On the 1st, the government appointed Kim Jong-cheol, Commissioner of the Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Police Agency, as Deputy Commissioner of the National Police Agency, and Go Beom-seok, Commissioner of the Jeonnam Police Agency, as Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, respectively, and carried out personnel transfers to the Superintendent of Public Safety and the Superintendent of Police for the second half of this year.
This is a follow-up appointment following the promotion appointments for Superintendent of Police and Superintendent of Police announced on the 12th of last month.
In order to strengthen the fairness and accountability of police work, the National Police Agency has fully applied the 'hypocrisy system', which excludes working in hometowns, to 18 city and provincial police chiefs across the country.
Accordingly, 14 out of 18 city and provincial police chiefs (78%) were replaced. The replacement rate for all police superintendent positions is 81%.
There are three people who have been promoted to inspectors general and received new positions, including the new Deputy Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Kim Jong-cheol, the new Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Go Beom-seok, and the new Incheon Police Agency Commissioner Yoo Seung-ryeol. New Deputy Chief Kim will take on the duties of acting Commissioner General of the National Police Agency.
The rank of Superintendent of Public Safety is just below the Chief of Police, which is the Superintendent of Public Safety.
There are seven positions, including the Deputy Chief of the National Police Agency, the Chief of the National Investigation Headquarters, the Chiefs of the Seoul, Busan, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency, and the Dean of the National Police University.
New Deputy Director Kim worked in the Blue House Government Affairs Situation Room during the Moon Jae-in administration.
After serving as the head of the Life Safety Department at the Gangwon Police Agency, the head of the Public Safety Department at the Chungnam Police Agency, and the head of the Life Safety and Transportation Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, he took over as the head of the Gyeongnam Police Agency in September of last year.
The new Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency chief is an expert in the security field, having served as head of the Mobile Headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency and the Counter-Terrorism Center of the Office for Government Policy Coordination. He was promoted to Superintendent of Police in September of last year, and has served as the Jeonnam Police Chief since April of this year.
New Incheon Commissioner Yoo served as the investigation planning coordinator at the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency. He has a history of being dispatched to the Presidential Office during the Park Geun-hye and Yoon Seok-yeol governments.
Jeju Police Commissioner Go Pyeong-gi, who was among those nominated for promotion to Superintendent of Public Safety last month, was excluded from this appointment and moved to the position of Director of the Life Safety and Traffic Bureau at the National Police Agency.
At the National Police Agency, Kim Seong-jae, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Public Security Intelligence Department, was promoted to the position of Superintendent of Police, and Song Yoo-cheol, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Police Affairs Department, was promoted to the position of Superintendent of Police, as the National Police Agency's Planning Coordinator.
Ulsan Police Agency Commissioner Yoo Yun-jong was appointed as the Police Personnel Planning Director, Director Park Hyun-soo of the Police Human Resources Development Institute was appointed as the Director of the Future Security Policy Bureau, Gwangju Police Agency Commissioner Kim Young-geun was appointed as the Director of the Crime Prevention and Response Bureau, and Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency Commissioner Kim Dong-kwon was appointed as the Director of the International Public Security Cooperation Bureau.
In order to strengthen the responsibility of police investigations and on-site investigation capabilities following the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act, investigative experts were assigned to key positions at the National Investigation Headquarters.
Seoul Gwanak Police Station Chief Kim Gwang-sik was appointed as Investigation Planning Coordinator for Guk Sub-bon, and Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Investigation Department Chief Oh Seung-jin was appointed as Chief of Investigation.
Superintendent Son Je-han was appointed as the director of the Police Human Resources Development Institute, and Do Jun-su, director of the National Police Agency's Future Security Policy Bureau, was appointed as the director of the Central Police Academy.
Song Byeong-seon, head of the Metropolitan Investigation Division of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency, was promoted to Superintendent of Police and appointed as Deputy Chief of Investigation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Director Nam Je-hyeon of the Central Police Academy was moved to Deputy Chief of Public Safety.
Gwangju Commissioner Yang Young-woo, Ulsan Commissioner Choi Bo-hyun, Gyeonggi Northern District Commissioner Lee Seung-hyup, Gangwon District Commissioner Kwak Byeong-woo, North Chungcheong Commissioner Park Jong-seop, Jeonbuk Commissioner Shin Hyo-seop, Jeonnam Commissioner Kim Ho-seung, Gyeongbuk Commissioner Park Heon-soo, Gyeongnam District Commissioner Lee Jae-young, and Jeju Commissioner Kim Byeong-chan were appointed as provincial and provincial police chiefs, respectively.
Among these, the new Gwangju Office Commissioner Yang and the new Gyeongbuk Office Commissioner Park were promoted to Superintendent of Public Safety.
Park Joon-seong, acting director of the National Police Agency's International Security Cooperation Bureau, was appointed as the acting chief of the Daegu Police Agency, and Lee Seo-young, acting director of the National Police Agency's Life Safety and Traffic Bureau, was appointed as the acting chief of the South Chungcheong Police Agency along with a promotion to Superintendent of Police.
In follow-up appointments, the National Police Agency plans to reorganize its personnel system, including expanding the application of the compensation system to key positions, including hearing, audit and human rights officers at provincial and provincial police offices.
