- MSIT·NPA kicks off Policelab
2.0, an R&D project tailored to serve policing duties
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong Ho, hereafter referred
to as ‘MSIT’) and the National Police Agency (Commissioner General Yoon Hee
Keun, hereafter referred to as ‘NPA’) held 2023 kickoff meeting for the
research and development (R&D) project tailored to serve policing duties,
called ‘Policelab 2.0’ on July 18th (Tue), at Moonhwa Madang, NPA
Headquarters.
Policelab 2.0 is a joint initiative by MSIT and NPA, aimed at developing
technologies to address public safety issues perceived by the public and the
police. The government will invest a total of 44.5 billion won to this project,
planned from 2021 to 2025.
Four new research projects are to be included to the initiative in 2023,
which are △statement support
system customized for children witnesses, △AI-based automatic search system for footprints and fingerprints, △smart preventive system for speeding in children’s safety
zones, and △risk prediction
and analysis system for safe crowd management.
Importantly, ‘statement
support system customized for children witnesses’ development project will
utilize AI-based technology to analyze statement contents and psychological·emotional state of a child witness in real-time,
supporting individual-sensitive investigations. It is expected that the system
will ease psychological burden posed on children when they are surrounded by
unfamiliar setting (such as an interrogation room) and minimize secondary
damage, aiding to a more witness-friendly environment.
Officials at MSIT and NPA stated, “We hope the Policelab 2.0 initiative to
contribute in improving convenience of the public and the police, and in
reinforcing public safety by providing more effective solutions in policing
duties. Both organizations will make dedicated efforts to improve quality of
police service by proactively communicating with on-site, so that all 23
research project results compiled over the past 3 years can be further utilized
and disseminated.”
For further information, please contact the Public
Relations Division (Phone: +82-44-202-4034, E-mail: msitmedia@korea.kr)
of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Please refer to the attached PDF.