Civilian groups including the Volunteer Crime Prevention Unit actively engage in missing person searches
The Jeonnam Shinan Police Station (Chief Lee Eulsin) successfully found Mr. A (83), who went missing on the 13th, after an extensive search using police scent detection dogs, and safely handed him over to his family.
According to Shinan Police on the 17th, Mr. A, who suffers from severe dementia, disappeared while moving from his home in Palgeum-myeon, Shinan-gun to Anjwa-myeon on the 13th.
From the 14th to the 17th, four days after the missing person report was filed, the police mobilized 263 officers, 135 members of civilian cooperation groups, 4 scent detection dogs (3 police dogs, 1 fire department dog), and 4 drones to intensively search the area around Anjwa-myeon, Shinan-gun, where the dementia patient's last known whereabouts were confirmed.
The police evidence collection dog (German Shepherd, dog name Thunder) was found in a mountain forest. [Photo by Sinan Police Station]
Four days after the police began the search, the Gwangju Police Agency's evidence scent detection dog (German Shepherd, named Thunder) found Mr. A in a mountain behind a livestock barn near his last known location, and it was confirmed that he was in good health.
Chief Lee Eulsin stated, "We will continue to make full use of all available civilian, public, and police resources in the early stages of missing person cases to create a safe Shinan for residents."
Meanwhile, during the search period, civil servants from Anjwa and Palgeum-myeon offices, volunteer crime prevention squads, and other civilian groups actively participated in the search. The Anjwa-myeon village chiefs canceled scheduled meetings to join the search, actively cooperating to promote community policing.
Additionally, the Shinan County Council and Anjwa-myeon provided various support, such as supplying bottled water to the personnel involved in the search, sparing no effort to find the missing person.
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