Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) yesterday inaugurated the new website “Policeman My Friend”, which aims to promote traffic awareness among children and enhance their awareness of traffic culture in general.
The Director of Traffic Awareness Department at the Ministry of Interior Colonel Mohammed Radi Al Hajri, explained that the launching of the website with such capabilities and information serves traffic awareness, in particular, and awareness in general, and works to break the barrier between children and police as the website is full of children-friendly characters.
Al Hajri stressed that spreading traffic awareness among children is one of the goals of the Department, through the delivery of awareness message, among children and the rest of the family members.
He pointed out that as children are the next generation of road users, whether they are pedestrians or drivers, paying attention to them has future advantages for traffic safety, adding that spreading traffic awareness is not only the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior, but a shared responsibility for all segments of society.
For his part, the Assistant Director of Public Relations Department of MoI Major Mubarak Salem Al Buainain said that the Ministry of Interior is always keen on keeping up with modernisation and continuous development of its awareness tools and employing modern technologies to serve the security.
The launch of the new website is a confirmation of these efforts to raise awareness among children as future leaders, he said.
The Head of the research and studies section in the Public Relations Department at MoI, Sheikha Al Anoud bint Faisal Al Thani, said that the website, which was launched is an electronic window containing many cultural activities that suit children and meet their need for knowledge, in order to teach and educate them through playing and to participate in interactive activities in the so-called (fun learning).
She pointed out that the website aims to strengthen the role of the police and its noble message in the minds of children and develop a sense of security among them, noting that the content of the website includes expressive stories and children’s creations and content related to policemen in the country to devote the concept of real citizenship in children. The inauguration of the website took place in the traffic village at the General Directorate of Traffic.
