A 38-year-old police officer in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Law by driving while under the influence of alcohol.
According to Chiba prefectural police, Yoda Hosoya, a lieutenant assigned to Narita International Airport, lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into the wall of a house in Kashiwa at around 10:35 a.m. Saturday, Fuji TV reported. Nobody in the house was injured.
Hosoya left the scene of the accident but was traced through his vehicle and later detained. He was quoted by police as saying he panicked and fled because he had been drinking alcohol.
© Japan Today
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garypen
Did you mean to say "prosecute"? If so, the answer is a definite YES.
However, if you did mean "persecute", the answer is also a definite YES.
Gio
I know the justice system in Japan is terrible and it needs reform. I also know that you get and newer police recruits have a broader, educated skill to add and humanity to the system.
it Hirata me that someone would lose their job over a stupide but habitual habit as drinking.
Assume he is a ‘good cop’ and he did something stupid. Can we forgive him.
how many people can say they are perfect
if he only did a stupid thing as drink and drive, should we persecute him/her
CaptDingleheimer
Now that his LE career is over, let's hope that his very next step is to quit drinking.
garypen
He drove into a house. I'd say, yeah, he was still drunk.
miss_oikawa
I agree with the above. He'd probably been drinking the night before and was worried he would still be over the limit so thought it would be better to risk running and the police not being able to prove that he was over the limit at the time.
rgcivilian1
dirty cop got busted and off the force. nice.
Vanessa Carlisle
Yeah, he said he "had been drinking". It does not say he was driving "while drinking". Remember, you can and will be charged for drunk driving in the morning even if you drank the previous evening and were completely sober the next day. He may have drank so much he felt he would not pass a breath test even at 10:30 a.m. He may or may not have been correct. We don't know as no breath test is mentioned.
So in order to hit a house wall he must have been drunk right? Nope. Its a common enough accident in this country with crazy roads and the number of drunk driving accidents in Japan is so low they don't even have their own category on the pie chart anymore. They are listed in the "other" category. I am not kidding.
sir_bentley28
Why is this even news? We all know he will just have to pay for whatever damages he caused and thats a wrap! As I've said before, there are 2 different laws : one for us normies (severe punishment) and one for the upper class people (Gov't officials, police, celebrities, the rich and famous)
Aly Rustom
Kashiwa's finest
Goodlucktoyou
The drinking part is not so bad as half of Japanese ojisan would still have alcohol in their blood from the night before.
what is most serious about this is that a senior police officer left the scene of a crime.
Sh1mon M4sada
...;-), he got tanked on the job?
macv
Question - in Japan is fleeing the scene of a crime you committed, a crime?
for example a hit and run.
Harry_Gatto
The article doesn't specifically mention that he was going TO work at the time, perhaps he was driving FROM work?
Random
Leaving the scene of an accident should carry the same penalty as drunk driving.
Mocheake
Ociffer! Ociffer! His career just hit a wall too. However, he should be able to bounce back and run for political office soon.
Laguna
His life is over.
Sh1mon M4sada
Only in Japan, police - drunk, at 10:30am, AND he was going to work at an international airport. Shake head, but not in disbelief....
InspectorGadget
What a genius. Who would have thought that you can trace a car to an owner using the registration . . . .
I bet he was hoping for the booze to wear off.
Alfie Noakes
Blind drunk and driving at 10:30am on a Saturday morning. At least he didn't leave his gun in a conbini toilet.
Mickelicious
Sterling police work.
JerseyDevil
a lieutenant, maybe he was drunk, and can't remember what happened.