4 Senior Superintendents Promoted; National Police Agency Chief Candidates Reshuffled

With four senior superintendents promoted to senior superintendent generals in a high-level police reshuffle, the pool of candidates for the long-vacant National Police Agency chief has been newly reorganized.

The Korean National Police Agency announced today (August 12) that Yoo Seung-ryeol, the Investigation Planning and Coordination Officer at the National Office of Investigation; Ko Beom-seok, head of the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency; Kim Jong-chul, head of the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency; and Ko Pyeong-ki, head of the Jeju Provincial Police Agency, have been 내정된 (nominated) for promotion from senior superintendent to senior superintendent general.

Within the police organization, excluding the head of the National Office of Investigation, there are six senior superintendent general positions: the Deputy Commissioner General of the Korean National Police Agency, the chiefs of the Seoul, Busan, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agencies, and the President of the Korean National Police University.

As a result, it is highly likely that new figures will fill four of the six senior superintendent general positions.

The rank of senior superintendent general is directly below the commissioner general (chief commissioner general) and is typically considered the candidate pool for the next National Police Agency chief.

Nine senior superintendents were also nominated for promotion to senior superintendent.

From the National Police Agency, Senior Superintendent Park Heon-su of the Government Joint Investigation Headquarters for Drug Crimes, Acting Director of Public Safety and Traffic Bureau Lee Seo-young, and Acting Director of International Police Cooperation Bureau Park Jun-sung made the list.

In addition, Song Yu-cheol, head of the Police Administration Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency; Kim Seong-jae, head of the Security Information Department; Oh Seung-jin, head of the Investigation Department; Yang Young-woo, head of the 101st Guard Detachment; Kim Kwang-sik, chief of the Seoul Gwanak Police Station; and Song Byeong-seon, head of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit at the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, were also included in the promotion candidates for senior superintendent.
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