational strategic direction. Concerning practical contributions, this study serves as foundational research for other researchers who are interested in this field in a new regional context, especially in the Dubai Police.

The importance of service design and information and analysis in enhancing organizational performance through a mechanism of organizational excellence in public sector organizations

PurposeThe study aims to examine the joint effect of service design (SD), information and analysis (IA) and organizational performance through the mechanism of organizational excellence.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the goal of this study through the hypothesized model, a survey questionnaire research design was employed. The data were collected from Dubai Police organization. Out of 550 questionnaires, 320 questionnaires were returned. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was used to analyze the data for measurement and structural models.FindingsThe statistical results confirmed the positive and significant effects of IA on organizational excellence and excellence on organizational performance. The mediation role of organizational excellence between IA and organizational performance was also confirmed.Research limitations/implicationsThroughout this study, further details and valuable implications have been discussed. Findings provide several practical implications. Findings also help practitioners and managers make proper decisions when implementing SD, IA and excellence practices in their organizations. With the joint effect of SD, IA and organizational excellence, organizations can achieve maximum strong performance and remain in a competitive market.Originality/valueThis study is a unique empirical research study that examines the joint effect of SD, IA and excellence on performance relationships within the public sector in general and police organization in particular, which is limited especially in research of Middle East countries.

Ranking of Innovation Related Factors Influencing Artificial Intelligence Performance

This paper presents a study on ranking of 27 identified innovation related factors which influencing Artificial Intelligence (AI) performance in UAE. These factors were clustered into four groups namely process innovation; management capabilities; personal expertise and organization structure. A questionnaire was designed based on these factors where respondents were required to gauge the influence of these factors using Likert scale. Respondents were from three UAE organisations which are Dubai Police, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Dewa, and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company. A total of 384 valid responses from the questionnaire survey were analysed for its reliability using Cronbach alpha criterion. Then the data was analysed for its mean score and standard deviation values for each of the factors to determine the rank of each factor and also its influence on the organisation performance. The study foundthat the mean scores for the factors are in the range from 2.90 to 3.56 while for the average mean score for the groups are from 3.15 to 3.44. the study also found that two factors which are management capabilities and artificial intelligence are highly influencing the organisational performance while the other three factors which process innovation, personal expertise and organisational structure are moderately influencing the UAE organisational performance. The findings of this study will ably provide a better understanding of innovation related factors and how it affects overall performance.

Model of Transformational Leadership, Risk Management Factors Influencing on Law Performance

The ability of law enforcement organisations to effectively combat crime depends on their use of innovation and workplace transformation. When the need for change in law enforcement organisations' daily operations becomes more and more apparent, transformational leadership has been shown to be extremely beneficial in risk management and enhancing police performance. The right strategy for effective policing development and improving police officer performance is established by this leadership style. The Dubai Police Department's performance in enforcing the law suffers in the absence of effective risk management and transformational leadership, potentially jeopardising the relationship between officers and all departments. As a result, this study created a model outlining the causal links between risk management and transformational leadership and the effectiveness of law enforcement. This study was quantitatively conducted, collecting 381 completed responses that were statistically analysed using SPSS and AMOS. The responses gathered during the data collection process were verified by the reliability analysis. Using fit index parameters to define the relationship between risk management and transformational leadership and law enforcement performance, AMOS analysis revealed that the developed model is satisfactory. The police department will be able to effectively manage risk with the help of this finding in order to reduce crime and create a security plan for the officers.

Exploratory Analysis of Risk Management Process of UAE Police Department

Risk control and management are becoming increasingly important in many organisational operations. It goes beyond the business sector to include security organisations like police departments. The fact that police officers engage in a widerange of daily activities that expose them to a variety of potentially hazardous situations Police risk management includes both physical and financial aspects. Risk identification is the first step in the risk management process, followed by risk analysis, risk evaluation, and risk treatment. According to the literature, the Dubai Police Department has no framework in place to fully manage risks and evaluate the effectiveness of police operations. Early warning systems are critical for detecting potential severe RM because police departments must rely on them to manage risks and keep track of any potential new risks. As a result, the UAE police department's risk management strategy was investigated in this paper. It classified the data collection process using exploratory factor analysis, which wasa quantitative approach. A self-administered survey yielded 381 valid questionnaires from Dubai Police Department officers. The study's findings revealed that risk identification, risk analysis, risk evaluation, and risk response are the four fundamental steps of effective risk management. The Crobach Alpha test was used to assess the consistency and reliability of the data, and the result was 0.814, indicating that the data is suitable for use. Only one of the twenty indicators, which were divided into four groups for risk management, was weak according to outliers and communalities tests. The risk management process was accurately described by another 20 factors. Total variance extraction yielded a rate of 57.130 percent, which was higher than the required 50%. As a result, the risk management procedure investigated in this study may be useful for effectively managing risks in the UAE police force.

