Jeonnam Police Hold Practical Meeting to Promote Jeollanam-do Autonomous Police

Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency building exterior

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Jeonnam Province and Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency announced on the 23rd that they held the first working-level meeting at the Jeonnam Provincial Government Office to implement the autonomous police system.

At the meeting, they discussed various preparations and future plans in anticipation of the nationwide implementation of the autonomous police system on July 1 next year.

With the enforcement of the "Act on the Organization and Operation of National Police and Autonomous Police" starting January 1 next year, police affairs will be divided into national police affairs, investigative affairs, and autonomous police affairs.

The Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency will be renamed as "Jeollanam-do Police Agency (Jeonnam Police Agency)" and its detailed organizational structure will be reorganized simultaneously.

Autonomous police affairs include tasks closely related to residents' daily lives within the jurisdiction, such as community safety, women and youth, and traffic, and will be under the command and supervision of the Jeollanam-do Autonomous Police Committee to be established in the future.

Residents' 112 emergency calls will be handled at local police stations and substations as before, regardless of whether the affairs are national, investigative, or autonomous.

Jeonnam Province and Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency plan to form a joint "Jeollanam-do Autonomous Police Preparation Team" within this year to ensure the smooth implementation of the autonomous police system, and proceed with detailed procedures such as enacting ordinances and forming the autonomous police committee.

Kim Jaegyu, Chief of Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, stated, "We will do our best not only to prepare for the implementation of the autonomous police system in close cooperation with Jeonnam Province but also to provide a more advanced security service that meets the demands of residents and the characteristics of the region."

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