| Amid strong protests from front-line police officers once morest the proposal to establish a police department in the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min attended the ‘Meeting with the Minister of the Interior and Safety in Yeongnam Region on Recommendations for Police System Improvement’ held at the Daegu Police Agency on the followingnoon of the 12th and asked to shake hands with all attendees, but some attendees shook hands. is rejecting Reporter Lee Hyeon-deok [email protected] |
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| At the Daegu Police Agency on the followingnoon of the 12th, a wreath of sympathy once morest the establishment of a police station is placed in front of the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency while a ‘Meeting with the Minister of Public Administration and Security in Yeongnam Province regarding recommendations for improving the police system’ is scheduled. Reporter Lee Hyeon-deok [email protected] |
Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min visited the Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency on the 12th to attend a meeting in Yeongnam Province (Daegu, Gyeongbuk, Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam) related to the ‘Recommendation for Police System Improvement’.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security explained that the meeting was “a place to encourage front-line police officers, explain the purpose of the police system improvement (plan), and hear opinions from the field.” The main purpose of the meeting was to seek persuasion from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security for the establishment of a new police station, which has recently been controversial.
This is because, when the policy of establishing a so-called ‘police station’ within the Ministry of Public Administration and Security became known, strong protests are continuing centering on the Police Officer Workers’ Council (hereinfollowing referred to as the Police Direct Cooperation) in various parts of the country, including Daegu and Gyeongbuk.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security tried to persuade police officers attending the meeting by distributing ‘explanatory materials related to the establishment of a police work organization within the Ministry of Public Administration and Security’, but before the meeting, a wreath of ‘opposition to the establishment of a police station’ was hung at the entrance of the Daegu Police Agency, and a picket protest was held. The atmosphere inside was cold.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security emphasized, “The establishment of a police work organization does not mean that new control over the police will be created at all.”
Minister Lee Sang-min, who met with reporters following the meeting, said, “At the meeting, there were voices concerned regarding the police-related organization installed in the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding regarding what it does. “The organization established within the Ministry of Public Administration and Security (Police Department) is not an organization that directs, controls, and supervises the police, but only performs limited tasks such as the minister’s right to recommend personnel, which is clearly stipulated in the law, and the submission of police-related laws and regulations to the State Council. I explained in detail that it is an organization for
However, the reaction of the police officer who attended the meeting was quite different from that of Minister Lee.
Lee Joon-gi, chairman of the Daegu Gangbuk Police Station works council, said, “Participants of the meeting expressed many concerns regarding the fact that the police department did not go through public opinion gathering in the process of promoting it. Participants in the meeting almost opposed it.” I said that I would announce a specific plan on the 15th to reflect this, but I think that the announcement is not going according to what has already been set.”
A person directly affiliated with the Daegu Police Agency said, “The Ministry of Public Administration and Security issued a press release as if it had just started, but as if it had ended. The meeting was like a culinary act.” plan to do it.”
Correspondent Noh Jin-sil [email protected]
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