"Is it our job to escort the examinees?" ...Current police officers are complaining a lot.

ⓒYonhap News Agency

Complaints have been raised within the police that the police are "out of the scope of job execution" for providing convenience such as transporting test takers who take the College Scholastic Ability Test by police car or sending test tickets.

According to the National Police Agency on the 15th, the police transported test takers 154 times across the country on the day of the CSAT, and provided 187 convenience, including finding test tickets left at home nine times.

In this regard, complaints from current police officers are pouring in from office workers' community blinds, such as "Is the escort of examinees now a traditional police job?" and "How will you respond if there is an emergency report?" Self-help reactions such as "Are we a call taxi?" and "No money, no Gao (Fom), no pride."

In this regard, a police officer told Yonhap News, "Just as test takers for important tests other than the CSAT do not demand specific convenience from the police, it is a matter of their own responsibility," adding, "There are many internal opinions that the police should stick to their original work."

On the other hand, another police officer said, "It's not a long struggle, it's only for a short time in the morning, but I think it's something the police can do," adding, "Transporting the test takers doesn't mean you won't catch the thief."

Lee Yoon-ho, a professor of police administration at Dongguk University, said, "If it is something that can guarantee the lives of the people, it is something that cannot be done without being a police officer." It is necessary to discuss the scope of work that the police and citizens will sympathize with together," he suggested.

Meanwhile, the police deployed 11,343 people, including traffic police, task force, local police, and model drivers, to manage traffic around the test site on the day of the CSAT.

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.