Republic of Korea Auxiliary Police


Republic of Korea Auxiliary Police is an organization belonging to the National Police Agency in South Korea. It is a kind of switched service that attracts and uses active resources to fulfill the military service in Korea. The Auxiliary Police supply personnel on a voluntary basis.
The National Police Agency's auxiliary police force will be trained at the education level of each local government office after completing basic military at the Army Training Center, and will be assigned to the task force, security patrol team, and others. The service period is 21 months like that of the Army. Large numbers of people are also deployed to prevent crime in areas where crimes are chronic. It is used to apply for large scale career requirements among police duties.

The establishment

Republic of Korea Auxiliary police was founded on December 31, 1982, with the aim of assisting security after the curfew was lifted. In 1967, the combat police were organized, Auxiliary Police separated in 1982.

Recruitment and deployment process

Auxiliary Police submits application forms and required documents to the police department belonging to the local police office, and takes the selection process at the designated time and place.
It will receive a four-week basic military training at the Army Training Center and three-week training session for the local police agency. It will be deployed to the local police station depending on the results of the Army Training Center and training session for the local police agency, which considers the location and location of the site.
The basic military training for police officers is the same four-week training camp as the Recruit Service, and the deployment criteria are the educational performance at the Army Training Center and the Regional Security Agency.

Rank structure

Organization Structure

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
Busan Metropolitan Police Agency
Daegu Metropolitan Police Agency
Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency
Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency
Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency
Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency
Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency
Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency
Gangwon Provincial Police Agency
Chungbuk Provincial Police Agency
Chungnam Provincial Police Agency
Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency
Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency
Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency
Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency
Jeju Provincial Police Agency
The organizational system can be divided into those directly under police agencies and those belonging to the Task Force.
Members of the mobile units will be classified as local police and police officers. The internal structure of the task force consists of the headquarters platoon, the 1st Platoon, the 2nd Platoon and the 3rd Platoon.
The leader of the start-up team is the Director General, the Assistant Director is the Director General, the Director of the start-up team is the Director General, the Manerintendent is the Head, and the Director of the Company is the Director. In normal cases, an Inspector will take over the platoon leader for riot police belonging to the local police department or for security patrols. However, some are in charge of acting as a platoon leader, with the Assistant Inspector-class wearing green shoes. In addition, the assistant platoon leader is usually the Assistant Inspector level, but Senior Policeman is in some cases.

Identity

Identity is a police officer and not a soldier during service as Auxiliary Police. Also, they belong to the police officers, which are prescribed under Article 2 of the National Compensation Act.

Peacetime and wartime operation

Based on the permanent establishment company, the agency will be operated in peacetime under the direction of management of the experience, which is provided by the police service department of each district. Career management is divided into preparation for the situation, congestion security, facility security, security patrols, and transportation assistance.
Congestion guards play a role of maintaining order and protecting key personnel at various event sites, and facility security refers to guarding important facilities.
A security patrol is generally defined as a patrol unit patrolling the jurisdiction of the police station to which the unit belongs.
Auxiliary Police will also fight with the military's reserve in case of emergency. It has a K2 rifle, an individual weapon, and basic personal equipment such as magazines and helmets. Unlike the South Korean military, however, they do not fire rifles in peacetime, and only one or two times a year they conduct regular shooting exercises at nearby military firing ranges.

The Auxiliary police in culture

Auxiliary police also appear in dramas and movies when demonstration scene.
In the comics, Naver Webtoon author Jo Seok frequently describes his experiences in Auxiliary police service by writing a comic book titled "The Sound of Heart". It was published in June 2007.
On Naver Webtoons, Seongjeon and Yoon Sung-won are running a cartoon entitled "Beautiful Gunbari" every Monday. The writer describes the situation in the mid-2000s when he was serving in the military in a very realistic manner. On the other hand, the difference between the existing comics is that the main characters and the order of the group are both women as women join the military.

The Dissolution of The Auxiliary Police

, the president, announced plans to completely lift the Republic of Korea Auxiliary Police after 2023.
As a result, National Police Agency has been cutting staff by 20 percent every year since 2017.
After the last conscripted conscripts in December 2021, they will be completely abolished after September 2023.

Relevant laws