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Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters in 1931. The TMPD was established by Japanese statesman Kawaji Toshiyoshi in 1874. Kawaji, who had helped establish the earlier rasotsu in 1871 following the disestablishment of the Edo period police system, was part of the Iwakura Mission to Europe, where he gathered information on Western policing; he was mostly inspired by the police of France ...
The establishment of the PSB started on December 19, 1945 when the Security Division was established in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. [4] In February 1946, the SD was changed to the Public Security Division. [4]
However, certain prefectural police, especially those serving prefectures with larger populations, have different names: Tokyo's police is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁, Keishi-chō); Hokkaido's is known as Dō-keisatsu ; and Ōsaka's and Kyōto's are known as Fu-keisatsu (府警察).
The Security Police is the close protection division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. [1] Under the Security Bureau of the TMPD, the division is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign dignitaries on Japanese soil and abroad. [1] [4]
The Tokyo unit was established as the Special Company (特科中隊, Tokka-chūtai) of its 6th Riot Police Unit and the Osaka unit as the "Zero" Company of its 2nd Riot Police Unit. [4] The Tokyo unit was nicknamed SAP (Special Armed Police), and it was recognized as the official name around 1982 and the flag was awarded. [5]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda. Prefectural Public Safety Commissions (都道府県公安委員会, todōfuken kōan īnkai) are administrative committees established under the jurisdiction of prefectural governors to provide citizen oversight for police activities.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in fiction (3 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department" The following 2 pages are in this category, out ...
Pages in category "Police units of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .