Gimcheon City Wins 'Excellence Award' at Korea Crime Prevention Awards Ceremony

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gimcheon City, Gyeongbuk Province, announced on the 29th that it received the Grand Prize at the '5th Korea Crime Prevention Awards' ceremony held at Hoam Art Hall in Seoul on the 28th, recognizing its continuous crime prevention activities through public-private-police cooperation.

Hosted by the National Police Agency, the 'Korea Crime Prevention Awards' has been held annually since 2016, targeting public institutions, social organizations, and companies that have made active efforts in crime prevention. This year, 28 organizations were selected out of about 250 applicants across four categories (local governments, social organizations, private companies and foundations, and women and youth-related institutions).

Gimcheon City was recognized for its achievements in continuously promoting projects such as the 'Hazardous Environment Improvement' project started in 2015, the enactment of the 'Crime Prevention Environmental Design Ordinance' the following year, 'Creating a Safe Community,' 'Pyeonghwa-dong Safe Village School,' and the 'Gimcheon City Integrated Control Center Operation.'

Gimcheon, a transportation hub with access to the Gyeongbu Expressway, high-speed rail, and KTX station, experienced an imbalance between the development of the new town and the decline of the old city area after 12 public institutions relocated there following the designation of the innovation city in 2005. Additionally, with a relatively high proportion of children and elderly population (32%) compared to the economically active population (68%), the need for protection of socially vulnerable groups and crime prevention has become more prominent.

Considering these regional characteristics, Gimcheon City has vigorously carried out projects to reduce crimes that undermine public livelihood, such as 'New Installation of Crime Prevention CCTV,' 'Creation of a Women-Friendly City,' and the 'Gamho District Urban Regeneration New Deal Project.'

Mayor Kim Chung-seop of Gimcheon said, "We have made great efforts with a long-term perspective, working together with public, private, police, and related institutions to create a safe city based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)." He added, "We will do our best to make 'Happy together Gimcheon,' a city where all citizens are safe and happy, taking this award as an opportunity."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.