During the ‘alert’ period, Jeonbuk police officers continued to drink and drive… “Elevated to special alert.”

The Jeonbuk Police Agency expressed regret on the 5th over the recent series of drunk driving incidents by its police officers.

The Jeonbuk Police Agency issued a written statement on this day, saying, “We will make efforts to prevent police officers from violating their duties and establish public service discipline.”

In Jeonbuk, three police officers were caught drinking and driving in the past 10 days.

At around 2 a.m. on the 21st of last month, Sergeant A, a member of the police special forces, was driving drunk on a road in Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, and when his car's wheels fell into a ditch, he abandoned the car and returned to the office.

When questioned by his superior who reported this, Officer A denied the incident by saying, "I didn't drink alcohol," but he is under investigation due to reports that he was seen drinking at a company dinner the day before.

Jeonbuk Police Agency Chief Shin Hyo-seop even issued a 'general warning' around that time to refrain from department dinners, etc., but the drunken police officer's dizzying driving continued.

On the 29th of last month, police officer B was caught driving a car with a revoked license (blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher) near Uwa-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, and on the 30th of last month, police officer C was caught riding an electric kickboard with a suspended license (0.03-0.08%) on the road right in front of the Jeonbuk Police Agency.

Starting today, the Jeonbuk Police Agency decided to upgrade the general alert to a 'special alert' and implement measures to eradicate police officer misconduct, such as banning company dinners.

In particular, as a large-scale crackdown on drunk driving is predicted ahead of the year-end and New Year holidays, police officers plan to take strict action against drunk driving.

An official from the Jeonbuk Police Agency said, "Yesterday, we held a meeting on measures to prevent violations of duty presided over by the commissioner and discussed this. We will strengthen public service discipline through a special inspection by the middle of this month."