At the present time, when the autonomous police system is being implemented, it is necessary to review the meaning of the autonomous police system and whether it is in line with the purpose of the local autonomy system through its actual situation. The purpose of the autonomous police system is to establish regional security through a police system that matches the local circumstances. The autonomous police system must be institutionalized to meet the needs of regional security and suit the characteristics of each region. However, it is questionable whether the autonomous police system currently in effect is structured and operated to suit the characteristics of the region. The constitutional purpose of local autonomy is to implement self-governance to improve the welfare of residents. When approaching local autonomy from the perspective of promoting the welfare of residents, it is necessary to reexamine the extent to which the autonomous police system is contributing to improving the welfare of residents. The autonomous police system must be organized and operated to reflect the opinions of residents. However, the current police law has limitations in that it does not provide an opportunity for the autonomous police committee, which is an autonomous police agency, to reflect the opinions of residents. According to the current law, the Autonomous Police Committee directs and supervises the city/provincial police chiefs regarding autonomous police affairs. However, it cannot be said that these autonomous police committees have a status that allows them to actually perform their functions in command and supervision of city/provincial police chiefs. The Autonomous Police Committee is granted the status of a consensus-based administrative agency for autonomous police affairs, but exercises command and supervision rights through deliberation and voting rights only on simple administrative affairs, not direct autonomous police affairs. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed the current state of the law and presented improvement measures to meet the purpose of local autonomy, which is to promote the welfare of residents in order to achieve institutional guarantee of local autonomy. However, the limitations of this study are that the analysis of the actual situation was conducted through a literature review, and it was limited to the actual state of the legislation and the actual state of the system.
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