Eunpyeong-gu Establishes CPTED Council to Respond to Indiscriminate Crimes

Establishing 'CPTED Council' with Police Stations to Strengthen Rapid and Systematic Crime Prevention Cooperation
CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) is a design that deters crime by affecting criminal psychology

Eunpyeong-gu (District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) recently announced that it has established a ‘CPTED Council’ with the police station to strengthen rapid and systematic crime prevention cooperation in response to increasing residents' anxiety due to indiscriminate crimes.

CPTED stands for Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, which aims to prevent crime by deterring criminal psychology. CPTED is based on the principles of natural surveillance, enhancing community activity linked to natural surveillance, territorial reinforcement, and access control.

Through CPTED, crime prevention environmental design, facilities such as security lights, CCTV, emergency bells, and safe keeper houses are installed to strengthen natural surveillance, access control, and territoriality, while community activities such as neighborhood watch groups are enhanced to create a crime prevention environment.

The district designated the Urban Planning Division of Eunpyeong-gu Office as the dedicated department for the smooth operation of the ‘CPTED Council.’ It plans to share information and discuss cooperation matters to promote projects requiring close collaboration between Eunpyeong-gu and the police station, such as building crime prevention infrastructure and women’s safe return home routes.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “Through the CPTED Council, we will cooperate closely with the police station to alleviate residents' anxiety caused by indiscriminate crimes and do our best to make Eunpyeong-gu a safe place free from crime.”

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