Chapter 6 Police Activity Support
Section 1 Foundation of Police Activities
1 Structure
The total number of police personnel inFY2015 was 294,669, of which 7,741 wereNPA personnel, and 286,928 were prefectural
police personnel (as of April 1, 2015).

2 Budget
The police budget consists of NPA budget
and Prefectural Police budgets. The national
government covers expenses to operate theNPA, directly appropriated expenses for PPH
activities of national significance, andsubsidies to supplement PPH budgets.

National Police Agency budget (after final FY 2014 revisions)56.605

Note: Excluding 69.839 bil. yen for the expenses to include in the special account for distribution of local allocationand shared taxes

Prefectural Police budget (after final FY 2014 revisions)Other
389.602 bil. yen(12.0%)
Facilities expenses
250.747 bil. yen(7.7%)
Total
3,254.576 bil. yen(100%)

Personnel expenses
2,614.227 bil. yen(80.3%)- 54 -

3 Police Info-communications
The police are developing various
info-communication systems that enable themto immediately respond to incidents,accidents, and disasters in any situation. They
are working to provide these nationwide andincrease the sophistication of systems.

addition, in order to ensure the uniform
treatment of detainees nationwide, the NPA
implements planned patrols of all prefecturaldetention facilities every year.

Section 2 A Strong Police Force Able toProve Worthy of Citizens’ Expectationsand Trust
1 A Strong Police Force Able to Prove
Worthy of Citizens ’ Expectations andTrust(1) Active and Rational Organizational
Management
In September 2013, the police set forthpolicies to strengthen efforts for theestablishment of a strong police force that can
prove worthy of citizens’ expectations andtrust. They are advancing active and rationalorganizational management.

4 Management and Operation of Detention
Facilities
As of April 1, 2015, there were 1,158
detention facilities nationwide. In accordancewith the Act on Penal Detention Facilities andTreatment of Inmates and Detainees, police
have fully separated investigations anddetention while promoting treatment that pays
due regard to the human rights of detaineesandpressing
aheadwithfacility
improvements,
toensureappropriate
operations in detention management. InInfrastructure that helps the police to communicate among themselves about their activities

Police Box(Koban)

Incident,accident ordisaster sites

PolicePolice station

Police carMobile
police unit

Satellite
communication vehicle

Mobilepolice unit

Local
headquarters

In-vehicle radio communications

Multiple radio
communications channels

Satellite
communicationchannels

Policeheadquarters

InquiresResponses

Inquiry center
InquiresNation-wide network

Radiorelay
stationSite

Responses

Dedicated channels
Regional Police
BureauNPA- 55 -Information
processing center

Specifically, while police duties are becoming

provide an opportunity to seek their understanding

diverse and wide-ranging, in order to fulfill theand cooperation.

responsibilities the citizens charge them with, thepolice

aremovingstreamlining/optimizationaheadwithbold

centeringon

police3 Efforts of the Ministerial Meeting Concerning
Measures against Crime
Presently, while indicators of public security inJapan, such as the number of confirmed criminal
offenses are improving, the nation is facing serious
threats that include cybercrimes, cyber attacks,international terrorism, and organized crime. In
addition, good public security ensures the safety of
citizens’ lives while also contributing to socialand economic development. Given that, inDecember 2013, The Strategy to Make“Japan theSafest Country in the World” was drawn up at
the 21st Ministerial Meeting Concerning Measures
Against Crime, and approved by the Cabinet.

station duties, and tackling the utilization ofenhanced capabilities by young police officers at
an early stage, given the advent of a period of mass
hiringandretirement.

Also,together

withrigorously handling misconduct and undisciplined
behaviors by police officers, the police areworking on the construction of a system for duties
that would mitigate those risks, based on theanalysis of causes and context behind individualcases.

4 Support for Crime Victims
The victims of crime and their bereaved families
or families not only suffer physical, emotional or
financial harm directly as a result of the crime, butalso incur a varying range of secondary
victimization. Therefore, police are working toenhance a variety of aspects of their support forvictims of crime and their families.

Education for young police officers(2) Carrying out Inspections
In FY2014, the NPA and regional police bureaus
implemented 2,047 inspections at sites that include
prefectural police with the aim of improving theiroperation, including by providing guidance about
the appropriate storage and management of
external data storage media.

Section 3 Collaboration with Foreign PublicSecurity Organizations
The NPA is strengthening cooperative relations
with public security organizations of foreigncountries, including the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, in thefields of countering international terrorism andimproving cyber security.
In addition, the NPA is working to enhancebilateral relationships through such measures asholding consultations with public security
organizations of countries including China, South
Korea and Viet Nam, with which Japan has had
close relationships in crime control.

2 Police Activity Transparency
When undertaking activities to prevent local
crimes and traffic accidents, it is necessary tounderstand the views of the residents and theirdemands, and to obtain the understanding andcooperation of local residents. Consequently, allpolice stations nationwide have, in principle, set up
Police Station Councils. These councils allow theChiefs of Police Stations to hear the views of local
residents regarding police station affairs, and also- 56 -The 2nd Japan-Viet Nam vice-ministerial level Public
Safety and Security Dialogue- 57 -