Busan Autonomous Police Security Living Lab Participant Recruitment ... Our Neighborhood Security Issue Resolution Project

3rd Year of Autonomous Police System Launch: Discovering Busan's Unique Features, Resident-Customized and Life-Closely Services

From April 11 to May 18, Teams of 3 or More Including Citizens, Organizations, Universities, and Related Agencies Can Ap

The Busan Autonomous Police Committee (Chairman Jeong Yong-hwan), together with the Busan Design Promotion Agency (Director Kang Pil-hyun), is publicly recruiting participants for the ‘2023 Busan Autonomous Police Security Living Lab Project,’ which aims to discover security service improvement policies that meet the diverse needs of citizens.

2023 Busan Autonomous Police Security Living Lab Contest Poster.

The ‘Security Living Lab Project’ is a security policy discovery project first launched nationwide in 2022 by the Busan Autonomous Police Committee. It is an idea contest project where community members directly participate in security administration to solve local security issues.

Citizens and organizations residing in Busan, as well as related institutions such as the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency (police stations), district and county offices, and university-industry cooperation groups located in Busan, can participate. Applications must be submitted as teams of three or more members.

Applications will be accepted from the 11th of this month until May 18th. To assist prospective participants, an explanatory session will be held on May 9th at 3 p.m. in the seminar room of the Busan Design Promotion Agency.

Among the submitted teams, about 10 teams will be selected based on evaluation of their project plans, and then 4 to 5 final teams will be chosen through interview assessments. These teams will proceed with experiments and research processes while receiving support such as expert mentoring, research project consulting, and advice from related institutions. Activity expenses necessary for project execution will also be provided to each team member.

The recruitment topics should relate to autonomous police affairs such as public safety, women and youth, and traffic, and must propose ideas for improvement and problem-solving.

In 2022, many proposals were received in the fields of public safety and traffic. This year, the focus will be on discovering security services aimed at protecting socially vulnerable groups such as children, youth, women, and the elderly.

In the 2022 Security Living Lab Project, 22 teams submitted various tasks, and through experiments and research, three project tasks were discovered and are currently being promoted as policies.

Jeong Yong-hwan, Chairman of the Busan Autonomous Police Committee, stated, “The first project in 2022 was highly effective not only in discovering security policies but also in promoting the autonomous police system. Although the Security Living Lab is still somewhat unfamiliar to citizens, if citizens from various social strata participate and take an interest in local security issues, it is expected that local security problems can be solved more easily.” He added, “This year as well, we will operate the Security Living Lab solidly to discover resident-customized and life-oriented security policies suited to local realities, and we will do our best to help the autonomous police system take root in the local community.”

For more details regarding the recruitment of Security Living Lab participants, please check the Busan Design Promotion Agency website or contact the Urban Public Design Team at the Busan Design Promotion Agency.

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