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Rural Police
Promotional poster for Season 4
Hangul	시골경찰
Genre	Reality show, Police
Starring	Original series: Shin Hyun-joon (S1-4) Oh Dae-hwan (S1-4) Choi Min-yong (S1) Lee Joo-seung (S1) Lee Jung-jin (S2-3) Lee Jae-joon (S2) Lee Chung-ah (S3-4) Kang Kyung-joon (S4) Reboot series: Kim Yong-man Kim Sung-joo Ahn Jung-hwan Jung Hyung-don
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	62
Production
Production location	South Korea
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	MBC every1
Release	July 17, 2017 (2017-07-17) – present (present)
Related
Sea Police Urban Cops

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. 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.

Four seasons of the show aired from July 2017 to December 2018, with each season filmed in a different locale in South Korea. In April 2023, the show was rebooted with the title Rural Police Returns, featuring an all-new cast. A second season of the reboot began airing in December 2023.

Two spin-offs were also produced: Sea Police, which features the Korea Coast Guard, and Urban Cops, which follows police departments based in the city.

Cast

Original series

Reboot series

• Kim Yong-man
• Kim Sung-joo
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Jung Hyung-don
• Shin Hyun-joon (guest)

Locations

The first two seasons were filmed in small "Security Centres" (Korean: 치안센터; RR: chiansenteo) 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) serving relatively more populated geographical areas such as towns (Korean: 읍; RR: eup).

List of episodes

Notes

1. Shin Hyun-joon returned in the reboot's Season 2 episodes 5 to 7, with a promotion to senior police officer (Korean: 경장; RR: gyeongjang).
2. In episode 4, Lee Wan-jae steps down from the role of Centre Chief, having reached retirement age. His successor Cha Gyu-cheol appears from episode 5.
3. This location was a last-minute replacement for episodes 1 to 4 as the cast were unable to board the ferry to Ulleungdo, as originally planned, due to inclement weather.
4. This location was filmed on a second visit, appearing from episode 5 onward.

References

1. Kim, Yoon-ji (July 14, 2017). "'시골경찰', 악역배우 4인의 '진짜 경찰관'" ['Rural Police', 4 Villain Actors Becomes 'Real Police']. Edaily (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
2. Kim, Mi-jeong (August 6, 2018). "'바다경찰' 김수로-조재윤-곽시양-유라, 청량한 바다 냄새 가득한 공식 포스터 공개!" ['Sea Police' featuring Kim Soo-ro, Jo Jae-yoon, Kwak Si-yang and Yura releases official poster full of the fresh sea smell!]. iMBC (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
3. Lee, Jeong-hyeon (January 14, 2019). "더 쫄깃해진 범죄와 한판승부…'도시경찰' 오늘밤 첫방송" [A more thrilling fight against crime... 'Urban Cops' premieres tonight]. Yonhap News (in Korean).
4. Jeong, Yoo-na (July 24, 2017). "'시골경찰' 이주승 "오대환, 비리 경찰 비주얼" 폭소" ['Rural Police' Lee Joo-seung jokes that "Oh Dae-hwan has the face of a corrupt police officer"]. Chosun Media (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
5. Yang, Ji-yeon (November 10, 2017). "'시골경찰2' 신현준-오대환-이정진-이재준, 감동의 경찰 임용식" ['Rural Police 2' Shin Hyun-joon, Oh Dae-hwan, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Jae-joon's touching police appointment ceremony]. Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
6. Kim, Na-young (April 16, 2018). "'시골경찰3'의 기분좋은 변화 #여순경 이청아 투입 #울릉도" [Pleasant changes in 'Rural Police 3' with female police officer Lee Chung-ah and Ulleungdo location]. MK Sports (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
7. Lee, Deok-haeng (October 8, 2018). "'시골경찰4' 강원도 정선서 경찰 임무 시작…강경준 합류" ['Rural Police 4' Police duty begins in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do... Kang Kyung-joon joins]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.

External links

• Season 1 website (in Korean)
• Season 2 website (in Korean)
• Season 3 website (in Korean)
• Season 4 website (in Korean)

• South Korean reality television series
• Korean-language television shows
• 2017 South Korean television series debuts
• MBC TV original programming