Police Launch Full-Scale Project Applying Scientific Security in the Field... Verifying Statement Truthfulness Through Brainwaves

Seodaemun-gu Police Agency, Seoul. Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The National Police Agency announced on the 11th that it will fully launch the "Science Policing Public Research Outcome Commercialization Promotion Pilot Project" (hereinafter referred to as the Science Policing Commercialization Project), jointly promoted with the Ministry of Science and ICT. The Science Policing Commercialization Project is a program that supports the practical resolution of issues in policing sites by commercializing public research outcomes.

The police and the Ministry of Science and ICT will start the Science Policing Commercialization Project in the basic and fundamental research fields this month. To this end, the two organizations communicated with on-site police officers to design the project model, concretized the technology commercialization plan, and selected three tasks through a competitive final evaluation. The three selected tasks are ▲ development of brainwave-based statement truth verification testing techniques and advanced convergence equipment ▲ development of IP cameras blocking security issues based on quantum technology ▲ development of traffic enforcement equipment and operation platforms based on video analysis technology. The research outcomes will be linked to the Ministry of Science and ICT's innovative product designation system, and when selected as innovative products, the National Police Agency plans to prioritize purchasing them for application in the field.

The Science Policing Commercialization Project was promoted in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and ICT as the National Police Agency recognized the need to enhance policing capabilities using advanced science and technology, such as crime prediction and development of investigation techniques and equipment, due to the recent increase in new types of crimes in the policing field, such as cryptocurrency and digital financial fraud. It is broadly divided into short-term policing research and development technology commercialization, which applies technologies at technology readiness levels 5 to 6 to policing sites within two years, and basic and fundamental research outcome policing technology commercialization, which discovers promising basic and fundamental research outcomes and links them to technology commercialization.

A National Police Agency official said, "As crime methods rapidly become more intelligent and advanced by riding on rapid social changes and crime spaces move to virtual spaces, changes in the policing environment are urgent," adding, "It is expected that the joint implementation of the Science Policing Commercialization Project by the two ministries will contribute to strengthening policing capabilities and revitalizing the policing industry."

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