Yoon Hee-geun Visits KAIST to Accelerate 'Scientific Policing'... Launches Senior Officials Capacity Building Program

Expansion of KAIST Science and Public Security Research Center

The National Police Agency and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on the 26th that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand the training of specialized personnel in scientific policing.

Police Chief Yoon Hee-geun is signing a business agreement during a visit to the Moonji Campus of KAIST in Daejeon on the 26th.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, visited the Munji Campus of KAIST in Daejeon to sign the memorandum of understanding. They agreed to strengthen research cooperation to expand the Scientific Policing Research Center. Additionally, they decided to form a Scientific Policing Innovation Committee to faithfully implement the terms of the agreement.

Commissioner Yoon stated, "Considering the pace of scientific and technological development, if we fail to proactively respond to new types of crimes and risk factors that threaten national development and public safety, the damage to the public will inevitably increase. This will serve as an opportunity for the pioneering future policing policies promoted by the National Police Agency to advance to the next level."

KAIST President Lee Kwang-hyung said, "Policing is a key indicator that determines a nation's credibility and the last bastion protecting public safety. The safer the country, the stronger the foundation for its future. We will actively provide KAIST's research capabilities and scientific technology platforms," he promised.

A "Scientific Policing Research and Development (R&D) Capacity Enhancement Program," aimed at senior police officers at the rank of Superintendent General and above, will also be established at KAIST to apply advanced scientific technologies to policing in the field.

The program is planned to be operated annually for about 200 senior police officers over six years until 2028. This year, 220 officers will be trained over four sessions. The first session, which began on this day, included 49 participants, comprising 3 Senior Superintendents and 46 Superintendent Generals. The training focuses on understanding the Fourth Industrial Revolution and changes in the future policing environment, as well as new types of crimes arising from advances in cutting-edge scientific technologies.

Afterwards, Commissioner Yoon visited Rainbow Robotics Co., Ltd., a domestic robot development company, to observe demonstrations of robots under development, including quadruped robots and collaborative robots.

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