Miryang-si Safely Rescues Missing Dementia Patients Using Intelligent CCTV System

Gyeongnam Miryang-si CCTV Integrated Control Center successfully rescued a missing dementia patient using an intelligent CCTV system. [Image source=Miryang-si]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] On the 24th, Miryang City in Gyeongnam announced that it quickly found a missing dementia wanderer reported to the Miryang Police Station on the 23rd through an intelligent high-speed search system and safely returned the person home.

The police received a report that dementia patient Mr. A (64 years old) went missing on the 20th. On the 21st at around 10 a.m., they visited the CCTV Integrated Control Center to check nearby CCTV around the residence and searched, but after Mr. A was seen at 11:30 a.m. on the 20th, he was no longer visible, making the search difficult.

Accordingly, based on the wanderer's information, the center expanded the search range using the intelligent high-speed search system from the 22nd and succeeded in tracking the wanderer's whereabouts by utilizing intelligent CCTV installed nearby, based on a witness statement who saw the missing person in Danjang-myeon on the 23rd.

Based on this information, the police conducted a neighborhood inquiry search and were able to safely find and return the wanderer home on the afternoon of the 23rd.

Kim Sang-gon, Director of the Safety and Disaster Management Division, said, "The effectiveness of intelligent CCTV was proven through this dementia wanderer search," and added, "We will do our best to further expand it so that control operators and police can quickly protect citizens' lives and property."

Meanwhile, the intelligent high-speed search system is an intelligent CCTV system introduced in the first half of this year with a project budget of 300 million KRW by the Miryang City CCTV Integrated Control Center, currently applied to 630 out of a total of 2,360 CCTVs.

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