POLICE OF JAPAN 2009 [FULL TEXT]

 

 

CONTENTS

 

ORGANIZATION & RESOURCES

1. Responsibilities                                                   1

2. History                                                        1

3. Organization                                                    1

4. Human Resources                                                    6

5. Budget                                                         9

6. Equipment                                                    9

7. Support for Crime Victims                                        10

 

COMMUNITY SAFETY

1. Community Police                                                  11

2. Crime Prevention                                                 13

3. Sound Growth of Amusement Business                                   14

4. Control of Offenses Related to Public Morals                           14

5. Control of Economic Offenses                                       14

6. Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency & Sound Development of Youth 15

7. Countermeasures against Cybercrime                                  17

 

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

1. Crime Situation                                                       19

2. Fight Against Organized Crime                                            20

3. Firearms Control                                                      22

4. Drug Control                                                          23

5. Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing        24

 

TRAFFIC POLICE

1. Trends in the Occurrence of Traffic Accidents              26

2. Promotion of Traffic Safety Education & Campaigns            26

3. Traffic Guidance & Enforcement                                            26

4. ITS Developed by the Japanese Police                                      28

5. Driver's License                                                         30

 

SECURITY POLICE

1. Current Situation                                                        31

2. Various Activities                                                       33

 

POLICE SCIENCE & INFO-COMMUNICATIONS

1. Police Info-Communications                                               35

2. Criminal Identification                                                    37

3. National Research Institute of Police Science                              38

 

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

1. Technical Assistance                                                    40

2. Frameworks to Counter Transnational Crime                                42

 

Appendices

1. Number of Penal Code Offenses Committed by Juveniles        43

2. Number of Penal Code Offenses Reported and Cleared [2005-2007] 44

3. Number of Violations of Acts related to Road and Traffic        45