Police Organization

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Japan's national police organization is made up of the National Public Safety Commission (NPSC) and the National Police Agency (NPA). The NPSC holds administrative supervision over the NPA and appoints the Commissioner General. As head of the NPA, the Commissioner General 警察庁長官 (Keisatsu-chō Chōkan) holds the highest position in the Japanese police, but his title is not a police rank.

The NPA oversees the seven Regional Police Bureaus (RPB) and the prefectural police organizations. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁 Keishichō) and Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters are excluded from the jurisdiction of RPBs. Police stations in a prefecture are under the command of the prefecture headquarters. Tokyo MPD headquarters are located in the government buildings area beside the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.[1]

Police Department Sections

Police Station personnel are divided into seven departments or bureaus[2]:

  • Administration Department
  • Traffic Department
  • Security Department (Security for domestic and foreign dignitaries; also subversive activities and counterintelligence[3])
    • Junpei Matsuda was on the bomb squad in this department.[4]
  • Community Police Affairs Department
    • Police Boxes (Koban)
    • Residential Police Boxes (Chuzaisho)
    • Patrol cars
  • Criminal Investigation Department (刑事部 Keijibu)
    • Division 2: Handles gangster-related and white-collar crimes[5]
    • Division 1: Handles everything else[5]
    • Criminal Identification[5]
  • Community Safety Department
  • Organized Crime Control Department

Within departments, there may be specialized units, such as the Identification Division that collects crime scene evidence. [6]

Police Ranks

There are nine legal police ranks and one honorary rank for all positions within the police force. [7]

Superintendent General (Rank 1)

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警視総監 (Keishi-sōkan) is the highest police rank and the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the largest prefectural-level jurisdiction in Japan. This position is currently held by Saguru Hakuba's father.[8]

Superintendent Supervisor (Rank 2)

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警視監 (Keishi-kan) is equivalent to:

  • Deputy Superintendent General
    • Toshio Moroboshi is the Deputy Superintendent General (警視副総監 Keishi-fukusōkan) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.[9]
  • Director General of a Regional Police Bureau or an NPA Training Department Bureau
  • Chief of a (large) Prefectural Police Force
    • Heizo Hattori is the Director General of the Osaka Prefectural Police (大阪 府警 本部長 Ōsaka fukei honbuchō).[10]

Chief Superintendent (Rank 3)

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警視長 (Keishi-chō) is equivalent to:

  • Chief of a (smaller) Prefectural Police Force or Tokyo Headquarters
  • Director in the NPA
    • Toshiro Odagiri is the Chief (部長 buchō) of the MPD Criminal Investigations Department (警視庁 刑事部 Keishichō keijibu).[11] He is Tadayoshi Uno's superior.[12]
    • Ginshiro Toyama is the Osaka Prefecture Police Chief Criminal Investigator (刑事部長 keijibuchō)[13]

Senior Superintendent (Rank 4)

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警視正 (Keishi-sei) is equivalent to:

  • Director of a department in a prefecture police headquarters
    • Tadayoshi Uno is the Senior Superintendent in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.[14]
    • Masayoshi Sato held this rank in the Tokyo MPD before he passed away, presumably in C.I. and replaced by Uno.[15]
  • Chief of a larger police station

Superintendent (Rank 5)

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警視 (Keishi) is equivalent to:

  • Director of a division/section in a prefectural police headquarters
  • Chief of a police station
    • Kiyonaga Matsumoto, MPD Superintendent (警視庁 警視 Keishichō keishi). Presumably, director of Criminal Investigations Division 1 (捜査 一課 Sousa itsuka), as he is Inspector Megure's superior and Miwako calls him Director (管理官 kanrikan).[16][17]
    • Shintaro Chaki, MPD C.I. Division 2 Superintendent (警視庁 捜査 二課 警視 Keishichō sōsa nika keishi).[18]

Police Inspector (Rank 6)

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警部 (Keibu) is attainable in the early 30s via successive promotion tests and is equivalent to:

  • Chief of a section in a police station (i.e., homicide) or other field unit supervisors in those sections

