재난교육훈련이 경찰공무원의 재난대응역량에 미치는 영향

Abstract

In a disaster situation, there is a growing concern in our society whether the crisis management system works properly. In this regard, this study began with a consideration of whether police officers, who perform various missions in the field and have increasing importance, had the required capabilities for them in the situation. For the purpose, this study set up a hypothesis, “The police officers’ disaster response capabilities would improve with better education/training system then investigated their perceived disaster response capabilities and the factors affecting them through the related surveys and analyses to present the necessary policy implications. As a result of the study, it turned out that the police officers’ education/training system had all statistically significant positive (+) impacts on their disaster response capabilities. The results of this study suggest several policy implications. In particular it is necessary to establish and continuously promote a plan for customized improvement, focusing on ‘female police officers,’ ‘those whose work is not at all or hardly, or slightly related to disasters,’ ‘those who have served for 10 years to 15 years,’ and ‘those whose rank is Superintendent or Senior Inspector’ who were found to have relatively poorer disaster response capabilities. Also, with these efforts for improvement, comprehensive improvements should be made, e.g., granting the police’s authority to take initial action in disaster response, maintaining the related coaching system, maintaining the laws and systems on the roles and duties of the police according to the introduction of the autonomous police system and strengthening cooperation with local governments, etc. This study scientifically verified and analyzed the factors affecting the police officers’ disaster response capabilities. In other words this study is the first case that expanded the range of the subjects of the survey from constable to the ranks higher than senior superintendent working nationwide and conducted surveys with the National Police Agency, a policy unit, as well as the first-line patrol divisions and police substations. This study has great significance for establishing the foundation for the revitalization of the follow-up studies by evaluating the police officers’ disaster response capabilities and proposing concrete improvement plans.