Yangcheon-gu CCTV Selected Surveillance Nighttime Burglary Incident On-Site Arrest

Last year introduced Yangcheon U-Integrated Control Center's 'Selective Control System'... Theft incident around 2 AM on the 2nd immediately reported to local police by control operator

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Around 3 a.m. on the 2nd, a man loitering in a restaurant parking lot was captured on the monitor of a CCTV control operator at the Yangcheon U-Integrated Control Center (88-gil 5-7, Nambusunhwan-ro).

The control operator, noticing the man walking back and forth near stacked goods in the parking lot during the early morning hours when everyone was asleep, sensed something unusual. The operator immediately informed the police officer stationed at the control center and simultaneously notified the local police station by phone, requesting a prompt dispatch.

While the police officer was en route from the local police station, the control operator’s monitor showed live footage of the man moving the goods to a wall and stealing them. The control center focused on tracking the man through CCTV, shared the information with local police, and the suspect was arrested on the spot. The incident was resolved within 25 minutes of occurrence.

Yangcheon District (Mayor Kim Soo-young) was selected in 2019 for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s “Smart City Integrated Platform Construction Project” and has been working to build an urban safety network by linking information in various fields such as crime prevention, disaster prevention, and traffic centered on the Integrated Control Center.

Last year, the U-Integrated Control Center was completed, enabling organic sharing of related information through CCTV with relevant agencies such as the police and fire department, allowing for rapid response in emergency situations.

The district operates a total of 3,136 crime prevention CCTV cameras at 965 locations, with three control operators monitoring them at all times. To compensate for the insufficient number of operators compared to the number of CCTV cameras, the district introduced a “Selective Monitoring System” last year.

The Selective Monitoring System uses intelligent video analysis technology to filter and display only footage with movement of objects such as people and vehicles on the operator’s monitor. This system played the most significant role in the arrest of the suspect in the recent nighttime theft case.

This selective monitoring not only reduces crime rates and increases arrest rates but also minimizes monitoring gaps caused by conventional sequential visual monitoring by displaying only selected footage, thereby reducing the burden on operators and improving efficiency.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon District, said, “To create a sustainable safe city, we are considering expanding the Selective Monitoring System, currently applied to 1,983 CCTV cameras, to all CCTV cameras. We expect that through this system, police and control operators will be able to quickly grasp situations and take follow-up actions, greatly contributing to the improvement of local public safety.”

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