Ministry to have e-link with private security firms

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Interior will launch a new integrated electronic system to link the ministry, private security firms in the UAE and the National Security Institute under the ministry.

The department at the ministry that regulates the private security firms in the country is implementing the project that will streamline training of private security personnel, licensing, and communication between the department and firms, a senior official said in a statement.

Lt Colonel Saeed Obaid Al Shamsi, director of private security firms regulator at the Ministry of Interior, said the project was expected to complete by the end of 2016. It would make the procedures related to private security firms more efficient and smoother, he said. 
The department is preparing criteria for the classification of 47 security firms operating in the UAE.

About 32,000 private security personnel enrolled in the National Security Institute from January to the end of August this year. The institute offered around 1,014 specialised training courses during the same period.