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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, August 28th 2014

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police called for increasing community-based efforts to reduce traffic accidents.

Colonel Hamad Nasser Al Bloushi, Head of Peripheral Regions Traffic Department at the directorate, stressed that ensuring traffic safety is a significant challenge for police entities, who are in charge of enforcing the laws enacted to protect the lives and safety of all road users; motorists, passengers and pedestrians alike. Colonel Al Bloushi also called for mobilizing efforts in collaboration with the various sectors of society in order to reduce accidents and their resulting fatalities, and achieve the highest levels of traffic safety.

These remarks were made by Colonel Hamad Nasser Al Bloushi at the ceremony organized by Al Ain Traffic Section on Wednesday. The ceremony was held to honor individuals, partners and collaborators, in recognition of their valuable cooperation in the traffic awareness activities and events organized during the Traffic Week events.

Colonel Al Bloushi indicated that this accolade is an acknowledgement from the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ of the efforts and support provided by the various institutions, companies and schools to promote traffic awareness. “They were role models to emulate in their cooperation and coordination with the Al Ain Traffic Section to ensure the success of the various awareness-raising activities, namely the exhibitions, lectures and traffic villages,” he indicated.

Adding further, Colonel Al Bloushi said that this accolade represents an incentive to encourage these entities to exert further cooperation and interaction. It also motivates others to follow in their footsteps to achieve the common goals, notably traffic safety for all, as well as to promote traffic awareness among all segments of society.

For their part, the honorees expressed their heartfelt appreciation for this tribute from the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police. The ceremony was attended by Colonel Jamal Juma Habash, Head of the Security Inspection Department (“K9”); Major Salah Abdullah Al Hemairi, Acting Head of Al Ain Traffic Section; Major Matar Abdullah Al Muhairi; as well as a number of officers, non-commissioned officers and honored entities.

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Contacts

The UAE Minister of Interior's General Secretariat, Tactical Affairs and Security Media Department

Abu Dhabi Police GHQ - Security Media

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