Inminban (Korean: 인민반; Hancha: 人民班; RR: inmin-ban; MR: inmin-ban; meaning "neighbourhood units" or "people's units") is a neighbourhood watch-like form of cooperative local organization in North Korea. No North Korean person exists outside the inminban system; with the exception of active-duty military personnel and some other exempt groups of people, everyone is a member. An inminban is a group of households in a particular place of residence headed by a designated person called an inminbanjang. The tasks of the inminban system are surveillance of the population, organizing labor mobilizations, and neighborhood maintenance.[1][2]