한국형 대화경찰 제도의 효과성 인식 및 그 영향요인에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate perception and its influencing factors of the effectiveness of the 'Korean Dialogue Police' system introduced to the Korean national police since October 2018. First, each survey on police officers and protest participants attempted to confirm the perception of the effectiveness of the system, such as evaluation of dialogue police activities, effectiveness in maintaining order, effectiveness in ensuring freedom of demonstrations, and satisfaction with dialogue police activities. As a result, it was confirmed that the effectiveness of the dialogue police system perceived by the protest participants was more positive than that of the police officers, and these results demonstrated that skepticism about the dialogue police system was stronger inside the police than outside. The study then identified factors that influence the perception of effectiveness in the dialogue police system. According to the analysis, the factors that influence the police officer's perception of effectiveness were the number of years on service and the number of times they performed as dialogue police. In contrast, the factors that affect the effectiveness of the rally participants were the experience of direct communication with the dialogue police. In addition, both police officers and participants were found to have higher perception of effectiveness if fewer dialogue police officers were deployed to protest sites. It was also found that the higher the legitimacy of the demonstration they perceive, the more positive they were toward the dialogue police system. Based on these results, the authors discussed the ways to improve awareness of the dialogue police system, such as encouraging active activities of the dialogue police and emphasizing the role of ensuring freedom of demonstrations.