Seoul to Deploy Over 1,000 Extra Police Personnel on Halloween this Year
It looks like Halloween will not be cancelled in Seoul due to last year’s Itaewon crushing tragedy. Instead they will just deploy more police for crowd control:
People pass by an alley that was the site of a deadly crowd crush in central Seoul’s Itaewon, Sunday. The tragic event claimed at least 158 lives, including 26 foreign nationals from 14 countries, during Halloween celebrations on Oct. 29, 2022. Yonhap
Police will deploy over 1,000 personnel for crowd control in Itaewon and 15 other areas in Seoul that expect to attract a large number of people celebrating the Halloween weekend, a year after the deadly Itaewon crowd crush that claimed at least 158 lives.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) announced during a regular press briefing, Monday, a set of enhanced crowd control and security measures for 16 areas of the capital that are anticipated to see huge crowds from Friday to next Tuesday.
“The agency selected high-risk alleys after holding several meetings and conducting field studies with local governments,” a police official said, explaining that the agency expects people to flock to Mapo and Gangnam districts instead of Itaewon and its neighboring area in Yongsan District this year.
Korea Times
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SEOUL TO DEPLOY OVER 1,000 EXTRA POLICE PERSONNEL ON HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR
Plot Twist: The large number of police personnel assemble in one place for a pre-patrol briefing and…
…well…
….same same but different.
If Koreans need the police to keep them from suicide, the problem might not be related to the government.
Are there Koreans who can even adult by themselves?
The government doesn’t think so…
Maybe they should have done this last year, as so many people had requested just prior to the festivities, but got ignored, which would have avoided all the deaths.
This just in, 100’s of Korean police men crushed in crowd….