Ⅰ. Guaranteeing the Fundamental Human Freedoms: 1. Right to Life and Personal Liberty 3) Police’s Insufficient Crime Prevention and Victim Protection A) Series of Cases of the Police’s Insufficient Response During the End of 2021 Police’s field responsiveness is a key to securing reliability on their investigative skills and the result of their investigation. It is directly related to the safety of the people, and the people’s interest and expectations on the police’s field responsiveness has increased, with the enactment of the ‘Punishment of the Stalking Act.“ However, a series of cases showed problems with the police’s prevention of crimes and protecting the victims in November 2021. On Nov. 15, 2021, 3 family members were injured by a neighbor in Incheon. The attacker lived above the victims, and they were fighting over floor noise. During the incident, the police were already at the site in response to a floor noise report and were taking statements from the victims. However, 2 police officers witnessed the attacker injuring the victims using a deadly weapon but left the scene, without trying to stop the attacker or protect the victims. They did not take proper measures to protect the victims. This case raised criticism on the improper responses of the police officers, and the two police officers at the scene were dismissed. The victims’ families raised complaints on the police’s response and the measures taken afterwards, and over 200,000 people agreed with the petition filed by the victims’ families. The police apologized to the victims’ families on Dec. 3, 2021, and also stated that they recognize this case as a structural and organizational issue, not just an issue for an individual police officer. In Nov. 2021, a woman under police protection for dating abuse and stalking was killed. The woman had a restraining order within 100m and using the information communications network against the assailant, and was issued with a smart-watch on Nov. 7, 2021. However, the victim saw the assailant in her apartment building on Nov. 19, 2021, and reported to the police using the smart-watch. However, the 25