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Purpose: This study aims to demonstrate the differences in leaders' followership in the Korean police organization according to the total length of service and the length of service at the security department with 91 trainees of the Police Human Resources Development Institute as the research subjects. Method: For the data processing of this study, using the SPSS 23.0 program, frequency analysis was conducted to identify the general characteristics of the research subjects, and Cronbach's α coefficient was calculated to verify the reliability of the questionnaire. One-way ANOVA was conducted to find out the differences in leaders's followership according to the total length of service as a police officer and the length of service at the security department, and Chi-Square was conducted to find out the connection between the total length of service and the length of service at the security department. Results: This study found that leaders' followership varies between police officers depending on their total length of service. It was also shown that leaders' followership varies between police officers depending on their length of service at the security department. In addition, there was a connection between the total length of service and the length of service at the security department. Conclusion: The results confirmed through this study are believed to be fully utilized as basic data for the development of programs for improving the followership of police officers working in the security department, but since it is a verification of individual items of the followership, there will be limitations in identifying the differences in overall followership effects according to the length of service. [Keywords] Military Affairs, National Police, Security Department, Police Officer, Followership 1.Introduction The recent disappearance of an official from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the shooting by the North Korean military in waters off Yeonpyeongdo Island drew keen public attention and invoked social discussion. The controversy continues as the exact story of the incident or the truth has yet to be revealed, and the South Korean government and North Korea's announcement are different from each other. Furthermore, the seriousness of the situation is growing as various problems are being revealed in the response and handling of the situation by the maritime police and military officials, who were supposed to protect the lives of the people from the time they go missing. Two months after the incident, a North Korean broke through the military border and crossed an iron fence at a frontline guard unit in Goseong, Gangwon Province. The incident reminds us of the "knock-knock defection incident" around October 2012, and both incidents occurred at locations not far Publisher: J-INSTITUTE ISSN: 2423-8775 Website: www.j-institute.jp/military/ Editor: [email protected] Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected] dx.doi.org/10.22471 /military.2020.5.2.09 c 2020 J-INSTITUTE NATIONAL POLICE: Differences in Leaders’ Followership According to the Total Length of Service as a Police Officer and the Length of Service at the Security Department Hoyeun Youn Daewon University College, Jecheon, Republic of Korea Yooshin Im Kyunghee Cyber University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Sunggu Jo Kyungwoon University, Gumi, Republic of Korea