Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

Coordinates: 35°40′37.3″N 139°45′8.3″E / 35.677028°N 139.752306°E / 35.677028; 139.752306

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
警視庁
Keishichō
Asahikage
Headquarters building
Agency overview
Formed 1874
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		 Japan
Operations jurisdiction Japan
Legal jurisdiction Tokyo
Governing body Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Operational structure
Overviewed by Commission Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission
Headquarters 1-1 Kasumigaseki 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8929

Officers 43,505
Police Administrative Civilians 2,961
Agency executive
  • Naomasa Yoshida, Superintendent General
Bureaus
Facilities
Stations 102
Patrol Cars 1292
Police Motorcycles 960
Boats 22
Helicopters 14
Police Dogs 37
Police Horses 16
Website
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (in Japanese)
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (in English)
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters in 1938
The Keishi-chō censorship department in 1938

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁, Keishichō) serves as the police force of Tokyo Metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a Superintendent-General, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission, and approved by the Prime Minister.

The Metropolitan Police, with a staff of more than 40,000 police officers, and over 2,800 civilian personnel, manages 102 stations in the prefecture.[1]

The main building of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is located in the Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. Built in 1980, it is 18 stories tall, a large wedge-shaped building with a cylindrical tower. It is easily seen from the street and a well-known landmark.

History


Scandals

In 2007, the TMPD was under scrutiny when a serving TMPD officer was involved in an incident where he used his official sidearm to shoot a female person to death before he committed suicide.[2]

The TMPD was investigating an incident in the Kamata Police Station in Ota Ward where a police officer committed suicide due to harassment at work. The chief in charge has been disciplined.[3]

Organization

The Metropolitan Police Department is under the command of a Superintendent-General and reports directly to the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission. The Superintendent-General can be appointed and replaced at any time as long as the prime minister and the TMPSC receives their approval.[4]

Since the MPD is autonomous, it does not operate under the authority of any Regional Police Bureau.[5]

The MPD commands the following bureaus:[1]

Administration Bureau

Personnel and Training Bureau

Traffic Bureau

Community Police Affairs Bureau

Security Bureau

Public Security Bureau

Criminal Investigation Bureau

Community Safety Bureau

Organized Crime Control Bureau

The MPD also has its own academy, the Metropolitan Police Department Academy.

Ranks and Insignia

The ranks used in the TMPD have been slightly revised in 2013, changing only the English translation of some of the ranks used by the force.[1]

Otherwise, these ranks are observed throughout its history.[6]

  • Superintendent-General (four gold rising suns)
  • Deputy Superintendent-General (not rank, but post of MPD. gold-wreathed gold emblem with three gold bars)[lower-alpha 1]
  • Senior Commissioner (gold-wreathed gold emblem with three gold bars), formerly Superintendent Supervisor[lower-alpha 2]
  • Commissioner (gold-wreathed gold emblem with two gold bars), formerly Chief Superintendent[lower-alpha 3]
  • Assistant Commissioner (gold-wreathed gold emblem with one gold bar), formerly Senior Superintendent[lower-alpha 4]
  • Superintendent (gold-wreathed silver emblem with three gold bars)
  • Chief Inspector (gold-wreathed silver emblem with two gold bars), formerly Inspector[lower-alpha 5]
  • Inspector (gold-wreathed silver emblem with one gold bar), formerly Assistant Inspector[lower-alpha 6]
  • Sergeant (silver-wreathed silver emblem with three gold bars)
  • Senior Police Officer (silver-wreathed silver emblem with two gold bars)
  • Police Officer (silver-wreathed silver emblem with one gold bar)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Not observed from TMPD websites/books as of 2018.
  2. ↑ Minor adaptions were made by the TMPD in 2013.
  3. ↑ Minor adaptions were made by the TMPD in 2013.
  4. ↑ Minor adaptions were made by the TMPD in 2013.
  5. ↑ Minor adaptions were made by the TMPD in 2013.
  6. ↑ Minor adaptions were made by the TMPD in 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20171117092458/http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/multilingual/english/about_us/graph_keishicho/index.files/18.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/09/21/national/top-tokyo-cop-reprimanded-for-alleged-murder-by-officer/#.W3I4kbhx1PY/
  3. ↑ https://soranews24.com/2014/04/23/power-harrassment-in-japans-police-force-blamed-for-officers-suicide/
  4. ↑ http://dspace.lib.niigata-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10191/960/1/18_0098.pdf
  5. ↑ https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4414&context=jclc
  6. ↑ The Police of Japan 1982, Page 13.
  7. ↑ Metropolitan Police Department, police stations, Ogasawara: 管内の概況
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