The Effect of TQM and Innovation on Organizational Performance of Dubai Police: The Mediating Role of Organizational Culture

Quality of life is an analytic element with having lots of significance in employee’s life. A high quality of life is essential for an organization to continue to attract and keep employee. This study aimed to find out the factors that have an impact and impact of quality of work life and work health life balance of pharmaceutical employees. This study also will identify the relationships between the factors of quality of life with Work-Life balance. The data were obtained from 135 pharmaceutical employees by using Krejcie and Morgan Sampling Method. According to Krejcie and Morgan sampling method, for 200 people, 135 sample sizes are enough. For the data analysis, explanatory factor analysis and Pearson Correlation were conducted by using the SAS software. The results of this study conclude that the aspects of quality of life are cooperation and facilities, training and development, Facilities and Work Environment.

MEDIATING EFFECT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN DUBAI POLICE

Both public and private organizations are facing various challenges in the current environment due to range of complexities as exists in the market. However, to achieve higher organizational performance, more attention is required towards different tangible and intangible organizational resources along with strategic capabilities. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of total quality management, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational excellence towards organizational performance from the context of Dubai Police. Additionally, it also explores the mediating effect of talent management on the relationship between total quality management, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational excellence, and organizational performance. A sample of 453 valid responses through online survey questionnaire was collected and analzyed. More specifically, descriptive statistics, correlational and demographic analyses and both measurement model and structural model was assessed. The study findings through measurement model confirm the reliability, validity, internal consistency, and discriminant validity of the latent constructs. Finally, the findings through PLS-SEM approach confirms that direct and significant relationship between total quality management, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational excellence, and organizational performance, respectively. The testing of mediating effect confirms that talent management significantly mediates the relationship between TQM-OP, between EO-OP, and between OE-OP, accordingly. The study findings would be of great support to various policy makers specifically in the Dubai Police.

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN DETERMINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN DUBAI POLICE

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of total quality management, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational excellence towards organizational performance from the context of Dubai Police. A sample of 453 valid responses through online survey questionnaire was collected and analzyed. More specifically, descriptive statistics, correlational and demographic analyses and both measurement model and structural model was assessed. The study findings through measurement model confirm the reliability, validity, internal consistency, and discriminant validity of the latent constructs. Finally, the findings through PLS-SEM approach confirms that direct and significant relationship between total quality management, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational excellence, and organizational performance, respectively. Besides, some useful policy implications and study limitations are also discussed to determine the future directions of the upcoming studies.

The integrated effect of Kaizen and innovation culture on the police performance: an empirical investigation

PurposeLimited use of Kaizen practices in police agencies, together with very few studies that investigated the link between it and police performance, gives a gap and good indication to conduct this study. Thus, this study seeks to explore and examine this relationship through the lens of innovation culture as a mediating factor.Design/methodology/approachThis paper was based on a survey with 352 effective participants, including the head section officers of the Dubai Police in the UAE. A structural equation modelling technique was used for statistical analysis.FindingsResults indicate that Kaizen was positively associated with police performance. Innovation culture also plays a mediating role in the relationship between Kaizen and police performance.Originality/valueThis paper has theoretical and practical contributions. It is one of the first studies to create and test the direct and indirect associations between Kaizen and police performance, providing evidence on the mediating role of innovation culture with regard to Kaizen and performance in the policing field.

The impact of transformational leadership on risk management and Dubai police performance

Abstract Effective leadership is essential to manage potential risks facing the mission of law enforcement and improve the performance of police departments. While risk management by itself does not provide an adequate guarantee for an effective police operation, transformational leaders motivate, and inspire police officers to display high performance. Hence, the absence of effective risk management and transformational leadership may weaken police performance and potentially increase the risk to the work of police officers. Accordingly, this research aims to inspect the direct relationships between transformational leadership on risk management and police performance. Quantitative methods have been used to measure the strength of associations between these variables, simple random sampling has been adopted for the survey on a sample consisting of 307 police officers in the Dubai police department. The outcomes of the study showed that transformational leadership has a substantial effect on risk management and police performance, while age (moderator) has a significant impact on the choice of transformational leadership by the leader. These outcomes show the significance of the transformational leadership approach in the work of policing and explain why many law enforcement organizations increasingly rely on transformational leaders to reduce crime rates and improve the performance of the police.

