United Arab Emirates · Government · traffic safety and law enforcement
Commercial vehicle tracking at national scale for Dubai Police
Dubai Police required tracking across commercial vehicles in the UAE, including vicinity reconstruction after an accident, driver behaviour monitoring and remote vehicle control. Find'n'Secure was selected after evaluation.
- 100,000s
- Vehicle capacity on one platform
- Self-hosted
- Operated by Dubai Police
- Web + mobile
- Operator access
About Dubai Police General HQ
Dubai Police Force was established on 01 June 1956 and was the first Arab police force to use GPS and to apply patrol location technique, ahead of many European and American forces. It is chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.
Original documentCase study issued 08 May 2014.
Business challenge
- Tracking technology on all commercial vehicles in the UAE.
- After an accident, identify which vehicles were in the vicinity at the time.
- Raise traffic safety, monitor driver behaviour and manage commercial fleets centrally.
- Remote control of a vehicle where the situation requires it.
- Reduce a rising number of vehicle theft cases.
What we delivered
- Software capable of carrying hundreds of thousands of vehicles on a single platform.
- Deep customisation to Dubai Police's specific operational requirements.
- Hosted by Dubai Police on their own infrastructure.
- Android and iOS applications alongside the web console.
Architecture
- Horizontally scalable ingestion tier sized for national commercial-vehicle volumes.
- Spatial and temporal queries to reconstruct which assets were near a location at a point in time.
- Command channel for remote actions on supported devices, with authorisation and audit on every command.
Implementation
- A Find'n'Secure demonstration with Embarc technical support helped the local system integrator win the contract.
- Delivered jointly by Embarc and the integrator, implementing every requirement raised.
- A traffic module was planned so the RTA could predict road traffic and broadcast advisories to drivers over FM radio.
Results
- A platform sized for national commercial-vehicle coverage rather than a departmental pilot.
- Accident vicinity reconstruction available from recorded telemetry.
- Driver behaviour and theft response handled in one system.