SecurePath, a vehicle tracking solution hosted by the Security Industry Regulatory Authority (SIRA) is becoming mandatory in the emirate of Sharjah. The decision was formally announced by the SIRA authorities to the SecurePath integrators last week. The official announcement is expected in a couple of weeks. As per the decision, all Rent A Cars in the emirate of Sharjah will be required to be registered under the SecurePath whereby the vehicles can be remotely tracked by the authorities if required. The Rent A Car companies will have to get the GPS tracking devices fixed in their cars through an approved SecurePath vendor. Once a car is integrated with the SecurePath software, a unique tracker ID is generated by the system which identifies the vehicle in the system. A Certificate is issued to the Rent A Car company which declares that the vehicle is registered in the SecurePath system. Only on producing this certificate can a vehicle have its registration renewed. The certificate is also required for registering a new car with the vehicle registration authority. In the case of newly purchased vehicles, the chassis number (VIN) of the vehicle can be used to integrate the vehicle into the SecurePath system. The vehicle owner is supposed to update the system with the registration number as soon as the vehicle is registered. Once the vehicle is activated in the SecurePath system, the tracking should not be disabled at any point in time. If on a random checking by the authorities it is found that the tracker has been removed or tampered with heavy penalties and legal action will be taken against the owner of the car. Gredenza International Security & Surveillance Services LLC is an approved SecurePath vendor in Dubai and was instrumental in installing GPS trackers in thousands of vehicles ever since the SecurePath project was announced in Dubai in 2014.