Dubai Police seized 1,644 vehicles wanted for either criminal or traffic offences in the past 11 months by using roof-mounted cameras on patrol vehicles, according to a top police official.
 
Colonel Saif Muhair Al Mazroui, Director, Traffic, Dubai Police, said the cameras are installed on the siren lights of patrol vehicles are operational at all times.
 
The hi-tech cameras record the licence plates of vehicles, irrespective of whether they are in motion or not, and forwards them to Dubai Police database, thereby, alerting police on the wanted vehicles, Col. Mazroui explained.
 
Of the 1,664 wanted vehicles that the roof-mounted hi-tech camera helped seize, 573 were wanted for traffic offences and 1,091 vehicles were wanted for criminal offense, Col. Mazroui said.
 
In May 305 vehicles were seized; 231 in June; 198 in April; 191 in July; 173 in November; 136 in March… he said and added that the cameras tracked in total about 3,993,279) vehicles in 11 months.