Nation’s lowest arrest rate for sex crimes
Jeju Dongbu Police Dept. issued warrants in only 2% of cases in 2015
Jeju police have among the lowest arrest rates in the country for sex crimes.
According to data released by lawmaker Kim Young-jin of the Minjoo Party, who is also a member of the National Assembly’s Security and Public Administration Committee, officers at the Jeju Dongbu Police Station made arrests in only two percent of reported sex crimes last year. That’s the lowest rate in the nation.
Jeju Seobu Police Station also ranked near the bottom, with a rate of only 5.4 percent.
Seogwipo Police fared much better, with an arrest rate of 59.7 percent in 2015… but that was down from 75 percent in 2014.
Jeju Provincial Police representatives say the reason for the drop in arrest figures was the merging in 2014 of all departments involved in sex crimes into a single investigative unit.
제주경찰 성범죄 검거율 전국 최하위권
제주경찰 성범죄 검거율이 전국 최하위권인 것으로 나타났습니다.
국회 안전행정위원회 소속 더불어민주당 김영진 의원이 경찰청에서 제출받은 자료에 따르면 제주동부경찰서의 지난해 성범죄 검거율은 2%로 전국 최하위를 기록했습니다.
서부경찰서도 5.4%로 최하위권이었고, 서귀포경찰서는 59.7%로 다른 곳에 비해서는 높게 나타났지만 지난 2014년 75%에 비해서는 크게 감소한 것으로 나타났습니다.
이에 대해 제주지방경찰청은 지난 2014년부터 경찰서별 성범죄수사팀을 성폭력특별수사대로 통합 운영하면서 통계상 경찰서의 검거율이 떨어진 것이라고 설명했습니다.