Police rank system is not only the criteria to assign positions but the standard to set rank retirement age. According to Korean National Police Official Law, Police rank is composed of 11 ranks from Patrolman to Commissioner General. To overcome the ...
Police rank system is not only the criteria to assign positions but the standard to set rank retirement age. According to Korean National Police Official Law, Police rank is composed of 11 ranks from Patrolman to Commissioner General. To overcome the structural and chronic problems of Korean Police, it is required to downsize the current rank system to seven ranks, which helps accord the number of ranks with that of positions. This change might relieve the promotion competition and solve the problems of the current rank retirement age. The reform of police rank system can be the desirable arrangements consistent with the new currents of modern Knowledge-Information Society which requires prompt decision making through destruction of bureaucratic structure.