Gwangju Police Agency Deploys Mobile Patrol Unit On-Site, Expected to Improve Perceived Safety

The Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency's Mobile Patrol Unit, officially launched on the 20th, is focusing personnel on crime-prone areas and crowded places through scientific analysis to maintain the peaceful daily lives of citizens.

Composed of 12 teams and 97 members, the Gwangju Mobile Patrol Unit is concentrating its deployment in key crime-vulnerable areas based on security data analysis systems such as the Crime Risk Prediction and Analysis System (Pre-CAS) and the Geographic Profiling System (Geo-Pros).

The Mobile Patrol Unit carries out comprehensive police security administration including ▲visible patrol activities ▲disorder control ▲support for other functions and police stations ▲mobilization for major national events ▲support for local police field responses. In particular, it strives to alleviate residents' security concerns through visible preventive patrols in crime-prone areas. On the 22nd, it conducted visible patrols in densely populated areas such as the Gwangju Intercity Bus Terminal; on the 23rd, it supported personnel related to reports of illegal gambling in the nighttime Sangmu district; and on the 27th, it collaborated with northern detectives to track, search for, and arrest habitual thieves.

Jeon Yong-wook, commander of the Gwangju Mobile Patrol Unit, stated that they will secure citizens' peaceful daily lives through visible patrols and disorder control activities at places and times where citizens feel uneasy.

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