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Busan Autonomous Police Living Lab: Three Outstanding Teams Selected with Citizen Ideas!

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The Busan Metropolitan City Autonomous Police Committee (Chairperson: Kim Cheol-joon, hereinafter “the Committee”) announced that three outstanding experimental projects were selected at the ‘2025 Busan Autonomous Police Living Lab Interim Results Presentation’ held on July 28.

The Committee held a “Living Lab Idea Contest” for citizens in March, through which five project teams were selected in April. Since May, the Committee has supported these teams with systematic task execution, including expert mentoring, field surveys, problem analysis, and solution development.

At the recent presentation, the five teams showcased their research achievements and future field implementation plans. A panel of experts evaluated the presentations and selected three outstanding experimental projects.

< Overview of the 2025 Busan Autonomous Police Living Lab Interim Results Presentation >

• ●Date & Venue: July 28, 2025 (Mon) 14:00, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Busan Design Promotion Agency

• ●Participants: Officials from the Busan Autonomous Police Committee, Busan Design Promotion Agency, panel of judges, and members of the five project teams

• ●Content: Presentation of team achievements and field implementation plans; selection of outstanding projects

• ●Evaluation Criteria: Policy effectiveness and scalability, task specificity, prototype feasibility, clarity of problem definition

• ●Evaluation Result: Three outstanding experimental projects selected

The final selected projects are as follows: ▲Creating safety zones in traditional markets for elderly pedestrians ▲Developing bench-type bus stop signs to prevent safety accidents among elderly pedestrians ▲Installing trash collection bins to block crime-inducing factors. These projects were recognized as excellent initiatives that can enhance citizens' sense of safety and be effectively expanded throughout the community.

If the effectiveness of the selected projects is verified through on-site research by October, the Committee plans to actively incorporate them into future public safety policy initiatives.

Since the full implementation of the autonomous police system in 2022, the Committee has continuously promoted the citizen-participatory Living Lab initiative.

For instance, the “Safe Transaction Zones for Secondhand Goods,” one of the major policy initiatives, has been expanded to 10 locations from 2022 to 2024. This year, the Committee plans to add 14 more such zones in cooperation with the Busan Transportation Corporation inside metro stations.

Additionally, to ensure the policy application and dissemination of Living Lab outcomes, the Committee annually publishes a compendium of successful cases and continuously shares exemplary cases with related organizations.

Moreover, various promotional materials have been produced and distributed to raise safety awareness among citizens and relevant institutions, such as: ▲Design guidebooks for safe parking lots ▲Leaflets on crime prevention systems for unmanned stores ▲Promotional videos on safety rules for personal mobility devices (PMs).

Chairperson Kim Cheol-joon stated, “The Living Lab is an innovative policy model led by citizens who proactively identify local safety issues and pursue practical changes through experimentation and collaboration.” He added, “We will continue to expand field-oriented policy experiments and citizen-focused public safety policies to build a safer Busan together with our citizens.”