The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a multiple and coordinated police structure. In the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of Interior is charged with the control and supervision of the police in each of the seven emirates that make up the nation. Each of the emirates own a police unit and they exercise supervision over the police stations. The local police are semi-autonomous. The police unit is responsible for the maintenance of internal security while the Federal Armed Forces concern themselves with external security. Similarly, the United States police structure is also of a decentralized nature and operates at three levels. The decentralized nature of policing demonstrates itself in the various agencies at the federal, state and county level. The federal law enforcement officers are mandated with the responsibility of enforcing the law at the federal level. State police or highway patrol suffice for purposes of enforcement of law and conduct investigations at the state level. In addition, at the county level, law enforcement duties lie with sheriff departments and the county police.
In the United Arab Emirates, the police force acts under instructions from one General Commander and has fifteen departments. Some of the various departments include the general department of operations, E-services, Criminal investigation, Traffic, Human Resources, Punitive establishment, Finance, Airports security and Administrative affairs. Besides the police presence at the federal, state and the county level, there are specialized police departments in the United States. These specialized police departments include the campus police, transit police, airport police and school district police among others. Further, police in the UAE are trained at the Police Academy where they are equipped with skills of combating crime. The functions of the police in the UAE are distinct from those in the United States owing to the low crime rates in the country
References
Cole, G. F., & Smith, C. (2008). The American System ofCriminal Justice. New York: Wadsworth Learning.
Kibble, N., & Al Shaali, K. (2006). Policing and Police Accountability in the UAE: The Case for Reform. Arab Law Quarterly, 272-303.
