When the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Donghaeng Safety Bell, labeled "Emergency Call," is pressed, an emergency bell rings at the CCTV control center, and the CCTV closest to the reporter is displayed on the screen.

[An emergency report has been received from the safety bell. An emergency report has been received from the safety bell.]

If the control center observes the reporter's situation via CCTV and determines it to be a dangerous situation, it requests police dispatch, and the reporter's location is sent via text message to five pre-registered guardians.

This is a demonstration scene of Seoul's Donghaeng Safety Bell.

As relationship-driven crimes such as stalking and violent crimes have recently occurred consecutively, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to expand the distribution of the Donghaeng Safety Bell.

Depending on whether they have a control center reporting function, they are divided into linked and unlinked types, and there are handheld and key ring-type products.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has distributed a total of 630,000 safety bells across three types from 2024 through the end of September this year, and there are numerous cases that actually led to police dispatches.

In Seongdong-gu last July, a safety bell report was received. In a situation where the reporter could not speak and only the perpetrator's voice was heard, police dispatched via a control center report accompanied the perpetrator voluntarily and issued a restraining order, ending the situation without casualties.

Also in Gangnam-gu in April, a citizen who witnessed an intoxicated person causing a disturbance made an emergency report using the Donghaeng Safety Bell, and the police were dispatched to resolve the situation.

In addition to the Donghaeng Safety Bell for citizens, the Seoul Metropolitan Government operates the "Small Business Safety Bell" installed in stores and the "Elementary School Safety Bell" carried by elementary school students.

The city plans to further weave a tight public safety net by increasing the cumulative distribution of Seoul safety bells to 1.3 million by 2030.

[Oh Se-hun / Mayor of Seoul: We will ensure that threats felt in daily life can be reported immediately, and that safe measures can be taken.]

The Seoul Metropolitan Government stated that as citizens' anxiety grows due to recent series of heinous crimes, it will place citizens' safety as its top priority and respond accordingly.

(Reported by Yun Nara | Video by Kim Heung-ki | Video Editing by Lee So-young | Produced by SBS Digital News)