Security

From Alhannah

darouvichi You are strongly encouraged to register with the embassy of the country of your citizenship as soon as possible after arriving in Doha. HR will give you the information and website in your orientation meeting. Employees and spouses names will be entered into the CMU-Q warden communication phone tree and you will be assigned to a warden who will be responsible for calling you (which is why you are to leave your cell phones on at all times) in case of an emergency.

There are police cars around all over the place and sitting in roundabouts. Sometimes they are there to help with rush hour traffic, sometimes they are there to close roundabouts when the Emir or Sheikha are moving around town. The closures (the ones near Education City are particularly prone to this) last for only a few minutes, and you get the thrill of seeing the phalanx of large, black SUVs surrounding the Emirâ??s car go flying by.

Doha is a relatively safe place to live. The western compounds all have gate security. Visitors will need to leave their name, and sometimes photo ID, and give the number of the villa they will be visiting.