The South Korean government plans to add up to 8,000 conscripted police within nine months. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea announced Wednesday that it sought to revive the recently abolished conscripted police system to strengthen the state’s crime prevention capabilities.
The conscripted police system - in which draftees serve as an alternative to regular compulsory military service - was phased out under a policy direction announced in 2017 by former President Moon Jae-in, due to the shrinking population and the shortage of military-aged men. Under president Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration’s preliminary plan, the national police will conscript over 3,500 auxiliary conscripted police for deployment in emergencies, and over 4,000 conscripted police to patrol in vulnerable locations. This was according to the National Police Agency commissioner general Yoon Hee-keun, who attended Wednesday’s briefing.
Mr Han said the government looks to endow the court with the authority to send people with diagnosed mental illnesses - who are also deemed to be a potential threat to others - into compulsory custody in psychiatric wards. The government is “capable of discerning the types of mental illness that are likely to trigger violent crimes from the types that are not,” Mr Han told reporters.
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