Police Chief: "Future Policing, the Coming Reality... We Will Create a Virtuous Cycle Structure"

KIST's 'Future Public Safety Capability Enhancement Workshop'

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, emphasized, "Future policing is an imminent reality," adding, "We will establish a virtuous cycle structure to promote the policing industry and extend it to exports through the creation of research and development achievements."

At the ‘Future Policing Capability Enhancement Workshop’ held on the 25th at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Commissioner Yoon stated, "We must proactively prepare for the rapidly changing policing environment by securing public safety based on science and technology and enhancing capabilities for crime prediction and analysis."

He continued, "Policing is an essential function of the state and a future asset and core social overhead capital (SOC) that all community members must protect, so I ask for your great interest and support."

Earlier, Commissioner Yoon declared last year as the ‘Year of Leading Future Policing,’ a time to proactively and scientifically prepare for new risks and threats such as fundamental social structural changes like low birth rates and new types of crimes arising from advances in science and technology.

The National Police Agency has been establishing an implementation system, including the formulation of the 2nd Comprehensive Science and Technology Plan for Policing (2024?2028), while accelerating the development of technologies that reduce the burden on field police officers, such as ‘Visible 112,’ ‘Mobile Fingerprint Identification,’ and ‘Portable Drug Kits.’

At the workshop, over 200 officials, including section and department heads working in future policing policy functions at the National Police Agency and provincial police agencies nationwide, gathered to share the direction of future policing strategies, including key task promotion directions and setting challenging goals.

Additionally, Jang Sung-wook, Vice President of Kakao Mobility, attended and delivered a special lecture on ‘Future Mobility Technology Sovereignty and Data Security.’ Vice President Jang spoke about research and development directions in policing, including autonomous patrol cars, police urban air mobility (UAM), drones, patrol robots, and legal and institutional improvement measures.

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