SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of subway police officers is on a declining trend despite a steady increase in subway crimes, data showed Tuesday. There were 2,946 crimes that occurred at subway stations across the country in 2021, up 3.8 percent from the figure recorded in 2016, according to the National Police [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency said Wednesday it will introduce intelligent CCTV cameras to prevent unlawful intrusion by outsiders in October. The intelligent CCTV cameras will send notices of outsiders’ unlawful intrusion to the smartphones of the victims or emergency dispatch centers in real time. The cameras will recognize outsiders [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of reports of dating violence last year tripled from the previous year, while the arrest rate more than halved, a lawmaker said Thursday. The data, submitted by the National Police Agency to Rep. Jeon Bong-min of the ruling People Power Party, revealed that the number of reports [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Thursday that it signed an agreement with major lender Woori Bank for a new missing children initiative. Under terms of the agreement, the two parties will cooperate to promote the advance fingerprint registration system that is effective in the early detection and prevention [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Tuesday it will launch a ‘knock knock’ campaign to promote the silent emergency call system, which was designed to ensure fast initial responses and the protection of victims who are in a situation where they cannot speak about their circumstances. In January, the National Police Agency introduced [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Police plans to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI)-based black box video decoding system to better cope with fast-growing public interest reports on traffic law violations. The National Police Agency said Tuesday it is developing an AI system in collaboration with the Ministry of Science and ICT to automatically decode [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology will allow people to simply tap a button on their phones to report an assault or other crimes. The National Police Agency said Monday it is currently planning a “knock knock campaign,” in which people facing emergency situations can easily contact the police. The new system will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A criminal organization that tricked customers by claiming that it could win first prize in a weekly national lottery draw with artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been handed over to the police on fraud allegations. The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency said Tuesday that 52 people have been apprehended [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the Korean Association Against Drug Abuse signed an agreement Thursday to take joint efforts to bolster drug-related investigations as well as contribute to the prevention and treatment of drug abuse in response to the rising number of drug-related crimes. Both parties said they [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police will launch a monthlong inspection into online instructions for how to make firearms after a handmade gun was used in the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, officials said Monday. The National Police Agency will mobilize some 1,000 honorary cybercrime cops, cybercrime investigators and police officers [...]