Dongjak Police Station Establishes 'Youth Police School'

A hands-on educational institution for eradicating school violence, the Youth Police Academy, has been established in Dongjak-gu, Seoul.

On the 24th, the Dongjak Police Station in Seoul announced that it held the opening ceremony of the Youth Police Academy the day before. The ceremony was attended by Park Il-ha, Mayor of Dongjak-gu, Oh Jeong-hoon, Superintendent of Dongjak-Gwanak Support Office of Education, and Jang Suk-rang, Dean of the Red Cross College of Nursing at Chung-Ang University, along with about 10 children from Seoul Seongrowon in Dongjak-gu.

The Dongjak Police Station remodeled the vacant site of the Sangdo 2 Security Center, an idle police center, to establish the Youth Police Academy in order to support the safe and healthy growth of youths living in Dongjak-gu and nearby areas and to ensure the effectiveness of education through experiential programs.

The Youth Police Academy has been conducted since 2014 as a collaborative project between the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Education, aiming to eradicate school violence through experiential prevention education such as school violence prevention education and forensic science for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Any youth in Dongjak-gu can apply for participation on the 'YouthPolNet' website (theyouthacademy.police.go.kr). The main experiential programs include △ police uniform experience △ detention center experience △ fingerprint and footprint collection △ simulation shooting △ virtual drinking experience, among others.

Jo Woo-jong, Chief of Dongjak Police Station, said, "It is very meaningful that an experiential education institution tailored to the perspective of children has been created in Dongjak-gu," adding, "I hope it becomes a space where children can dream of a healthy future beyond the purpose of preventing school violence."

Meanwhile, the Youth Police Academy plans to conduct a pilot operation targeting socially vulnerable groups such as children in welfare facilities and will begin normal operations for general students starting in December.

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