Advantages such as expanding the scope of mission… Promotion of child-rearing measures for female police officers
Mixed riot police teams with male and female police officers working together will be expanded nationwide.
The National Police Agency announced on the 27th that the Gyeongnam Police Agency will additionally install mixed riot police, which are currently being piloted, in seven city and provincial police offices, including the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
A total of 14 riot squads will be reorganized into mixed groups: 8 riot squads from the Seoul Metropolitan Government and 1 riot squad each from Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Southern Gyeonggi, Northern Gyeonggi, and Sejong Police Agency.
As before, the mixed task force is deployed to the site of an assembly, demonstration, or disaster, and plays roles such as managing crowds, maintaining order, and emergency rescue.
It consists of members of various ranks, from inspectors to constables, starting with the mobile commander, who is in charge of the rank of police officer.
The police chief selects and appoints competent police officers regardless of gender.
Earlier, in August of last year, the National Police Agency first established and piloted a mixed-gender riot squad, which added one female police officer to the three well-organized riot police at the Gyeongnam Office.
As a result, it was judged that there were many advantages, such as immediate response regardless of the gender of the assembly participants and the expansion of the scope of mission performance, and decided to expand the organization nationwide.
However, the National Police Agency decided to promote various support measures together as it is concerned about the childcare gap of female police officers who are organized in mixed-gender riot squads.
For now, riot police with children under the age of 12 will be excluded from unannounced late-night emergency dispatches, regardless of gender.
In addition, it plans to sign a business agreement with a large private care company so that the riot police can use care helpers at any time.
Police Commissioner General Yoon Hee-geun said, “We will do our best to ensure that there are no blind spots in the operation of the mixed-gender riot police.”
/yunhap news