A Blueprint for Daegu’s Public Safety Drawn by Survey: Citizens’ Voices Set the Starting Line for Policy

Analyzing Data from Over 6,000 Citizen Responses
From Crime Prevention to Investigations and Traffic Safety
Thoroughly Reflected in the 2026 Public Safety Strategy

Daegu’s public safety policy is undergoing a clear shift from an "administration-centered" approach to one that focuses on "citizen experience." Moving away from the traditional model in which the police designed policies and citizens merely evaluated the outcomes, the structure is now being transformed to incorporate citizens’ needs from the very beginning of policy development.

Daegu Police Agency Kwon Byunggeon Reporter

The Daegu Police Agency (Commissioner Kim Byungwoo) announced that it has comprehensively analyzed the results of the "2026 Public Safety Policy Survey," which was conducted to directly reflect the roles and improvements citizens expect from the Daegu police in its public safety policies. The agency plans to incorporate these findings into next year’s major work plans.

The survey was conducted over approximately one month, from November 24 to December 17, 2025, with the participation of 6,001 citizens.

Unlike a simple satisfaction survey, this initiative is significant in that it focused on identifying the specific anxieties citizens feel in their daily lives and their expectations of police activities.

The survey covered a total of seven areas: overall safety, crime prevention, rapid response and investigation, management of assemblies and demonstrations, traffic safety, protection of vulnerable groups, and citizen communication and public relations. This allowed for a thorough review of all aspects of everyday public safety.

The Daegu police plan to use the survey results as a "citizen public safety demand map" to conduct detailed analyses of the characteristics of each region and type. In areas with a high risk of crime, the agency intends to strengthen proactive measures focused on preventive patrols and environmental improvements. After incidents occur, efforts will be made to restore public trust by increasing the speed of initial response and enhancing transparency in investigations.

In the area of traffic safety, the plan is to implement enforcement and facility improvements in accident-prone locations and during high-risk time periods, so that citizens can tangibly experience the effects of these policies. In particular, the protection of vulnerable groups and the strengthening of citizen communication-both highlighted in this survey-have been set as the core pillars of the 2026 public safety policy.

Policies to protect vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children, women, and people with disabilities will be reorganized to focus on field operations. Rather than relying on one-off publicity campaigns, a system for continuous feedback will be established, creating a virtuous cycle in which citizens’ needs are consistently reflected in policy. Through this, the goal is to shift from a public safety approach centered on post-incident response to one based on prevention and empathy.

An official from the Daegu Police Agency stated, "This survey was a meaningful process in which we were able to confirm the direction citizens want public safety to take, using concrete figures and data. We will conduct precise analyses of the different needs across regions and social groups, and connect these to policies that allow citizens to genuinely feel safe."

The true quality of public safety is determined not by reports, but by citizens’ everyday experiences.

The Daegu police’s initiative to place the responses of over 6,000 citizens at the starting line of policy design symbolizes a transition from "safety created by the police" to "safety co-designed with citizens."

How precisely this blueprint for public safety, drawn from the survey, will be implemented in the field-and whether it will translate into greater citizen trust-will be the key factors determining the success of Daegu’s public safety efforts in 2026.