The Final Joint Discharge Ceremony for Police Cadets... Yoon Hee-geun: "They Were Proud Comrades"

After 41 years since its establishment, the Auxiliary Police will disappear into history. Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, expressed his gratitude, saying, "They were proud colleagues."

On the afternoon of the 14th, at the Police Agency Auditorium in Migeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, salutes during the joint discharge ceremony of the 1142nd and final compulsory police unit. / Provided by the National Police Agency

On the 14th, the National Police Agency held a joint discharge ceremony for the last class of Auxiliary Police, the 1142nd class, at the National Police Agency auditorium in Migeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Commissioner Yoon and 106 of the 208 Auxiliary Police officers from the 1142nd class who served in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province attended the ceremony.

In his congratulatory speech, Commissioner Yoon said, "The Auxiliary Police have done their best to establish law and order and protect the safety of the people," adding, "The police family will never forget the Auxiliary Police."

The 1142nd class enlisted in November 2021 and was originally scheduled to be discharged on the 17th of the following month. However, due to the COVID-19 situation, about 30 officers who had delayed leave completed their service early, and the discharge ceremony was moved up. The discharge ceremony for 57 officers serving in Busan was held separately at the Busan Police Agency on the 12th.

With the discharge of the 1142nd class, the Auxiliary Police system, established in December 1982, will come to an end. The Auxiliary Police, created by separating the existing Combat Police into Riot Police and Auxiliary Police, mainly handled crime prevention patrols, managing assemblies and demonstrations, and guarding facilities such as the National Assembly and diplomatic missions. After the abolition of the Riot Police in 2013, they also took on anti-espionage operations.

The Moon Jae-in administration confirmed the reduction and abolition of the Auxiliary Police as a national agenda in 2017 and gradually phased them out.

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