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From Prevention to Support: Busan Metropolitan City’s Autonomous Police Committee Holds Working-Level Meeting with Relevant Agencies on Relational Crimes

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The Busan Metropolitan City Autonomous Police Committee (Chairperson Kim Cheol-joon, hereafter "the Committee") announced that it held a working-level meeting yesterday (April 28) at 3:00 p.m.
in the Committee’s Medium Conference Room to address the prevention of relational crimes, including stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence, ahead of May, the Month of Family.

• ●The meeting was convened to share current initiatives being implemented by each participating institution and to discuss future collaboration strategies to prevent the continuously rising and potentially severe relational crimes.

• ●Participants included representatives from the Committee (Autonomous Police Committee, Gender Equality and Family Division), Busan Metropolitan Police Agency (Women and Youth Division), Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Personality, Physical Education, and School Meals Division), Busan Women's Violence Prevention Center (Ezen Center), and Busan Crime Victim Support Center (Haetsal).

At the meeting, participating institutions shared updates on their respective initiatives and agreed to strengthen their collaborative systems for prompt, customized support for victims.

• ●Given that relational crimes often involve perpetrators and victims in close relationships, making it difficult for victims to seek help, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, Haetsal, and Ezen Center pledged to work closely together to proactively identify and assist victims.

• ●They also discussed sharing and utilizing information on available temporary shelters for victims,
  and establishing a system for sharing information related to victim protection.
  Continuous case management and monitoring will be conducted to ensure active victim support.

• ●Efforts will be made to involve more relevant institutions in the coordination meetings and to enhance resource-sharing for more efficient support services.

Additionally, participants agreed on the urgent need for proactive prevention of relational crimes and committed to working together to address fundamental issues.

• ●Through collaboration between the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, school police officers will strengthen relational crime prevention education during the Crime Prevention Classroom programs conducted at schools, helping to instill sound values among students.

• ●The Committee and the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency are also working to prevent recidivism through offender correction programs targeting perpetrators of domestic violence, child abuse, stalking, and dating violence.
  They aim to maintain the effectiveness of corrective education by linking post-program support policies across institutions.

• ●Furthermore, multiple agencies will collaborate to create joint public awareness content and utilize their respective promotional channels to expand public education efforts aimed at preventing relational crimes.

Kim Cheol-joon, Chairperson of the Busan Metropolitan City Autonomous Police Committee, emphasized,
"Relational crimes have a high potential to escalate into serious offenses and secondary victimization.
It is crucial for society as a whole to pay attention to prevention efforts.
We will continue working closely with relevant agencies to provide robust victim protection and support,
creating a safer city for all residents of Busan."