National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 75 concluded that employment of conscript force for this purpose is beyond the conscripts’ inherent mission of providing assistance to maintain public order. A complaint was received from the parents of police conscripts that assigning conscripts to the same first-line-of-defense duty as career policemen at rallies and demonstrations is a violation of human rights by the Chief of the National Police Agency, given that the mission of police conscripts is to provide assistance to maintain public order. The National Police Agency responded that “the placement of police conscripts on the scene of rallies and demonstrations to prevent crime or suppress rioters is a lawful execution of official duty. Based on the situation on the scene, the police may reinforce the police squad with the conscripted police squad, and because there is not a large number of men in the police squad, National Police Agency is working on a plan to gradually reduce the police conscript force and consultation with the Ministry of National Defense and other relevant ministries.” The Commission found that, from November 2016 to March 2017, the conscripted police squad worked on average 15 hours and 40 minutes every Saturday, often missing meal times. As the situation on the scene required, they climbed on top of a bus to suppress rioters. During this period, 17 conscripts were injured on the scene. While the police squad personnel received financial compensation for overtime work performed, which on average was between 87 and 125 hours a month, the conscripted police squad personnel received no other compensation than a one-day special leave to sleep out. The Commission argued that conscripts who perform their mandatory service in a fire department are not directly involved in front-line firefighting missions, much like Coast Guard conscripts are not directly involved in cracking down illegal fishing. In contrast, police conscripts are required to perform beyond their assigned duty and are, in practice, performing the duty of maintaining public order. The Commission also concluded that failure to properly compensate conscripts for their work, which can last up to 24 hours and 30 minutes at a scene, is an infringement of the general right to freedom of action guaranteed under Article 10 of the Constitution. Commission's Major Activities recruit more career policemen to offset the reduced force. However, this plan must be pursued in Part 2 the police conscripts may, on occasion, come in direct contact with rioters.” It also added, “the