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Link: UAE: Police use multimedia messaging service to issue fines

Police’s Traffic Department issued more than 3,000 traffic fines using Multimedia Messaging Service of mobile phones. Brigadier Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, director of the department, said the system of using mobile phones to issue fines electronically was launched by the Chief of Dubai Police and the system is considered a qualitative leap in providing fast electronic services and supporting traffic police’s job. The method saves time and effort compared to issuing paper fines. He said the department issued a total of 3,126 fines using mobile phones. The traffic police use mobile phones to take digital pictures or videos of offending cars, especially for offences such as jumping red signals, parking in places allocated for people with special needs and other offences.