Rural Police (Korean: 시골경찰; RR: sigolgyeongchal) is a South Korean reality show broadcast on MBC every1, where celebrities join small police centres in the countryside to experience their work as an amateur police officer.
[1] Assigned the rank of entry-level police officer (Korean: 순경; RR: sun-gyeong), the cast attend to emergency calls and community tasks under the mentorship of their experienced colleagues.
In April 2023, the show was rebooted with the title Rural Police Returns, featuring an all-new cast.
Two spin-offs were also produced: Sea Police, which features the Korea Coast Guard,[2] and Urban Cops, which follows police departments based in the city.
[3] The first two seasons were filmed in small "Security Centres" (Korean: 치안센터; RR: chiansenteo)[4][5] serving townships (Korean: 면; RR: myeon) that encompass several villages, while the later two seasons were filmed in larger police substations (Korean: 파출소; RR: pachulso)[6][7] serving relatively more populated geographical areas such as towns (Korean: 읍; RR: eup).