Yoon Hee-geun "I will elevate the status of public officials in uniform"… Attends Police Day event

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, attended the ‘60th Anniversary Celebration of the Gyungwoo Day’ on the 21st and said, “We are steadily resolving long-standing issues that have damaged the pride of our members over many years,” adding, “We are also significantly expanding the welfare foundation so that both current and former officers can take pride as uniformed personnel.”

The Korea Veterans Police Association held the grand festival for the 60th Gyungwoo Day at 2 p.m. that day at The-K Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul, with about 1,000 attendees including Commissioner Yoon, Central Association President Kim Yong-in, and the National Police Agency leadership.

Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, is attending the '60th Anniversary of Police Day Commemoration Event' held at The-K Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 21st, participating in the pre-ceremony national salute.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

On this day, Commissioner Yoon stated, “For the first time this year, we raised the basic salary of police officers to the same level as public security officials, enhancing the status of uniformed public servants,” and added, “We introduced the multiple rank system for the superintendent general rank for the first time, allocated many promotion slots for superintendent general to general recruits such as patrol officers, shortened the minimum service years required for promotion from lieutenant to senior superintendent general, thereby reforming the poor rank structure caused by the authoritarian rank system, and greatly expanded promotion opportunities to senior positions for capable general recruits.”

He continued, “We are strengthening the respect for police officers who have devoted long service in hazardous work environments by granting them eligibility for burial at the National Cemetery,” and emphasized, “We are actively promoting policies to establish branch hospitals of the Police Hospital so that more current and former police officers can receive medical support.”

Furthermore, Commissioner Yoon said, “We will devise multifaceted support measures so that the honorable path walked by our police predecessors can be an eternal source of pride and fulfillment,” and expressed, “I deeply thank the Gyungwoo seniors who have dedicated and served the nation and the people over the past 60 years.”

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