For the introduction of domestic private investigation act, with beginning of private
investigation act bill by Ha Soon-bong in 1999, congressmen Choi Jae-chun, Lee
Sang-bae, in 2005, Lee In-gi in 2008, and Kang Sung-chun in 2009 initiate the each
bill, and many researches and studies in the academia about the private investigation
act bill makes have a bright prospect toward to the bill. However, up to the present,
there is a debating which services will charge for management for the private
investigation business.
It is important that which facilities will assume charge of management for the private
investigation business because this is a cornerstone to set up a successful investigation
act which fulfills a nation’s needs in the future. According to the other countries which
induced the act earlier, they, by perceiving the act as a part of the private security,
manage the act by setting the police or the separate services such as committees.
In municipal laws, there was a case suggesting The National Police Agency and
The Justice Department as the facilities for the management and supervision,
however, for the unification of administration for the whole private security,
similarities of the private investigation and police service, privacy of police services,
and development for the domestic private security business, the national police
agency, taking care of the private security business, should be assigned as the
department for management and supervision, additionally, suggestion to establish
“The Management Committee for Private Investigation Business” as a separate facility
under the national police agency is needed.
Key Word : Private Security, Private Investigation, Act Bill for Private Investigation,
Charge of Management for the Private Investigation Business, Act for
Private Security.