Assistant Police Inspector (Rank 7)

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警部補 (Keibu-ho) is attainable via promotion tests. Officers at this rank and potentially below can be referred to as 'keiji'.[29]

  • When Conan impersonates Takagi, he calls Miwako Sato keibu-ho.[30] Given that she and Shiratori both believed the impersonation, it must be accurate.
  • Chiba holds this rank in Criminal Investigation Division 1 if you assume that 三係 (san-kakari) means third rank, and thus this level, as he and Miwako both are described this way.[31] More specific reference needed, as this could also refer to the unit led by Inspector Megure.
  • Yumi Miyamoto refers to Wataru Takagi once as keibu-ho, possibly as a future reference.[32] After Takagi allows a criminal to be killed under his watch, he is definitely a junsa-bucho, but whether he received a pay dock only or a demotion as well is unclear.[33]
  • Yumi Miyamoto, MPD HQ Traffic Division, wears the official uniform rather than plainclothes but is an Assistant Inspector.[34] Either the traffic division is required to wear the uniform on patrol, or she prefers the uniform for personal reasons.

Police Sergeant (Rank 8)

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巡査部長 (Junsa-buchō) is attainable via promotion tests.

  • After the bullet train fiasco where Takagi was lucky to not get fired, Miwako refers to Takagi as junsa-bucho.[33]
  • Naeko Miike, who transferred to the MPD HQ Traffic Division from Haido Station, is a patrol officer who wears the uniform but who has also achieved Police Sergeant status due to the bars on her uniform badge.[35]

Senior Police Officer (Honorary)

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巡査長 (Junsa-chō) is not a legal rank, but is bestowed on officers with years of experience and excellent work. These officers are often responsible for training and mentoring junior officers.

Police officer (Rank 9)

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巡査 (Junsa) is the most junior rank.

Unconfirmed Ranks

  • Yui Uehara of Nagano Prefecture is a lower rank than Kansuke's Inspector status, but as a keiji she is likely an Assistant Inspector.
  • Jinpei Matsuda was a keiji, but a given rank has yet to be found.
  • Officer Tome

