Korean Police's Cutting-Edge Technology Expands Globally... 'Public Security Big Data Analysis System' Transferred to Jordan

Utilizing Geographic Profiling for Crime Prevention and Suspect Apprehension

Police Agency building.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] South Korean police are transferring cutting-edge technologies used in actual crime prevention and suspect apprehension to foreign police forces.

The National Police Agency and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) announced on the 7th that they have agreed to promote the "Jordan Police Big Data-Based Integrated Security Information Management System Construction Project (ODA)."

This project is the first case of transferring the Korean National Police Agency's security big data analysis system to foreign police. By 2025, a total of 7.5 billion KRW will be invested to integrate the Jordan Police Agency's dispersed crime statistics systems and support the use of crime occurrence prediction and geographic correlation analysis (profiling) for crime prevention and suspect apprehension.

The geographic profiling system (GeoPros) developed by the Korean National Police Agency is a smart security system that combines various crime information data with electronic maps to analyze key crime occurrence areas and crime-vulnerable areas by crime type in a three-dimensional manner. Introduced in 2009, it has been used to establish specialized prevention policies by region and crime type and to apprehend suspects.

Before proceeding with the project, the National Police Agency conducted an online lecture for the Jordan Police from the 4th for four days on the theme of "Utilization of Security Data Systems and Crime Prevention." Lieutenant General Hateem Tarawneh of the Jordan Police Agency, who participated in the training course, said, "The Jordan Police have great interest in security systems linked with information and communication technologies (ICT) such as big data," and added, "The Korean National Police Agency has proactively introduced and utilized various information technologies (IT), including big data analysis, in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, so we hope for continuous exchanges in the future."

The National Police Agency plans to share Korea's police big data analysis system with police agencies in various countries, starting with the Jordan project. Earlier in August, during an investigative training course for the Philippine police, Korean big data utilization investigative techniques and the geographic profiling system were introduced, and the Philippine National Police requested support for system construction.

Considering the need for protection of overseas nationals and international security cooperation, the National Police Agency is reviewing plans to export Korean security systems utilizing information and communication technologies to various security cooperation countries such as the Philippines, Uzbekistan, and Guatemala.

Im Yong-hwan, Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the National Police Agency, emphasized, "The National Police Agency will establish strong security cooperation relationships with foreign police so that our citizens and companies can be protected with the same level of legal rights overseas as in Korea," and added, "Especially for countries with unstable security, the National Police Agency will share its security technologies and systems to ensure a stable level of protection for overseas nationals."

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