Prof. Mamdooh began making contributions towards understanding Police Science in the Arab World in 1998. One of the few experts interested in police science in the Arab world where he published many studies, research, and books in the field of criminal justice, administration, security, and police science as many as 95kinds of research for use as a reference on the scholarship, leadership, and services. But what is also amazing is how the efforts of one person, one particular person, can truly make a difference in addressing this problem. Dr. Mamdooh is an accomplished expert in the field of police administration, criminal justice, and security.
The idea and dedication started in working as a Police Officer in Egypt and as a Law Enforcement Specialist in Qatar – From 1976 to 1998, he dedicated himself to developing the police system, police training, and reform the police education- aims to provide life-changing interventions reaching as many people as possible with special emphasis on targeting to understand Police Science academically in the international and local level.
The ambition, intelligence, innovation, and accomplishments complement precisely his outstanding leadership and tireless efforts in addressing the call and impart his knowledge and expertise in the academic sector on scholarship, leadership, and service.
From 1998 to 2016, he was an expert in the management of the Police Research Centre in Sharjah and was responsible for human resources management, logistics, plans development, and the center’s operations. At the time, he helped the center to receive many awards in scientific research, the most prominent of which is the Police Research and Development Award in 2014. He also helped the Sharjah police to develop the police system and reform the police education and criminal justice system of which our Minister of Interior's Excellence Award in 2013 and Al-Sheikh Muhammad bin Rashid Award for Government Excellence in 2014. Helped Sharjah Security Zone to come in the first place and receive Government Excellence Award in 2014. Was responsible for the file of partnership management in Minister of Interior's Excellence Award for 3 years, and reached, in cooperation with police, third place in 2013 and 2014.
In his affiliation in Sharjah Police in the United Arab Emirates, as the Chief Editor of the Police Ideology Journal “Alfikra Alshurti” since 2008, which is an internationally-distributed indexed refereed scientific journal dealing with police science, in 2015, it received ISO9001:2008, this certificate was created in coordination with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in London, UK. It is the first journal to receive this certificate in the world. While being the Chief Editor of the journal, Dr. Mamdooh was able to raise the journal’s level to join the most prominent indexed refereed scientific journals, to register it in Academic Journals Database Abstracts, to grant its researches a digital object identifier (DOI), ISSN, E-ISSN, Ulrich Periodicals Directory, CC By – NC- ND 3.0, Quick Response Code, and to involve 672 researchers from different countries and 995 research in Arabic and English.
In 2013, Prof. Mamdooh founded the International Police Science Association (IPSA), a non-profit organization dedicated to building a greater understanding of police science with particular emphasis on the policing benefits of law enforcement. He has presented programs about the Association which focuses on the major projects of the World Internal Security and Police Index (WISPI). The index is executed by experts and scholars specialized in security, crime, mathematics, statistics, administration, politics, economics, psychology, and sociology in association with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) and the International Police Science Association (IPSA) with the support of Sharjah Police. The first iteration of the Index involves 127 countries. The initial results were announced on 24 November 2017at the United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. It has an intellectual property rights protection patent. (www.ipsa-police.org)
To encourage and uplift the services and innovation in the police world, Dr. Mamdooh, the creation of international awards in three categories: Police practices and social relations, Police researches & development, Innovation in the police. These awards are given by the International Police Science Association (IPSA) once every 3 years or so.
Because of these efforts, Dr. Mamdooh received many local and regional awards, the most prominent of which are the Supremacy in Police Administration Award in 1976; the shield of Scientific Excellence in Police Science in 1980; the shield of Ideal Employee in 2011, 2012, and 2013 received from Sharjah police; medal of Occupational Excellence Achievement received from the minister of interior in Emirates in 2014, and medal of excellence received from his highness the governor of Sharjah in 2014. Recently, in 2015, Dr. Mamdooh received the international award for Criminologia.it at a ceremony held at the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) for his efforts in developing police science and for his vision in restructuring police agencies in terms of training and education systems; regulatory structure; academic and occupational specialization; and responsibilities redistribution between police agencies, different government sectors, and private sector.
Presently, he is affiliated with the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences as a Professor and Consultant in the College of Criminal Justice, Department of Police Science. He makes a change in the education system. The University is one of the 13 centers around the world that are collectively part of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program Network. NAUSS specializes in advanced security-related studies at the postgraduate level in the form of diplomas, master’s degrees, and doctorate programs. NAUSS also offers other security-related diplomas and training courses. Prof. Mamdooh develop the Criminal Justice education system and established the criminology college to give the individual in the Arab world a chance to understand the system of education internationally.
Prof. Mamdooh obtained a Ph.D. degree in Police Sciences and SJD degree in Law 2015 and a Professorate Degree in Administration of Police Sciences and Law Enforcement in 2007. He served in policy positions in Egypt for 19 years and in advisory positions in the field of police, security, and law enforcement in Qatar for 7 years, the UAE for 18 years, and the USA for 6 years. He has participated in over 185 seminars, workshops, and conferences. He has worked as a lecturer, trainer, professor, and researcher in Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Italy, the United States, and Japan in the specialties of police management, criminal justice, security management, terrorism, police, and law. In addition, he is a registered and licensed lawyer before the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt. He is also a foreign affairs attorney registered in Florida State, USA. Currently, he works as a professor in police administration and law enforcement and is a consultant to Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prof. Mamdooh is an internationally known Police Sciences and law enforcement specialist and a leader in one of the international associations and a member of many major international associations of Security and criminology. He is also on the editorial boards of numerous international academic journals including journals of police and Criminology.
