Police Organization

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Japan's national police organization is made up of the National Public Safety Commission (NPSC) and the National Police Agency (NPA). The NPSC holds administrative supervision over the NPA and appoints the Commissioner General. As head of the NPA, the Commissioner General (警察庁長官 ,*Keisatsu-chō Chōkan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) holds the highest position in the Japanese police, but his title is not a police rank.
The NPA oversees the seven Regional Police Bureaus (RPB) and the prefectural police organizations. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁 ,*Keishichō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) and Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters are excluded from the jurisdiction of RPBs. Police stations in a prefecture are under the command of the prefecture headquarters. Tokyo MPD headquarters are located in the government buildings area beside the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.[](#cite_note-1)
## Contents
* [1 National Police Agency Organization](#National_Police_Agency_Organization)
* [2 Metropolitan Police Department Organization](#Metropolitan_Police_Department_Organization)
* [3 Prefectural Police Organization](#Prefectural_Police_Organization)
* [4 Police Ranks](#Police_Ranks)
+ [4.1 Superintendent General (Rank 1)](#Superintendent_General_.28Rank_1.29)
+ [4.2 Superintendent Supervisor (Rank 2)](#Superintendent_Supervisor_.28Rank_2.29)
+ [4.3 Chief Superintendent (Rank 3)](#Chief_Superintendent_.28Rank_3.29)
+ [4.4 Senior Superintendent (Rank 4)](#Senior_Superintendent_.28Rank_4.29)
+ [4.5 Superintendent (Rank 5)](#Superintendent_.28Rank_5.29)
+ [4.6 Police Inspector (Rank 6)](#Police_Inspector_.28Rank_6.29)
+ [4.7 Assistant Police Inspector or Police Lieutenant (Rank 7)](#Assistant_Police_Inspector_or_Police_Lieutenant_.28Rank_7.29)
+ [4.8 Police Sergeant (Rank 8)](#Police_Sergeant_.28Rank_8.29)
+ [4.9 Senior Police Officer (Honorary)](#Senior_Police_Officer_.28Honorary.29)
+ [4.10 Police officer (Rank 9)](#Police_officer_.28Rank_9.29)
+ [4.11 Unconfirmed Ranks](#Unconfirmed_Ranks)
* [5 Forensics Police Ranks](#Forensics_Police_Ranks)
+ [5.1 Senior Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 1)](#Senior_Crime_Scene_Investigator_.28Rank_1.29)
+ [5.2 Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 2)](#Crime_Scene_Investigator_.28Rank_2.29)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
* [7 External links](#External_links)
* [8 References](#References)
## National Police Agency Organization[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: National Police Agency Organization")]
The National Police Agency is the central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system. It is divided into the following bureaus and organizations:[](#cite_note-2)
* **Commissioner General's Secretariat** (長官官房 ,*Chōkan Kanbō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
* **Community Safety Bureau** (生活安全局 ,*Seikatsu Anzen-kyoku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
* **Criminal Affairs Bureau** (刑事局 ,*Keiji-kyoku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
* **Traffic Bureau** (交通局 ,*Kōtsū-kyoku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
* **Security Bureau** (警備局 ,*Keibi-kyoku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
+ The **Public Security Police force** (公安警察 ,*Kō'an Keisatsu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-3), led by NPA Security Bureau, is formed from MPD Public Security Bureau (which [Scotch](/wiki/Scotch "Scotch") was a part of) and prefectural security bureaus and departments.[](#cite_note-4) [Rei Furuya](/wiki/Rei_Furuya "Rei Furuya"), meanwhile, is working directly under the NPA Security Bureau in the Security Planning Agency (警備企画課).[](#cite_note-5)
* **Info-Communications Bureau** (情報通信局 ,*Jōhō Tsūshin-kyoku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
* **Regional Bureaus**
* **Attached Organizations**
## Metropolitan Police Department Organization[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Metropolitan Police Department Organization")]
:   *See also: [MPD organization structure and divisions](/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police#Organization_structure_and_divisions "Tokyo Metropolitan Police")*
Police Station personnel are divided into nine departments or bureaus[](#cite_note-6):
* **Administration Bureau**
* **Personnel and Training Bureau**
* **Traffic Bureau**
