Criminal Mobile Unit to Be Renamed 'Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit' Again... "Clarifying Identity"

National Police Agency Renames Criminal Mobile Unit as "Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit"

Enhancing Capabilities and Clarifying Identities of Affiliated Organizations

Future Policing Policy Bureau at Headquarters Also Undergoes Reorganization

The police are promoting a reorganization of division names, including changing the "Criminal Mobile Unit" at provincial police agencies, whose name was similar to the General Mobile Unit, to the "Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit." This initiative aims to enhance each unit's capabilities and clarify their identities.

According to the National Police Agency on March 6, each affiliated organization will undergo a name change to more clearly express the department's identity. The Criminal Mobile Unit will be renamed the "Metropolitan Crime Investigation Unit," and the Mobile Patrol Unit will become the "Metropolitan Prevention Patrol Unit."

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Metropolitan Investigation Unit. Yonhap News Agency

The Criminal Mobile Unit is an organization at the provincial police agency level that investigates major cases such as violent crimes, organized crime, and intellectual crimes. In the past, the Mobile Investigation Unit was reorganized into the Metropolitan Investigation Unit and expanded as a direct organization under each provincial office. In 2021, the investigation units were further subdivided, resulting in more specific names and organizations such as the Violent Crime Investigation Unit.

Agencies such as the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency have developed a "Metropolitan Investigation Division" structure by expanding units such as the Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit, Public Crime Investigation Unit, Financial Crime Investigation Unit, Narcotics Crime Investigation Unit, International Crime Investigation Unit, and the Criminal Mobile Unit to concentrate investigative capabilities.

Additionally, in order to strengthen policing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, the headquarters' Future Policing Policy Bureau will be reorganized and the work responsibilities of each department will be adjusted. Names will be changed as follows: ▲ Future Policing Policy Division → Policing Artificial Intelligence Policy Division ▲ Informatization Infrastructure Division → Policing Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Division ▲ Artificial Intelligence Service Team → Policing Artificial Intelligence Service Team. It was also reported that a new position, Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Officer, will be established under the Future Policing Policy Bureau Chief to oversee government-wide AI cooperation.

The National Police Agency is building a foundation to incorporate AI technology into all aspects of policing work, including AI-based crime prediction and the collection and analysis of unstructured security data such as CCTV footage. Since integrating AI is a government-wide initiative, it is expected that the reorganization into an AI-specialized structure will facilitate communication and collaboration between departments.

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