Urban security is a multidimensional concept that encompasses the protection of people, infrastructure, institutions, economy, environment, and public services from a wide range of risks. While policing remains an important component of maintaining law and order, contemporary urban challenges such as climate change, pandemics, cyber threats, infrastructure failures, migration, organized crime, and environmental degradation demonstrate that urban security extends far beyond conventional policing. These interconnected challenges often transcend municipal boundaries, making integrated regional urban governance essential for addressing systemic vulnerabilities and building resilient urban regions. Integrated regional urban governance refers to coordinated planning, decision-making, and resource management among multiple local governments, regional authorities, state agencies, private organizations, and civil society. It recognizes that metropolitan areas function as interconnected economic, ecological, and social systems rather than isolated municipalities. Such governance ensures that security concerns are addressed collectively rather than through fragmented administrative approaches. One of the primary systemic vulnerabilities in urban areas arises from fragmented governance. Metropolitan regions frequently consist of multiple municipalities with differing policies, capacities, and priorities. Criminal networks, environmental hazards, and infrastructure failures do not respect administrative boundaries. Regional governance enables unified policy frameworks, coordinated law enforcement, shared intelligence, and harmonized regulations, thereby reducing governance gaps that may otherwise be exploited. Disaster risk reduction illustrates the importance of integrated governance. Floods, earthquakes, industrial accidents, heat waves, and pandemics often affect entire metropolitan regions simultaneously. Regional coordination facilitates common emergency response protocols, shared disaster management resources, interoperable communication systems, and coordinated evacuation planning. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that health security depends upon cooperation among neighboring jurisdictions regarding hospital capacity, disease surveillance, mobility restrictions, and resource allocation. Urban infrastructure security also requires regional coordination. Transportation networks, electricity grids, water supply systems, telecommunications, and waste management facilities serve populations across municipal boundaries. Failure in one component may trigger cascading disruptions throughout the metropolitan region. Integrated governance promotes infrastructure resilience through coordinated maintenance, investment planning, redundancy mechanisms, and regional contingency planning. Environmental