Beomseok Ko, Jeonnam Police Chief, Promoted to Deputy Commissioner General, Enters Candidates Pool for Top National Police Chief

Korean National Police University 8th Class Graduate from Mokpo

Beomseok Ko, Commissioner of Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, has been nominated for promotion to Deputy Commissioner General, which is the rank immediately below the chief of the National Police Agency and is considered a pool of candidates for the top police post.

On August 12, the National Police Agency announced promotion nominations for 4 Deputy Commissioner Generals and 9 Commissioner Generals. In this senior-level personnel announcement, which comes after an 11-month hiatus, Beomseok Ko, Commissioner of Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, was named for promotion from Commissioner General to Deputy Commissioner General.

Beomseok Ko, Former Commissioner of Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency.

The rank of Deputy Commissioner General sits directly under Commissioner General, the head of the National Police Agency, and there are only seven such senior positions within the police organization: Deputy Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Commissioner of the National Investigation Headquarters, and Commissioners of the Seoul, Busan, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agencies, as well as the President of the Korean National Police University. Traditionally, the National Police Agency chief is selected from among these Deputy Commissioner Generals, so with this promotion, Commissioner Ko is now included in the pool of candidates for the next chief of the National Police Agency.

Born in 1970, Commissioner Ko graduated from Muntae High School in Mokpo, Jeonnam, and from the Department of Public Administration at the Korean National Police University (8th class). He began his police career in 1992.

Since joining the force, he has held key roles in security, inspection, and police operations, including Audit and Inspection Officer at the National Police Agency, Chief of Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul, Director of Public Safety at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Chief of Autonomous Police at the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, position at the Counter-Terrorism Center under the Office for Government Policy Coordination, Commander of the Mobile Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and Director of the Security Bureau at the National Police Agency. In April of this year, he was appointed as the 37th Commissioner of Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency, leading public safety in the region.

While the specific assignments for those nominated for promotion will be determined in the next two to three weeks, Ko's promotion is expected to accelerate further personnel shifts and restructuring within the police leadership.

In addition to Commissioner Ko, this round of personnel changes saw Yoo Seungryul, Director of Investigation Planning and Coordination at the National Investigation Headquarters; Kim Jongcheol, Commissioner of Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency; and Ko Pyeongki, Commissioner of Jeju Provincial Police Agency, all promoted to Deputy Commissioner General. Nine others were nominated for promotion to Commissioner General: Park Heonsu, Lee Seoyoung, Park Junseong, Song Yucheol, Kim Seongjae, Oh Seungjin, Yang Youngwoo, Kim Kwangsik, and Song Byeongseon.

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