SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Police announced plans to introduce new technology from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including metaverse platforms, to renovate its education and training curriculum. The National Police Agency (NPA) will invest 24 billion won (US$20.4 million) over the next five years to build an extended reality (XR)-based simulation training program. Police [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean police station has come up with the idea of turning unused old smartphones into security cameras that can be used to improve public safety. With new security service using old smartphones, developed by the Jungnang Police Station in Seoul, users can install a smartphone security camera [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police has decided to introduce a qualification exam for fingerprint appraisers aimed at improving the reliability of fingerprint analysis results. The National Police Agency plans to hold the first qualification exam for fingerprint appraisers on Saturday. After forming an examination board with a group of technological specialists in fingerprint appraisal, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision bill will take effect this week to allow a police officer to go undercover when investigating online sex crimes against minors, police said Thursday. The Korea National Police Agency (KNPA) said investigators can hide or disguise their identities to approach potential offenders to secure criminal evidence under [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) plans to draw up a future public safety strategy to better deal with new forms of criminal activity, which will include a feasibility study on use of robots for street patrol, officials said Thursday. According to NPA officials, the agency has launched a task [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Law enforcement agencies in South Korea have introduced special ID codes for animal abuse to quickly address the increasing number of animal abuse cases. The National Police Agency said Monday that it had issued a special 112 police emergency line identification code for animal abuse in January this year. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Braille and voice formats have been introduced to help the blind submit various police forms including accusation files and requests to look up criminal records and other information. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station said Monday that it will begin offering braille and voice (QR code) formats to help visually impaired [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new alcohol detector will be introduced to catch drunk drivers opening car windows to ventilate the car before taking a DUI test. The National Police Agency developed a new breathalyzer optimized for the current pandemic, distributing 1,500 of the devices to all police agencies nationwide. The police developed [...]
GOYANG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Z Corp.’s metaverse platform Zepeto became the stage for a meeting between school violence prevention officers and teenagers. Ilsan Seobu Police Station’s Honorary Police Scouts, joining the metaverse with their uniquely decorated avatars, met with police officers virtually. The teenagers shared their ideas and complaints about preventing school [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) is introducing new unmanned surveillance equipment to reduce traffic violations commited by riders of motorcycles and other two-wheeled vehicles. Last year, the NPA asked the Road Traffic Authority to develop new unmanned surveillance equipment that can locate and photograph license plates on vehicles, with [...]