Jeju Police Establish Measures to Ensure Park Safety

Published 05 Apr.2022 10:57(KST)

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Jeju Police Agency (Chief Go Gi-cheol) announced on the 5th that it has established a ‘Park Safety Assurance Plan’ in anticipation of an increase in visitors to ‘parks’ due to the easing of social distancing and the spring outing season.

Parks are places where residents and tourists can always feel safe. Given the characteristics of tourism in Jeju, maintaining ‘order and safety’ in parks is a community police task tailored to local characteristics. The plan aims to promote ‘park safety assurance’ through environmental improvements and customized activities based on types of 112 emergency calls.

Jeju Police analyzed 112 emergency calls and the five major crimes at 252 parks across the province using a geographic profiling system, classifying them into ‘Park Safety Grades (Vulnerable, Concern, Attention)’ according to trends.

Focusing on parks classified as vulnerable, joint crime prevention diagnoses will be conducted with local governments, inspecting, improving, and supplementing facilities such as CCTV, lighting, and emergency bells in public restrooms, actively promoting environmental improvements.

In particular, by analyzing 112 emergency calls for parks within each police station’s jurisdiction, the police will identify peak reporting times and types, implementing tailored policies accordingly. They also plan to carry out proactive and preventive patrol activities with a ‘selective and focused’ approach, such as ‘resident-oriented flexible patrols.’

The community police unit will strengthen cooperation by revising the business agreement to allow some parks to be assigned as responsibility zones within feasible limits, expanding roles to include 24-hour on-site duty for park safety assurance and proactive initial responses to crimes occurring within those zones.

A Jeju Police official said, “With the implementation of the community policing system, we will provide security services reflecting local characteristics and do our best to create ‘safe parks,’ which are resting spaces for residents and a measure of the ‘Tourism Jeju’ image.”