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A police officer who was dispatched after receiving a report that he was “threatened with a weapon” lost sight of the place of the crime, and the reporter died. The South Gyeonggi Police Agency reported that the initial response was insufficient and began to inspect the police.
Police arrived 50 minutes after issuing’Code 0′
According to the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency on the 24th, a report from Mr. A (49, female) was received at 0:49 on the 17th, saying, “(The other party) is trying to stab me with a weapon.” When the receptionist asked the reporter’s location, Mr. A said, “I don’t know. Mr. B (53)’s house in Gwangmyeong.”
The receptionist decided that the situation was not serious and issued a’code 0′. ‘Code 0’is the highest level of emergency in the police work manual issued when violent crimes such as kidnapping, confinement, murder, and robbery are suspected.
Upon receiving the report, the Gwangmyeong Police Station dispatched 21 police officers to the scene. However, the police could not immediately find the place of the crime, Mr. B’s house. After the twists and turns, he arrived at the crime scene at around 1:42 am, 50 minutes after the report was received, but Mr. A was already murdered by Mr. B.
Mr. B stated, “I’ve been known to Mr. A, and Mr. A seemed to be meeting other people, so he was so angry and committed while arguing.”
The police arrested Mr. B for murder and sent it to the prosecution on that day.
A national petition from a bereaved family. Screen capture of the Blue House National Petition Bulletin Board
A’s bereaved family posted on the Blue House National Petition Bulletin on the 22nd, “My mother died because the police didn’t work in time,” and said, “This is an incident because the police did not perform their duties properly. I posted it. As of 2 p.m., 3164 people agreed to this petition.
GPS malfunction, missing information from Mr. B
The police immediately initiated inspection of the receptionist and dispatch police officers.
The receptionist who received the report propagated the location of Mr. A by invoking’Code 0′, but it was confirmed that the police officers on the scene did not accurately determine the home address of Mr. B, the scene of the crime.
At the time of reporting, Mr. B’s location was not clearly identified. The police report reception system identifies the location of the reporter through the mobile phone carrier’s base station, Wi-Fi, and satellite positioning system (GPS). The signal sphere of influence is displayed on the map.
The base station is marked with a maximum radius of several kilometers, and the Wi-Fi is marked around 50-100m around the router. GPS is the most accurate, as it can locate within a few meters.
However, on this day, A’s GPS location was not known. Eventually, the police went to B’s house with the location measured by the base station and the Wi-Fi signal. Mr. B’s residence is a place where multi-family houses are concentrated, and 600 households live. The police actually searched 44 suspected houses, including places where lights were on.
As the on-site confirmation was delayed, the 112 situation room at the Gwangmyeong Police Station reconfirmed the report. In this process, Mr. A confirmed that Mr. B’s name was mentioned, and the address was searched by Mr. B’s name. After that, he asked Mr. A’s daughter “Do you know Mr. B?” and then arrested Mr. B through the process of verifying the address.
A police official said, “When Mr. B sees Mr. A reporting to the police, he thinks that he’is talking to another man,’ and he took his cell phone and turned off the power.” “The GPS location is not properly determined when the mobile phone is turned off. I don’t think I did.”
In the case of GPS location tracking, it is said that it is difficult to locate a mobile phone such as a 2G phone, or in the case of a high-rise building indoors or underground. The police are also investigating whether there were any errors in GPS location tracking.
A view of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency. Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency
When the first receptionist spread the situation to the Gwangmyeong Police Station, it was also pointed out that the name of Mr. B, which is the key information, was omitted. Based on the condition of Mr. A’s body and Mr. B’s statement, the police believe that Mr. A died immediately after making a call, but if the receptionist delivered Mr. B’s name quickly, the police officers would have arrived at the scene earlier. Is estimated to be.
A police official said, “Although there was a GPS error, there is a regret that if the receptionist informed the scene of Mr. B’s name in advance, we would have arrived at the scene earlier.” I will reprimand it.”
Reporter Choi Moran [email protected]
