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Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min expressed his will to reform the police force today, following yesterday (26th).

He repeatedly emphasized that it was unfair to become an executive right after graduating from the police academy.

In that context, it is said that the head of the Police Department, an organization that controls the police, is likely to be appointed by a person who is not from the police force.



Reporter Yoo Deok-gi will tell you about this.



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Lee Sang-min, Minister of the Interior and Safety, who foretold 'police unit reform', saying, 'It is unfair to hire only police officers after graduation as inspectors'.



On my way to work today, I once again pointed out the police force as the source of injustice within the police.



[Lee Sang-min/Minister of Public Administration and Security: It is now unfair that the fact that you graduated from a certain university (police academy) automatically starts with a position that others can only go to in 20 years.



] Years started training.



Upon graduation, he is appointed as a Inspector. A police officer who started as a police officer is usually assigned to the level of a frontline police station team leader or police station leader, which usually takes more than 15 years.



Although it has a net function of nurturing high-level manpower, it is unfair to start from the inspectorate.



In the case of the police chief, who is a high-ranking police officer, 25 out of a total of 34 are from the police force, overwhelmingly more than candidates for executive officers.



The issue of police force reform is scheduled to be discussed in earnest when the Police System Development Committee is established next month, but Minister Lee Sang-min drew a line against criticism of dividing the police into 'police corps' and 'non-police corps'.



[Lee Sang-min / Minister of Public Administration and Security: It has nothing to do with splitting.

I think it is a matter of fairness and unfairness.]



In the midst of this, the first director of the National Police Agency, which will be launched on the 2nd of next month, has narrowed the candidate group to two police officers from the non-police unit.



The outlines of the police chief and other members of the police department are expected to be revealed as early as later this week.



(Video coverage: Chan-soo Lee, Video editing: Seung-jin Lee, CG: Kyung-rim Kang)



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