“I Said I Wanted to Go Home...” Police Officer Booked After Driving From Incheon to Sokcho While Fellow Female Officer Slept

A police officer in their 30s was booked after driving from Incheon to Gangwon Province in their own car while a female police officer in her 20s slept.
On the 10th, Incheon’s Namdong Police Station said it had booked Officer A without detention on suspicion of unlawful confinement and violating the Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes, etc.
A is suspected of confining B, a female probationary police officer who belonged to the same substation as A at Samsan Police Station and was awaiting formal appointment, in A’s car and driving with her to Sokcho in Gangwon Province last September.
At the time, after finishing a night shift and while heading home, A picked up B and fellow police officer C in A’s car. A first dropped C off, then headed for Sokcho in Gangwon Province with B still in the car, according to the investigation.
B told police during questioning, “I fell asleep, and when I woke up, Officer A was heading toward the Gapyeong rest area in Gyeonggi Province,” and said, in effect, “Even though I said I wanted to go home, Officer A went all the way to Sokcho in Gangwon Province and even tried to order alcohol at the restaurant we arrived at.”
B reportedly said she wanted Officer A to be punished.
Samsan Police Station, where both officers were assigned, conducted an initial investigation into the case and transferred it to Namdong Police Station to ensure an impartial investigation.
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