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attending an accident and writing a police report. Without this report, vehicle repairs cannot be carried out in
Sharjah. Minor accidents can also be reported through the Rafid smart app, if app users complete the report without requiring a Rafid officer to attend, the fee is reduced to Dhs385. A 14-man contact center supports the Rafid service, which aims to respond to Sharjah's some 300 daily minor accidents within 15 minutes. Rafid officers are not policemen.
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A number of online services are managed by
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The 50 vehicles of the Rafid traffic accident patrol (there are 120 Rafid officers) were launched in May 2018 and replaced the previous Saeed service, attending minor traffic incidents and producing police reports. Supported by a mobile Rafid application, the Rafid patrol charges a fee of Dhs440 for
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Part of the remit of the CID is online crime in
Sharjah. In 2015/16 alone, 214 cases were registered and 239 suspects were taken into custody for online crimes, ranging from bank account fraud to blackmail. Cybercrime or fraud is punishable in the UAE under federal law No 5 of 2012 with 'a prison
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Sharjah. Sheikh Khalid appointed a British officer to lead the force, a Jordanian officer as a deputy, and 50 men of his personal guard in November 1966. Sharjah Police Force was then officially established in September 1967 by a decree
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term of not less than one year and/or a fine of not less than Dhs250,000 and not more than Dhs1 million'. In 2016, Sharjah Police held a forum on cybercrime and in 2018 the force embarked on a major awareness campaign to warn young people of the dangers of online extortion through social media.
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and the UAE in general is extremely low, Sharjah Police have conducted a wide range of operations against narcotics smugglers, including the seizure of 19 kg of heroin leading to the arrest of six smugglers in July 2018. A further haul the same month yielded 20 kilograms of hashish, 1,300
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Sharjah Police magazine, Al Shurti, is a monthly bulletin. A quarterly title, Al Fikr Al Shurti, is also published. A radio show dedicated to issues of public security, Aman Ya Beladi, runs on Sharjah Radio and a TV programme also runs on Sharjah Television.
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