자율방범대 설치․운영에 관한 제정 법률안 비교분석 및 입법방향에 관한 연구

Abstract

There is a limit for maintenance of public order and crime response solely by police force. A new paradigm to accentuate collaborative cooperation to overcome such limit is community policing, and the most centered activity is voluntary crime prevention activity. There are over one hundred thousand voluntary crime prevention crews in over four thousand voluntary crime prevention teams, but since there is no legal basis, each voluntary crime prevention team faces difficulties in operation and management. Although the legislative enactment was initiated in the 17th and 18th congress, after few discussion, due to expiration of term of congress, it was automatically scrapped. There were seven bills were initiated in the 19th congress as well, but again, these seem to be automatically scrapped. Therefore, these seven initiated bills were compared and analyzed for extraction of more efficient and desirable legislative bill. First, the structural and operational unit of voluntary crime prevention team shall be in patrol division or police substation instead of eup/myeon/dong (town/subdivision/district), and if required, two or more voluntary crime prevention teams shall be set in one police division or one police substation. Second, considering that the voluntary crime prevention team is established only by report, reasons for disqualification of team crew shall be clearly regulated. Third, the scope of activity shall be limited to patrol for crime prevention, guidance and protection of youth, and activities requested by other police for regional safety. Fourth, appointment of voluntary crime prevention team shall be done by the chief of police, and release of appointment shall be done also by the chief of police if there are reasons for disqualification. Fifth, considering risk and police-relevancy as characteristics of public order, training, instruction, and reward of voluntary crime prevention crew shall be held by police. Yet, availability of rewarding a crew by a local government head may become morale booster for voluntary crime prevention. Sixth, any political activity by voluntary crime prevention shall be prohibited, and such prohibition shall be stated to be regulated. Seventh, establishment of conference or central association of voluntary crime prevention shall be reconsidered as there is a possibility of formation of political interest group. Eighth, necessities such as budget support and accident compensation shall be recognized, and the legal basis for such budget support shall be regulated. However, the conventional dual system of receiving budget support from local government and instruction and management from police shall be improved to be unified through a solution.