Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha'far, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior and Chairman of the Permanent Higher Committee for Internal Security at the Ministry of Interior has chaired the committee's meeting recently held at the Dubai police officers club. 

The meeting was attended by Major General Abdul Aziz Maktoum Al Shareefi, Director General of Preventive Security at the Ministry Of Interior; Major General Jassim Mohammed Al Marzouqui, Commander General of Civil Defense; Major General Ali Abdullah Al Olwan, Commander- in-Chief of Ras Al Khaimah Police, Major General Mohammed Ahmed bin Ghanim, Commander-in-chief of Al Fujairah; Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Criminal Investigation; Brigadier Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed Al Mualla, Commander-in-chief of Umm Al Quwain Police; Brigadier Saif Mohammed Al Zarri, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police; Brigadier Faris Khalifa Al Farsi, Director General of Central Operations at Ministry of Interior, Brigadier Staff Abdul-Aziz Al Hajeri, Commander of Special Security Forces; brigadier Abdullah Al Hamrani; Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ajman Police, members of the committee and a number of police officers from the Ministry of Interior.

A number of issues have been discussed at the meeting, including the previous decisions, the programs, training courses and internal security drills, in addition to the future projects and plans as well as other topics listed on the agenda.

Formed by a resolution issued by Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, the Permanent Higher Committee for Internal Security comprises all the police and civil defense chiefs and directors across the UAE. They meet periodically to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation and sharing information and expertise on issues related to the internal security.