공공안전경찰에 대한 법학교육의 현황과 방향

Many people think that police are primarily crime fighters. However, the crime-fighter image is not accurate description of what the police do. In generally, Police role is to protect the people’s life and property by peace keeping and order maintenance. In recently, ‘public safety’ is considered as important factor to decide the quality of life. So, responsibility of public safety police who work in police department related to public safety is important. Especially, the education of law for public safety police is also important to protect and serve the people. This study examined the condition of law education of public safety police including foreign country police such as Germany, Austria and United States of America. In conclusion, this study suggests as follows;First, the conception of the importance of public safety police should be improved. Second, the law education of public safety police should be enlarged and the public safety law related to the police work be managed. Third, the public safety science based on law should be established as a new science.