Gwangju Police Launch Full-Scale Effort to Ensure Public Safety During Chuseok Holiday

Comprehensive Security Measures to Be Implemented Until the 4th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju police plan to make every effort to ensure safe and peaceful public security during the Chuseok holiday.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency (Chief Kim Gyotae) announced on the 21st that it will implement a "Comprehensive Public Security Plan for the Chuseok Holiday" until the 4th of next month.

The special traffic management period will begin on the 25th.

Especially this Chuseok, with high concerns about the resurgence of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), traditional crime prevention activities such as robbery, theft, and domestic violence will be carried out along with support for Gwangju Metropolitan City's "Special Quarantine Measures," including surprise inspections of self-quarantine subjects and joint inspections by local governments of high-risk facilities such as entertainment bars.

To this end, a rapid response team (119 personnel per day including detectives and women’s police) will be organized and operated.

In addition, detailed crime prevention diagnostics will be conducted for 1,766 cash-heavy businesses (convenience stores 947, jewelry stores 251, financial institutions 568) and "areas densely populated with one-room and multi-family housing," along with publicity on prevention tips against voice phishing, which has been increasing recently in face-to-face fraud cases.

Considering that the analysis of domestic violence cases reported to 112 during last year’s Chuseok holiday showed an increase of 51.4% from an average of 14.4 cases per day throughout the year to 21.8 cases during the holiday, a full monitoring of households at risk of domestic violence recurrence will be conducted before the Chuseok holiday, actively responding by utilizing risk assessment forms and making emergency temporary measures decisions.

Traffic will be managed in stages to ensure safety and smooth flow.

In the first stage, from the 25th to the 28th, police officers will be preemptively deployed to congested areas such as traditional markets and large marts, focusing on traffic flow management.

In the second stage, from the 29th to the 4th of next month, efforts will focus on quickly resolving traffic congestion factors mainly at 15 major intersections expected to be crowded with vehicles traveling to and from hometowns and visiting ancestral graves.

A Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency official said, "To prevent crimes and ensure traffic flow during Chuseok, police mobile units (3 male units and 1 female unit) and 2 auxiliary police companies will be concentrated in local stations and congested intersections," adding, "We will organize all police officers in groups of one-fifth during the holiday period to respond swiftly to emergencies and do our best to secure peaceful public security during Chuseok."

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