Concerns Over the Establishment of the Police Bureau... Nationwide Police Chiefs Meeting to Be Held

Dark clouds hang over the Seoul Seodaemun-gu Police Agency building on the 15th, ahead of the announcement of the "Police System Improvement Plan," which includes the establishment of the Police Bureau, a police work organization, and the enactment of command rules by the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety over the Commissioner of the National Police Agency. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-won] It has been reported that police officers at the superintendent level, who have expressed opposition to the establishment of the Police Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, will hold a nationwide police chiefs meeting on the 23rd. Attention is focused on whether the on-site commanders at the superintendent level will raise their voices collectively.

A local police chief who recently posted on the internal police network demanding the holding of a nationwide police chiefs meeting posted again on the 20th, stating, "A nationwide police chiefs meeting will be held at the Choi Gyu-sik Hall of the Chungnam Asan Police Human Resources Development Institute at 2 p.m. on the 23rd."

The chief said, "Regarding the holding of the nationwide police chiefs meeting, there has been no response from the National Police Agency, so from yesterday until today, we connected more than half of the police chiefs and superintendents nationwide online for discussions and surveys," adding, "Most expressed opposition to the establishment of the Police Bureau, and about 70% of those who participated in the survey agreed on the necessity of holding the meeting."

Regarding the purpose of the meeting, it was explained that since the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced the draft presidential decree to establish the Police Bureau on the 15th and is currently undergoing a public opinion collection process, the meeting aims to sufficiently convey the police's opinions on this significant policy change.

Meanwhile, the nationwide police workplace council leadership announced that from the 25th to the 29th, they will hold a public campaign opposing the establishment of the Police Bureau every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Seoul Station and Yongsan Station. The council representatives will hold a meeting with Yoon Hee-geun, the candidate for the National Police Agency Commissioner, on the 21st.

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