## (2) Prevention of Distribution of Stolen Goods through Antique Dealers and Pawnbrokers and Recovery of Damages

As it is deemed plausible that antique dealers and pawnbrokers deal in stolen goods as antiques or pawns relating to their operations, the Secondhand Articles Dealer Act and the Pawnbroker Business Act stipulate the regulations required for business related to these operations to dealers, to prevent larceny or other crimes. The police also strive for the prompt recovery of the damage through notifications $ ^{1} $ of stolen or missing items or orders to hold such items $ ^{2} $ to antique dealers and pawnbrokers based on these laws.

Note 1: Refers to that if chief of police headquarters find it necessary to detect stolen goods, notifying antique dealers and pawnbrokers of the affected goods and requiring them to confirm and notify.

2: Chief of police headquarters order antique dealers and pawnbrokers to store the antiques suspected to be stolen for a certain period.

## (3) Cooperation with the Security Equipment-Related Industry

The police are supporting the development of security equipment by providing members of the security industry with the latest information on the crime situation and analytical results of modus operandi so that security equipment of higher quality will be supplied.

Moreover, general security equipment engineers $ ^{1} $ and those employed by Japan Security Systems Association are playing an active role as experts with specialized knowledge and skills related to the design, construction, and maintenance of security equipment. The police are encouraging the Association that each prefecture establish local activity base for security equipment engineers.

Table 1-24 Local Activity Base of Security Equipment Engineers (2000-2009)

1	Security System Specialist Association of Hokkaido	17	Security System Association of Gifu
2	Security System Association of Aomori	18	Aichi Prefecture Self-Guard Association
3	Security System Association of Iwate	19	Mie Prefecture Security System
4	Security System Specialist Association of Miyagi	20	Security System Specialist Association of Shiga
5	Security System Association of Yamagata	21	Kyoto Crime Prevention
6	Security System Association of Fukushima	22	Security System Specialist Association of Nara
7	Security System Association of Tochigi	23	Security System Specialist Association of Osaka (NPO)
8	Security System Specialist Association of Saitama	24	Hyogo Security System Association
9	Security System Specialist Association of Chiba	25	Okayama Security Installation Industry Cooperation Association
10	NPO Tokyo Security Awareness	26	Community Satey Association of
11	Security System Specialist Association of Kanagawa	27	Security System Specialist Association of Yamaguchi
12	Security System Specialist Association of Yamanashi	28	Security System Association of Kagawa
13	Security System Specialist Community Safety Council of Shizuoka	29	Security System Specialist Association of Shizuoka (NPO)
14	Security System Association of Toyama	30	Security System Specialist Association of Oita
15	Security System Promotion Association of Ishikawa	31	Miyazaki Security System Specialist Service Association
16	Security System Association of Fukui (NPO)	32	Security System Association of Kagoshima

Material by Japan Security Systems Association (As of the end of March 2009)

Note 1: As of January 15, 2010 there were approximately 280 general security equipment engineers, and 19,800 security equipment engineers.