Foot patrols to begin from the 12th
The police will conduct an outdoor field training exercise (FTX) in downtown Seoul, where the Constitutional Court is located.
On the 12th, as the Constitutional Court prepares to deliver the impeachment ruling of President Yoon Seok-yeol, police officers are on guard duty at the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul, where the longest deliberation period in a presidential impeachment case is ongoing. Photo by Yonhap News
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 12th, "We plan to carry out an FTX in the designated special crime prevention reinforcement zones in the Jongno and Jung districts of Seoul."
According to the police, the head of the Crime Prevention Response Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency will visit all eight zones in Jongno and Jung districts on the same day to inspect the deployment and operation plans of police officers together with the police chiefs responsible for each zone.
Additionally, from that day until the impeachment ruling is announced, about 230 mobile patrol officers (32 teams) will be pre-deployed across the eight zones to conduct foot patrols and identify safety hazards.
Park Hyun-su, acting commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, stated at a press briefing on the 10th that more than 30 police chiefs at the superintendent level, including frontline police chiefs in Seoul, would be mobilized to divide areas such as Jung-gu and Jongno-gu in Seoul into eight zones designated as crime prevention reinforcement zones for management purposes.
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