Gwangju Auxiliary Police, 32-Year-Old Mobile 8th Company Disbandment Ceremony Marks End of an Era

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The police conscript unit under the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency has disappeared into history with the disbandment ceremony of the Mobile 8th Company, which marked its 32nd anniversary.

On the 29th, the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency held the disbandment ceremony of the last conscript unit, the Mobile 8th Company, at the Nambu Police Station in the jurisdiction.

At the ceremony, Cho Nam-hyung, head of the Security Division of the Gwangju Police Agency, presented commendations to those who contributed to the work, praised the efforts of the conscripted police officers who had been responsible for a part of public security, and pledged to do their best to prevent any security gaps caused by the abolition of the conscripted police.

The conscript units were first established in 1982 starting with the Jeonnam Western Patrol Unit, with five units created. However, following the 2017 government policy to reduce and abolish conscripted police, the Eastern and Southern Patrol Units were disbanded in 2019, the Western Patrol Unit in 2020, the Northern Patrol Unit and small units in 2021, and finally, the Mobile 8th Company was abolished on the 30th of last month.

The remaining 18 members were reassigned to city and provincial police agencies of their choice, marking the end of the conscripted police who had served alongside the citizens of Gwangju.

In preparation for the abolition of the conscripted police, the Gwangju Police established an additional mobile unit composed of police officers in 2021, which is now thoroughly performing security duties across various fields such as large-scale rallies and protests, traffic control, and disaster sites in the Gwangju area.

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