As the terrorist act inflicted on the American Ambassador to Korea, Mark Lippert on
March 5, 2015, the hunting rifle case in Sejong-si in which 3 persons were killed on February
25, and the hunting rifle murder case in Hwaseong-si Namyang-dong on February 27
occurred in succession, there is growing concern that our country is no long safe from
firearm violence.
Internationally, there is growing concern that our country is no longer safe from
international terrorist organizations such as Islamic State (IS), the Sunni Muslims
fundamentalists’ Islamic militia group, which an 18-year old Korean boy Kim voluntarily
joined in January 2015.
The police crisis negotiation of our country was established and operated to prepare for
the 1988 Olympic Games mainly for counter-terrorism purposes, and due to the
characteristics of the prohibition of the use of guns, not a counter-terrorism incident has
occurred, so the skepticism about its existence and the development directions are actively
being discussed.
Our country still prefers the traditional use of force such as SWAT team to resolve crisis
case, such as such as murder, terrorism, robbery, and is reinforcing tactical capabilities.
However, to perform the primary mission of the police to protect the people’s lives and
properties, it is necessary to establish the system in which crisis negotiations are possible
in the initial stages no matter what incidents may occur by expanding the education for crisis
negotiations techniques which are emphasized in the advanced countries such as the United
States.
In this research, the police department’s internal education materials and media are
analyzed so that the new police officers who work hardest on the forefront can carry out
the roles as basic negotiators of crisis negotiations, and the measures for the development
directions of the police crisis negotiations are presented.