Gwacheon Police Station

37°25′46″N 126°59′24″E / 37.4293708°N 126.9900492°E / 37.4293708; 126.9900492

Gwacheon Police Station is one of the police stations under the jurisdiction of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency in South Korea. It has jurisdiction over the Gwacheon area of Gyeonggi Province. It is located at 20 Tongyeong-ro (Jungang-dong), Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi Province.

The chief shall be reported to the superintendent.[1]

Basic Information

Substations, Branch offices and their jurisdiction

Gwacheon Police Station has two district police stations under its jurisdiction.

Substations Photo Address Jurisdiction Branch offices
Gwacheon substation 136 Gwanmun-ro (Jungang-dong) Jungang-dong, Burim-dong, Gwanmun-dong, Gwacheeon-dong, Juam-dong, Makgye-dong Seon-am Branch
Seoul Grand Park Branch
Byeoryang substation 58 Byeorang-ro (Byeoryang-dong) Byeoryang-dong, Galhyeon-dong, Munwon-dong, Wonmun-dong

Incidents

2024 Raid on the National Election Commission Headquarters and Gwacheon Police Station Investigation

In December 2024, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law, some 300 martial law troops forcibly entered and occupied the National Election Commission's headquarters in Gwacheon for over three hours, confiscating officials' phones and sealing off the building's perimeter. The NEC formally condemned the action as "a clear violation of the Constitution" and noted that the incursion appeared aimed at gathering evidence for unsubstantiated claims of rigging in the April 2024 parliamentary elections]. A subsequent months-long probe by the Gwacheon Police Station found no evidence of electoral fraud and determined there was insufficient basis to forward the case to prosecutors.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 대한민국 국회 (May 20, 2014). "경찰법 제17조 제1항". Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "South Korea's election commission decries troop dispatch as 'clear violation of Constitution'". The Straits Times. 6 December 2024. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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