Dongtan U-City Achieves Major Success with 44 Wanted Suspect Arrests

On the 27th, Hwaseong City held a 2011 business performance report meeting chaired by Kim Jin-seung, director of the Information and Communication Division, regarding the Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center, which the city is operating as the first of its kind in Korea, and discussed future development directions.

The report meeting held at the Dongtan U-City Information Center was attended by heads of relevant departments and staff members. With the Dongtan U-City facility entering its fourth year of operation, in-depth discussions took place among attendees regarding ways to efficiently manage the facilities and the establishment of an inter-departmental cooperation system for continuous public service provision.

At the report meeting on this day, Kim Jin-seung, director of Hwaseong City's Information and Communication Division, stated, "Above all, communication among staff members from the relevant departments is important to enhance the substantive operation and service satisfaction of the U-City Information Center," and added, "We will establish a mutual cooperation system through periodic business performance report meetings."

The Hwaseong Dongtan U-City Information Center collects and responds to all video information necessary for crime prevention, public order maintenance, and residential safety operations through surveillance CCTV, with joint civil-police coordination.

In 2011, through surveillance monitoring, the center shared a total of 1,176 pieces of video information with police, identifying 553 wanted suspects and vehicles, and achieved major results by making arrests in 44 cases of wanted suspects.

Additionally, to provide residents with a pleasant living environment, the center provides environmental display boards, media boards, U-placards, and intelligent traffic information systems. Over the past year, 1,944 people from 119 domestic and international institutions visited for benchmarking.