Gwangju Bar Association: "Police Still Use High-handed Tone and Respond Slowly"

Gwangju Bar Association Announces 2024 Judicial Police Evaluation Results
Average Score 78.4 Points... Up 1.83 Points from Last Year
Outstanding Police Officers and Stations Also Selected

The Gwangju Bar Association announced the results of the 2024 Judicial Police Evaluation on the 16th.

The association analyzed 1,270 evaluation forms completed by 151 attorneys who participated in police investigations, evaluating 777 police officers in charge of cases.

The Gwangju Regional Bar Association announced the results of the 2024 Judicial Police Evaluation on the 16th. Provided by Gwangju Bar Association

The evaluation criteria included integrity and fairness, kindness and adherence to proper procedures, and professional competence (promptness, persuasiveness and flexibility in exercising investigative authority).

The average score for judicial police officers in this evaluation was 78.40 points, which is 1.83 points higher than last year's average of 76.57 points in the evaluation conducted by the Gwangju Bar Association.

However, as in the previous year, police officers who received lower ratings continued to display high-handed language and attitudes, as well as delays in investigations without specific reasons.

In one actual case, an evaluation stated that "the investigator consistently showed emotional confrontation with the accused, losing objectivity and neutrality as an investigator."

Other criticisms included, "Despite the appointment of a defense attorney, the investigator provided the victim's contact information to the accused," and "After two rounds of questioning the accused in a reported case, the investigator repeatedly claimed the investigation was ongoing even after one year and five months had passed."

The highest-scoring "Outstanding Judicial Police Officers of the Year" included Nam Daegwon from the Anti-Corruption Economic Crime Investigation Team 7 at Gwangju Police Agency, Park Jongpil from Investigation Team 1 at Gwangju Dongbu Police Station, and Lee Gwangbeom from Women and Youth Investigation Team 2 at Gwangju Bukbu Police Station.

On the same day, Gwangju Police Agency and Jeonnam Gwangyang Police Station were selected as outstanding police stations. Among police stations with more than 10 evaluation submissions, Gwangju Bukbu Police Station (average 53.8 points) and Jeonnam Yeosu Police Station (48.6 points) were selected as the lowest-rated stations.

The Gwangju Bar Association stated, "There are still numerous cases of investigation delays, and issues such as high-handed attitudes, unfriendly language, and failure to follow proper procedures by some police officers must be addressed and improved."

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