Showing posts with label UAE; Dubai; Police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UAE; Dubai; Police. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Dubai Cops Want To Phone Public To See Why They’re Unhappy


© Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Receiving a phone call from the police out of the blue may be disconcerting. However, Dubai is getting officers to call members of the public who are unhappy to establish the reasons why, according to AP. Dubai wants to move up the rankings of the world’s happiest cities and back into the top 10 by 2021. The city launched an online survey earlier in October aimed at finding out what the public does and doesn’t like. 

Dubai police sent text messages to residents in the city. There was just one question in Arabic and English: ‘Are you happy in Dubai?’