Artificial Intelligence Innovation Related Factors Affecting Organizational Performance

Organisations paid more attentionto the innovations of artificial intelligence (AI)technology to improve the organizational performance. Hence, using AI-related innovations to support the organizationrequires understanding of factors affecting organizational performance. Thus, this paper presents the development of PLS-SEMmodelof AI-related innovations factors that affect the organisational performance. The study identified 21innovation AI-related factors that were clustered into four groups namely process innovation; management capabilities; personal expertise and organization structure.The model comprised of fourexogenous constructs of the innovationfactors and one endogenous construct of organisational performance. The data used to develop the model was derived from 384valid responses of a questionnaire survey amongst the employees of three government organizations in Dubai, which are Dubai Police, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Dewa, and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company. The survey adopted simple random sampling technique in respondents’ selection. The model was developed in SmartPLS software and was evaluated at the measurement and structural components of the model. It was found that the modelhas achieved its goodness-of-fit, GoF criteria of0.596which indicates that the model has substantial validating power. The hypothesis testing results found that three out of four relationships are significant which are having t-value and p-value above the cut-off values. The significant relationships are organization structure, personal expertise and process innovation. However, the unsignificant relationship ismanagement capabilities affecting the organisational performance. This is due to the characteristics of the collected data which is not strong enough to establish significant relationship as what have been hypothesized.The findings are contributions to any parties that involved in the application of AI innovation to improve organisational performance.

Domain-Driven Actionable Knowledge Discovery for Traffic Accidents Using Rules Induction

Due to the limitation of the methodologies of traditional data mining to satisfy business expectations, the shift from mining data-centered hidden patterns to domain-driven actionable knowledge discovery has become a significant direction of KDD research [22]. Traditional data mining algorithms and tools face major obstacles and challenges to solve real-life business problems and issues as they fail to provide actions that can be taken by people in business based on generated rules [22]. A small set of rules are generated by standard classification algorithms to form a classifier, but these classification algorithms use domain independent biases and heuristics [2]. This research aimed to propose a new approach to find actionable rules from sets of discovered rules. It focused on how a combination of traditional classification data mining and domain-driven data mining approach could be applied in solving real-life problems related to the field of traffic accidents in UAE. Real-life data were collected and pre-processed using the user’s existing knowledge and needs. Classification using Rules Induction was applied on the domain-driven dataset. The discovered rules from this technique were then summarized, combined, and analyzed. The final set of actionable rules from Classification technique for each class was then generated using a proposed interestingness method. To support such a process, the domain driven in-depth pattern discovery (DDID-PK) framework was followed [9]. Based on experimental results, the extracted domain-driven rules were more interesting and actionable than those produced by the traditional classification technique of data mining. In addition, the integration of data-centered classification technique of data mining to domain-driven approach of data mining and actionable knowledge discovery could help the Dubai police authority to reduce traffic accident severity by formulating new policies and traffic rules based on the domain-driven knowledge extracted from some hidden patterns from real data.

Illegal use of fertilized eggs outside the womb (A comparative study)

Illegal use of fertilized eggs outside the womb (A comparative study)

The intermediary role of organizational performance as a driver of total quality management and enterprise resource planning towards achieving organizational excellence: the moderating role of demographic factors

PurposeThe study's goal is to look at how total quality management (TQM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and organizational performance interact to affect organizational excellence.Design/methodology/approachA survey questionnaire research design was used to achieve the goal of this study through the hypothesized model. The information was obtained from a Dubai police organization. Out of 550 questionnaires, 320 questionnaires were returned. To analyze the data for measurement and structural models, the structural equation modeling (SEM) partial least squares method was used.FindingsThe statistical results confirmed the positive and significant effects of TQM and ERP on organizational performance. The mediation role of organizational performance between TQM, ERP and organizational excellence also was confirmed.Practical implicationsMore details and significant consequences have been explored in this study. The findings have a number of practical implications. The findings also assist practitioners and managers in making the best decisions while incorporating TQM, ERP and excellence practices in their organizations. Organizations will achieve optimum strong excellence and stay competitive in a competitive market by integrating the effects of TQM, ERP and organizational performance.Originality/valueThis study is another empirical investigation into the combined impact of TQM, ERP and performance on excellence relationships. In other words, the current study is one of the few that investigates the mediating role of organizational performance as a variable alongside organizational excellence as the ultimate variable in developing countries, specifically in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).