바람직한 경찰인사행정의 모색 -전문성향상과 개방형을 중심으로-

Abstract

Recently, there are many demonstrations in Korea which the police have great difficulties dealing with. Due to the strict policy against illegal demonstrations, the police commissioner is often seriously criticized by the civic groups. Sometimes even the commissioner's position can not be guaranteed fully because of the political situations and conflicts occurred from the demonstrations. Looking at the importance of police organizational size and its duties, the commissioner's position should be upgraded from vice-minister to ministership. The way of appointing police officers to the managemental post should be changed from close to open system. In fact, through the survey it is found that most of the police officers agree to the open system. Especially, USA, UK and German police's experiences can be a good role model in police manager appointment. Increasingly, more police officers should be recruited for the purpose of proper handling the police duty. For example, they try to do effective crime prevention, successful investigations, and public order maintenance etc. Police personnel structure has to be improved from the Eiffel tower model to bell type model. More civilian employees and police women should be increasingly recruited. Furthermore, improving the officers' capability and their skills in the task accomplishment, entry-level training should be intensified and emphasized. Short term-personnel management practice should be changed in the future. When the police officers get promoted, their capability, sincerity, and specialty should be objectively evaluated. It is very necessary to invest more in the police science education at the universities. That's why the Korean police should have more interests on education in the universities. In addition, for the better investigation process through the cooperation between police and prosecutor, harmonized arbitration on investigative powers should be accomplished. Police decentralization has to be promoted sooner or later and for the effective law enforcement police duty-related laws and regulations should be revised and new bills have to be passed. Finally, the Korean police should try to guarantee their people to keep safety zone and secure their daily lives.