See also

External Links

References

  1. ^ http://wikimapia.org/10641193/Tokyo-Metropolitan-Police-Department-The-main-building
  2. ^ http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/foreign/gaiyo2/sosikizu/sosikizu2.htm
  3. ^ Bayley, David H. Forces of order: policing modern Japan
  4. ^ Volume 36, File 8, Page 10
  5. ^ a b c Ames, Walter L. Police and community in Japan
  6. ^ http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/foreign/gaiyo2/keiji1.htm#investigative
  7. ^ Das, Dilip K. & Palmiotto, Michael. World Police Encyclopedia: A-K, index
  8. ^ Magic Kaito Volume 3, Chapter 2, Page 10.
  9. ^ Movie 6, 11:39.
  10. ^ Volume 32, Chapter 3, Page 2.
  11. ^ Movie 13.
  12. ^ Movie 14
  13. ^ Volume 19, File 185, Page 16: "Stabbed Wallet Case".
  14. ^ Movie 14.
  15. ^ Volume 27, Chapter 4, Page 7.
  16. ^ Volume 8, File 8, Page 9; file 78.
  17. ^ Volume 36, File 9, Page 7.
  18. ^ Volume 16, File 6, Page 15; file 156.
  19. ^ Volume 1, Chapter 1, Page 19.
  20. ^ Volume 21, File 8, Page 3.
  21. ^ Volume 21, File 9, Page 5; file 209.
  22. ^ Volume 16, File 7, Page 8; file 157.
  23. ^ Volume 39, File 2, Page 8.
  24. ^ Volume 66, File 07, Page 2.
  25. ^ Volume 44: File 4, Page 13; File 4, Page 5; and File 6, Page 18, respectively
  26. ^ a b c d Movie 13 dialogue
  27. ^ Volume 34, File 9, Page 5.
  28. ^ a b http://forums.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=6114.0
  29. ^ Movie 1 and 3, Shiratori is 'keiji' to Megure and Conan respectively, which lasts until his promotion from keibu-ho to keibu in file 209.
  30. ^ Volume 33, File 2, Page 15
  31. ^ Volume 21, File 8, Page 6 and file 792, respectively.
  32. ^ Volume 30, File 3, Page 15.
  33. ^ a b Volume 33, File 2, Page 17
  34. ^ Volume 80: File 8, Page 2.
  35. ^ Volume 71: File 2, Page 14.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Juzo Megure • Wataru Takagi • Miwako Sato • Ninzaburo Shiratori • Yumi Miyamoto • Kazunobu Chiba • Naeko Miike • Ginzo Nakamori • Shintaro Chaki • Inspector Yuminaga • Kiyonaga Matsumoto • Hyoue Kuroda • Inspector Momose • Inspector Hatori • Chosuke Takagi (Tottori) • Jinpei Matsuda (deceased) • Kenji Hagiwara (deceased) • Wataru Date (deceased) • Masayoshi Sato (deceased) • Officer Tome (ao) • Toshiro Odagiri (ao) • Detective Kobayashi (ao) • Detective Yokoyama (ao) • Detective Kojima (ao) • Superintendent General Hakuba • Manabu Fujimaki • Detective Takikawa • Detective Nakamura • Detective Fukui • Detective Kawanaka • Detective Saitoh • Detective Horita • Detective Takano • Detective Sogawa • Detective Okumura • Detective Sugita • Detective Hirota (ao) • Officer Numata • Detective Terashima (ao) • Toshio Moroboshi (ao) • Female forensics member (ao) • Detective Miyazaki • Detective Tomokawa • Tadayoshi Uno (ao) • Detective Yama (ao) • Inspector Yuminaga's assistant
Osaka Prefectural Police Heizo Hattori • Ginshiro Toyama • Goro Otaki
Nagano Prefectural Police Kansuke Yamato • Yui Uehara • Taka'aki Morofushi (Komei)
Kanagawa Prefectural Police Jugo Yokomizo • Chihaya Hagiwara
Hokkaido Prefectural Police Kyohei Nishimura • Detective Tamura
Kyoto Prefectural Police Fumimaro Ayanokoji • Detective Kurumazaki (ao)
Shizuoka Prefectural Police Sango Yokomizo • Tomonori Ogawara (ao) • Detective Tsukumo
Other Prefectures Misao Yamamura (Gunma) • Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno (ao, Nara) • Tamekichi Matsushiro (ao, Gifu) • Shoji Terabayashi (Chiba)
Japanese Intelligence Agencies Rei Furuya • Yuya Kazami • Hiromitsu Morofushi (deceased)
Primary Tokyo MPD Cases Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story One • MPD Two • MPD Three • Megure's Sealed Secret • Shinkansen Transport Case • MPD Four • Serial Bomber • MPD Five • MPD Six • Jewelry Robbery • MPD Seven • Fake Wedding • MPD Eight • Hammer Man • The Scar that Evokes the Past • Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom • Kobayashi-sensei's Love • A Video Letter of First Love • Co-Investigating with a First Love • The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love • The Ex-Boyfriend Living Next to a Crime Scene • MDP Nine • Taiko Meijin's Match of Love • Chiba's Difficult UFO Case • The Marriage Registration's Password • The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department
Other Significant Police Cases The Osaka Double Mystery (Osaka) • Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Tokyo-Theft) • The Red Horse within the Flames (Tokyo Arson) • Furinkazan (Nagano) • A Dangerous Party of Two & The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Nagano) • Heiji Hattori and the Vampire Mansion (Osaka) • The Scarlet Return (NPA) • The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (Nagano NPA) • A song named ASACA (PSB NPA) • Captured in Her Eyes (Tokyo) • Crossroad in the Ancient Capital (Kyoto) • The Raven Chaser (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, Kyoto, and Chiba)
Related Pages Police Organization • Law Enforcement • Minor law enforcement • Unnamed law enforcers • Tokyo Metropolitan Police • PSB • FBI • CIA • MI6
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