Jung-gu Thoroughly Inspects Secluded Neighborhood Areas to Eliminate Crime

Jung-gu District in Seoul (Mayor Kim Gil-seong) is enhancing safety by installing additional closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) and patrolling secluded areas to create neighborhoods safe from crime.

A total of 211 CCTVs are installed in parks within Jung-gu, and this number will increase by 6 to 217 by next year, with 6 outdated CCTVs being replaced. Safety rule banners are installed at park entrances to raise users' awareness of safety. In hiking trails, side paths are closed to minimize high-risk areas. The neighborhood watch and police will patrol the hiking trails together until November, checking that emergency bells and lighting installed in the parks are functioning properly and taking immediate action if needed.

Self-defense classes are also being held while touring 15 neighborhoods. Starting from the 6th of this month until the end of next month, about 200 residents, 10 to 15 per neighborhood, have applied for the classes and are learning for two hours each. On the 26th, a separate self-defense class will be held at Eulji Unique Factory targeting single-person households. Two professional instructors will teach methods to handle violence, such as blocking contact and defending against attacks, by simulating real situations. The course is free of charge. After completing this tour education, the district plans to review residents' feedback to consider additional classes.

Residents have formed patrol teams and accompany the police to conduct patrols twice a week. Since the end of August, about 300 residents have been inspecting safety-vulnerable areas such as Namdaemun Market, Myeongdong Station, Jinyang Shopping Center, Nogari Alley, and Jungang Market, focusing on areas with frequent intoxicated individuals and secluded back roads.

If the patrol teams identify particularly dangerous blind spots, they report them to the district office, which then visits the site to verify. Using a special adjustment grant of 600 million KRW received from Seoul City, the district plans to reduce blind spots by supplementing 230 auxiliary fixed cameras to 81 security CCTVs that currently operate with only one rotating camera.

Kim Gil-seong, Mayor of Jung-gu, said, “We will do our best to reduce crime blind spots by installing CCTVs and security lights in dark neighborhood areas and cooperating with the police and residents.”

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