경찰조직 내 심리부검 도입에 관한 연구 -경찰공무원 자살을 중심으로-

Abstract

The police officer manages the initial measures and case records in the case of suicide against ordinary citizens, verifies the actual part of the suicide, and concludes the investigation by submitting formal records on the cause of suicide. In addition, the Central Psychological Autopsy Center and the Metropolitan Mental Health Promotion Center are conducting psychological autopsy on ordinary citizens, and based on this, they propose policy proposals for suicide prevention. However, when a police officer commits suicide, psychological autopsy is not performed on them. In this study, the number of post-traumatic stress and counseling is increasing in the case of police officers, and the suicide rate is not decreasing. Therefore, the issue of introducing a psychological autopsy center in the National Police Agency was raised by comparing the suicide rates of police officers, firefighters, and correctional officers The causes of suicide of police officers can be divided into personal problems and social problems. The personal problems are difficulties due to personal tendency, job-related problems and illnesses. The social causes are problems caused by low conflicts and support in the organization. In addition, there are cases where the exact cause of the suicide of police officers due to the absence of the psychological autopsy center is not solved, which is why the police department insisted on introducing the psychological autopsy center. Since the police are reluctant to disclose the part of counseling or post-suicide treatment due to the specificity of the organization, it is expected that the establishment of police officers in the office will contribute to lowering the suicide rate of police officers by establishing suicide prevention policies and accumulating databases based on the results of psychological autopsy. In addition, the burden will be reduced if the police officers due to overwork are consulted with the mental companion center in the local government office rather than visiting each center. Therefore, this study suggests ways to improve the system through the establishment of countermeasures manuals for police suicides and the establishment and revision of related legislation for the establishment of a dedicated organization.