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It its attempt to catch up with technology Dubai Police have allotted a special pin number (27875985) for all BlackBerry (BB) users to receive awareness messages.
The move comes following the directives of the Dubai police chief, Dhahi Khalfan to use advanced technology in providing awareness to public, reported Khaleej Times.
Around 1,100 BlackBerry users have already added the police’s pin number and started receiving messages, said Captain Salih Abdul Rahman, Director of the awareness department at Dubai Police.
He added that the move is aimed at conveying such messages instantly to the largest number of people possible and to reach out to youth, with whom BB is very popular.
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