According to his website, Al-Raisi joined the Abu Dhabi police force in 1980 as a member of the "burglar alarm branch".[3] He rose through the ranks to become General Director of Central Operations in 2005.[4] He received a BSc in computer science from Otterbein University in 1986, an diploma in police management from the University of Cambridge in 2004, an MBA from Coventry University in 2010 and a doctorate from London Metropolitan University in 2013.[3][5][6]