Mokpo Coast Guard, Police Officer Rescue Capability Swimming Evaluation

The swimming evaluation for rescue capabilities is being conducted while strictly adhering to COVID-19 quarantine guidelines. (Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced on the 14th that it will conduct a swimming evaluation for rescue capabilities for its police officers from the 13th to the 28th of this month.

The swimming evaluation for rescue capabilities is conducted annually to strengthen the ability to rescue drowning victims at sea and to cultivate individual swimming skills. Evaluation scores are reflected based on the completion of each category, including freestyle, breaststroke, and underwater swimming.

In particular, this evaluation is being conducted in strict compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures, such as staggered evaluations and limiting the number of entrants, temperature checks and mask-wearing, maintaining a distance of more than 2 meters between evaluators, and limiting one person per lane during the swimming evaluation.

A Mokpo Maritime Police official said, “Swimming ability, including lifesaving at sea, is an essential requirement as maritime police officers,” adding, “We will strive to cultivate rescue capabilities to become trusted maritime police officers in the field.”

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