부 경장, 실종 장씨 위치조회 7번 했는데…왜 거짓말로 사건 덮었나

A senior police officer, Jeong, was arrested for fabricating a case after checking a suspect's phone location seven times shortly after receiving a missing persons report. Although he admitted to some of the allegations after 13 days of official investigation, he remained silent on why he lied to cover up the case. According to data provided by the Jeju Police Department on May 28, Jeong checked the suspect's phone location seven times between 6:43 PM and 8:55 PM on May 15.

The same information was reviewed 12 times by the same department's 112 situation team at around the same time. The real answer remains unclear as to why Jeong fabricated the case, with some speculating that he may have been under excessive work pressure or performance pressure. However, Jeong has handled 298 cases of missing persons in the past year, which is not an unusual number.

A police officer speaking on condition of anonymity said, "Our missing persons team has, on average, solved 285 cases per person in the past year," but added that "the workload cannot be compared between police stations due to the different nature of cases." The Chief of Jeju Police Department also commented, "The salary increase for closing a case is not an incentive, and handing over the case to a colleague is not a burden for me."

Jeong was arrested on accusations of misusing his authority, falsifying reports, obstructing hierarchical procedures, and lying about having talked to the missing person. The police have now assigned a profiler to investigate the motive behind his actions.