The National Police Agency (NPA) will assign 750 police officers to the three tsunami-hit prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima.
The NPA said in a statement that there are not enough officers to patrol the region. There has been an increased in reported thefts, especially in the evacuation zone in Fukushima, the NPA said.
The NPA said it asked for volunteers, who are single, from across the nation. The 750 officers will be stationed in the three prefectures for up to one year, and will live in temporary housing. They will go out on patrols, as well as direct traffic in busy locations where there are no traffic lights.
© Japan Today
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Elbuda Mexicano
Most crime is Tokyo,Osaka,Fukuoka but almost 800 J cops to be sent to Fukushima?? Let me guess, to keep people out of the no go zone??
Yubaru
You have to understand the administration of the NPA to follow the numbers here, there are something like 2,000 officers assigned to the NPA and roughly 260,000 prefectural police.
In other words there are plenty to go around.
nath
I hope the criminal-type cops who got caught for criminal acts lately are assigned to the Fukushima plant as security personnel on an "extended tour of duty".
wanderlust
So all the reports of honest Japanese citizens and no theft in the evacuation zones are not true?
tokyokawasaki
Of course it's true. Didn't you know it is those pesky gaijin who commit all the crime...
CrazyJoe
Iwate will get 130, Miyagi will get 270,and Fukushima will get 350 police officers. Keishichō (MPD) alone will send 200 police officers.
MaboDofuIsSpicy
What happened to the original coppers that were there?
uzneko
Mabo: they switch out the cops that are along the exlucsion zone border every 2-3 weeks to give them a break, but there are still quite a few of the original coppers throughout the area.
Also, it really is that bad, the last few times I went into the zone for volunteering we got stopped by every single cop that saw us, and no it was not because we are gaijin, they are under strict orders to check every car they see with license plates from outside the area. They openly talked to us about how hard it has been to try and keep the crimes down since the border is so huge, and that for the last few months jerks have been going in and even stealing cars, so now they have to check every registration of drivers and do bi-weekly house checks on top of their usual duties. It's not easy going to be a cop in that area.
Ben_Jackinoff
What reports would these be? I have not seen them.
j4p4nFTW
Yes, they are true of course. This is only a precaution. There has been no crime in these areas.
cubic
Cue a mass increase of stories about drunk cops punching people on trains in these 3 prefectures
Elbuda Mexicano
Many rapes,murders,fights, suicides have been intentionally under reported by the Japanese media IMHO.
warnerbro
They'll hustle up there to keep the yakuza safe while they infiltrate the construction projects.
j4p4nFTW
Can you show any evidence whatsoever to back up this assertion?
smithinjapan
Now that the dude in Hiroshima is back in custody I guess they have roughly 800 police to spare.
jforce
The sad reality of disasters is criminals see this as an advantage as a chance to either erase problems or loot for profit.
nath
Good one smithinjapan. That is true.
uzneko
jforce: it's a sad truth that many of the people I have read about being caught for crimes in the area, are clearly looting because they have lost everything themselves