정보･보안경찰 폐지론 – 그 이유와 대안

Abstract

Under the Moon Jae-in administration, reforms to public security agencies were to coordinate or relocate existing work, not to reduce the total amount of business. Rather, the intelligence police took over the role played by the NIS and strengthened its status. And the security police had the opportunity to be upgraded to the ‘Security Investigation Headquarters’ following the transfer of the NSA’s anti-communist investigative function. In order to demonstrate that it is appropriate to dismantle information and security police, this study reviews the limitations of information gathering based on the principle of separation of police-intelligence agencies and the authority of police, and explains the problems of information and security police. The alternative measures that could be taken after dismantling them are briefly presented. So far, civil society has made great efforts to reform public security agencies, including the NIS, and will see the result gradually. However, there is still a long way to go, including systematic reform plans for the entire public security agency. Now is not the time to slow down the reins of reforms to public security agencies.