Dubai
Dubai Police & Dubai Sports Council organize the Sports Stadiums Security Forum in the Presence of Representatives from the Ministry of Interior and Security & Sports Entities.
The 5th Sports Stadiums Security Forum reviewed the importance of common collaboration between the various security & sports entities to maintain fans’ safety & happiness, ensure their smooth entry & exit from stadiums and motivate them to support their favorite teams in a positive manner.
The Forum was organized by Dubai Police & Dubai Sports Council (DSC), under title “Stadiums Security is a Common Responsibility”.
The Stadiums Security Forum was held in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Interior, Police leaders from Abu Dhabi, Dubai & the other Emirates, besides representatives from the UAE Football Association, UAE Pro League & professional clubs in the State, media’s representatives who were keen to attend the Forum & send positive messages to sports fans.
The Forum was inaugurated by H.E. Saeed Hareb, the Secretary General of DSC, who confirmed that all parties are responsible to ensure our sports fans’ happiness & safety and to provide them with adequate atmosphere to support their favorite teams in a positive way.
H.E. Saeed Hareb stated: “The Forum’s Title (i.e. Stadium Security is a Common Responsibility) represents a convenient solution to enable our stadiums appear in their best & most beautiful forms, in terms of fans’ happiness & safety besides their smooth entry/exit from stadiums.
He added: “You are all invited to share your opinion and to review the best practices aiming to reach the best model for our stadiums, since the success of work is related to proper communication among all parties and presentation of the best solutions which meet our current situation and the nature of fans & quality of life in our homeland”.
H.E. Major General Abdulla Al-Ghaithi, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Operations Affairs & Chairman of Events Security Committee in Dubai Police, remarked, “Our common aim in UAE is to spread happiness among all public & fans. This goal can be attained when all respective parties are adhered to the sports spirit. Our wise leadership has taught us to respect all parties & to be fair with them. Therefore, today we focus on the eminent role of the stadiums security officer, who is assigned to attain security & safety in the facility and to maintain the safety of fans of both teams in the stadium. He deals with all difficulties in the stadium & work to solve problems among fans. All parties should respect each other and should not distort the image of the rivaling team regardless to the matches’ results. The facility security officer should be aware of all respective matters. Our role is to collaborate & support this officer and help him to present his tasks perfectly, so that sports championships can meet all respective goals”.
Dubai Police & DSC are keen to organize fruitful forums & workshops consistently in collaboration with various national entities, and to attract international experts, who have attained successes in this field, to develop the sports entities sector and support ways of adopting proper decisions through appropriate solutions & approval of administrative regulations, based on information & precise