공인탐정제도 도입에 대한 경찰관들의 인식 연구

Abstract

As operating activities become possible in Korea under the name of 'detective' in 2020, growth in related industries is expected. However, the long-standing negative image has also raised concerns about the sound growth of the related industries. It is time to speed up the legislation on the 'Certified Detective System‘ in order to prevent rampant private detective businesses and excessive competition. In the meantime, the government has also tried to enact the detective industry, but it has not been successful due to differences in the positions of the relevant government agencies. This study is to investigate the police officers who were most closely related to the detective industry. From the key details of the overall analysis results for 231 police officers, it may be summed up as follows. First, 84.4% of the police officers in response voted in favor of legalizing the detective industry, while 15.6% of them opposed it. The reason for the approval took the most that 24.1% of the respondents said 'it would help protect the rights and interests of the victims or rescue the damage'. On the other hand, the reason for the opposition took the most that 52.8% said 'it is concerned about invasion of privacy such as illegal wiretapping, etc'. Second, regarding the management of the certified detective business, 67.6% of the respondents took the most, said 'National Police Agency is desirable as the supervisory office. For qualifications of detectives, 60.1% of the respondents took the most, said 'it is desirable to acquire certificate through examination'. Third, for questions about the area of detective service, 'detection of people's life or death, and locations(to find absconders, disappearance persons, debtors, and fugitive offenders)' received the most support from police officers. Fourth, among the expectancy effect by the introduction of the certified detective business, it earned a high rating of more than four points out of five points in 'job creation' and 'help citizens recover from damage'. Based on such police officers' cognition, this study was to add suggestions for desirable enactment.