Police officers' decadeslong community ties fuel calls for wider rotation
An official walks past the lobby of the National Office of Investigation in Seodaemun District, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapAbout 17,000 police officers have worked at the same station for more than 10 years, amid a government push to expand its police rotation policy over concerns about local cronyism.According to data submitted by the National Police Agency to Rep. Read MorePolice investigation headquarters raided over alleged mishandling of Gwangju murder caseProsecutors raid Gwangju police agency over alleged mishandling of murder caseGwangju schoolgirl murder exposes risks of unchecked police power
- ▪An official walks past the lobby of the National Office of Investigation in Seodaemun District, Seoul, Tuesday.
- ▪YonhapAbout 17,000 police officers have worked at the same station for more than 10 years, amid a government push to expand its police rotation policy over concerns about local cronyism.According to data submitted by the National Police Age
- ▪Read MorePolice investigation headquarters raided over alleged mishandling of Gwangju murder caseProsecutors raid Gwangju police agency over alleged mishandling of murder caseGwangju schoolgirl murder exposes risks of unchecked police power
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An official walks past the lobby of the National Office of Investigation in Seodaemun District, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapAbout 17,000 police officers have worked at the same station for more than 10 years, amid a government push to expand its police rotation policy over concerns about local cronyism.According to data submitted by the National Police Agency to Rep. Lee Sang-sik of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, 5,209 senior inspectors, 8,697 inspectors, 3,211 assistant inspectors and 13 senior patrol officers had worked at the same station for over 10 years as of this month.At the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, 8.4 percent of 31,302 officers at the rank of senior inspector or below had worked at the same station for over 10 years.
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