Hankyoreh materials.
A police officer who received an urgent report of “being threatened with a weapon” did not share key information related to the reporter’s location, resulting in a late arrival at the scene. The reporter had already died, and the police are inspecting for problems in the response process. On the 24th, the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency announced the results of an interim investigation into the response process of the recent murder case in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do. As a result of the investigation, on the 17th at 0:49, an agent receiving report 112 from the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency filed a report saying, “This person is trying to kill me with a knife.” The receptionist asked the reporter’s location, and the reporter “I don’t know. It’s Gwangmyeong, but it’s a ○○○ house.” ○○○ is the name of the reporter A (40s, female) and the b (50s, male) who usually knew, and the receptionist judged that it was an emergency while talking with A for 42 seconds Year’Code Zero’ was issued. Code Zero is the highest level of emergency information among police manuals issued when kidnapping, confinement, murder, or robbery is suspected. When the receptionist issued Code Zero, the commander informed the situation to the Gwangmyeong Police Station. In the process, it was investigated that the name of Mr. B mentioned by Mr. B was omitted. At that time, 21 police officers at Gwangmyeong Police Station were dispatched to the location that the receptionist checked through the location of A’s mobile phone, but failed to find the site quickly because they did not know the exact address. The satellite positioning system (GPS) of Mr. A’s mobile phone was turned off, so the receptionist propagated the location of the place obtained through the base station and Wi-Fi location. The error range of location inquiry using base station and Wi-Fi is 50-100m, and in this case, there were about 660 households in the range. As the police officers delayed on-site confirmation, the 112 situation room at Gwangmyeong Police Station re-checked the call details received by the receptionist of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency and confirmed that Mr. B’s name was missing. Accordingly, as a result of checking the address of Mr. B, it appeared as a nearby house, and the police officers arrived at the scene at 1:40 am, 50 minutes after receiving the report, but Mr. A was murdered by Mr. B. At that time, Mr. B asked Mr. B to “don’t meet other men,” and it was investigated that Mr. B was arguing when he expressed his intention to refuse. Meanwhile, while he went out to smoke, Mr. B, who reported to the police, misunderstood that he had called another man, and became furious, and attacked Mr. B with a blunt and weapon and killed him. The police believe that Mr. B died immediately after making a call, based on the condition of Mr. B’s body and Mr. B’s statement, but if the officers arrived at the scene quickly, Mr. A may have survived. It is a position to proceed. A police official said, “It seems that it happened while the receptionist and the commander were trying to spread the situation in a hurry while they were inexperienced at work. He said, “We will take strict censure against police officers who have been revealed to be wrong through the prosecution investigation.” Meanwhile, the bereaved family of Mr. A recently posted a statement on the Blue House National Petition Bulletin, saying, “The police, who are obligated to protect the lives and property of the people, did not perform their duties properly”, demanding punishment and apology for the police officers. By Kim Ki-seong, staff reporter [email protected]