Gyeongnam Provincial Police Launch 24-Hour Emergency Election Security Duty Ahead of June 3 Local Elections

Launch of "Integrated Election Security Control Center" Operations

The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency has entered emergency 24-hour election security duty ahead of the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections.

On May 20, one day before the official start of the local election campaign, the provincial police agency established and began operating an "Integrated Election Security Control Center" at both the headquarters and all 23 police stations in the province.

Kim Joungho, Commissioner of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency (second from left), and other Gyeongnam police officers are taking a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony of the Election Security Comprehensive Situation Room. [Photo by Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency]

The Integrated Election Security Control Center will operate around the clock from this day until ballot counting is completed.

The center will manage police security operations related to the election 24 hours a day, including establishing a rapid response system for election-related incidents and accidents, maintaining election security, and protecting key personnel.

From midnight on May 21, when the election campaign begins, until 6 a.m. on voting day, June 3, a "heightened alert" will be issued, maintaining an emergency contact system for all police officers.

During the early voting period on May 29 and 30, a "Level Byung Emergency" will be declared, requiring commanders and staff officers to remain at their designated posts within their jurisdictions.

From 6 a.m. on election day until the end of ballot counting, the highest alert level, "Level Gap Emergency," will be declared, mobilizing the maximum available police force.

Police emergency duty levels are divided into heightened alert, Byung-ho Emergency, Eul-ho Emergency, and Gap-ho Emergency, depending on the security situation.

Additionally, patrols will be intensified at ballot storage facilities and polling stations via 112 police units, and two armed police officers will be assigned to each ballot transportation route.

At each of the province's 22 ballot-counting centers, approximately 30 police officers will be deployed to prepare for any contingencies, with all efforts focused on election security.

Chief Kim Joungcheol urged, "Please strengthen election security operations while maintaining political neutrality, so that we can ensure a fair and clean election."

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