* **Security Bureau** (Security for domestic and foreign dignitaries; also subversive activities and counterintelligence[](#cite_note-7))
+ [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda") was on the bomb squad in this department.[](#cite_note-8)
* **Community Police Affairs Bureau**
+ **Police Boxes** (*Koban*)
+ **Residential Police Boxes** (*Chuzaisho*)
+ **Patrol cars**
* **Public Security Bureau**
+ It was mentioned that Scotch belonged to the Public Security Bureau before infiltrating the Black Organization.[](#cite_note-psb-9)
* **Criminal Investigation Bureau** (刑事部 ,*Keiji-bu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))
+ **Division 2**: Handles gangster-related and white-collar crimes[](#cite_note-CI-10)
+ **Division 1**: Handles everything else[](#cite_note-CI-10)
+ **Criminal Identification**[](#cite_note-CI-10)
* **Community Safety Bureau**
* **Organized Crime Control Bureau**
Within departments, there may be specialized units, such as the Identification Division that collects crime scene evidence.[](#cite_note-11)
## Prefectural Police Organization[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Prefectural Police Organization")]
## Police Ranks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Police Ranks")]
There are nine legal police ranks and one honorary rank for all positions within the police force.[](#cite_note-12)
### Superintendent General (Rank 1)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Superintendent General (Rank 1)")]
**Superintendent General** (警視総監 ,*Keishi-sōkan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the highest police rank and the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the largest prefectural-level jurisdiction in Japan. This position is currently held by [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba")'s [father](/wiki/Superintendent_General_Hakuba "Superintendent General Hakuba").[](#cite_note-13)
* Seven years ago, it was held by [Rokuro Momota](/wiki/Wild_Police_Story_Volume_2#People_2 "Wild Police Story Volume 2").
### Superintendent Supervisor (Rank 2)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Superintendent Supervisor (Rank 2)")]
**Superintendent Supervisor** (警視監 ,*Keishi-kan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is equivalent to:
* Deputy Superintendent General
+ [Toshio Moroboshi](/wiki/Toshio_Moroboshi "Toshio Moroboshi") is the Deputy Superintendent General (警視副総監 ,*Keishi-fukusōkan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.[](#cite_note-14)
* Director General of a Regional Police Bureau or an NPA Training Department Bureau
* Chief of a (large) Prefectural Police Force
+ [Heizo Hattori](/wiki/Heizo_Hattori "Heizo Hattori") is the Director General of the Osaka Prefectural Police (大阪 府警 本部長 ,*Ōsaka fukei honbuchō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")).[](#cite_note-15)
### Chief Superintendent (Rank 3)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Chief Superintendent (Rank 3)")]
**Chief Superintendent** (警視長 ,*Keishi-chō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is equivalent to:
* Chief of a (smaller) Prefectural Police Force or Tokyo Headquarters
* Director in the NPA
+ [Toshiro Odagiri](/wiki/Toshiro_Odagiri "Toshiro Odagiri") is the Chief (部長 ,*buchō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) of the MPD Criminal Investigation Bureau (刑事部 ,*Keiji-bu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")).[](#cite_note-16)[](#cite_note-17)
+ [Ginshiro Toyama](/wiki/Ginshiro_Toyama "Ginshiro Toyama") is the Osaka Prefecture Police Chief Criminal Investigator (刑事部長 ,*keijibuchō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))[](#cite_note-18)
### Senior Superintendent (Rank 4)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Senior Superintendent (Rank 4)")]
**Senior Superintendent** (警視正 ,*Keishi-sei*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is equivalent to:
* Director of a department in a prefecture police headquarters
+ Previously a Superintendent (警視 ,*keishi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), [Kiyonaga Matsumoto](/wiki/Kiyonaga_Matsumoto "Kiyonaga Matsumoto") now has the rank of *keishi-sei*.[](#cite_note-matsumoto-19)
+ [Tadayoshi Uno](/wiki/Tadayoshi_Uno "Tadayoshi Uno") is the Senior Superintendent in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.[](#cite_note-20)
+ [Masayoshi Sato](/wiki/Masayoshi_Sato "Masayoshi Sato") held this rank in the Tokyo MPD before he passed away, presumably in C.I.[](#cite_note-21)
* Chief of a larger police station.
### Superintendent (Rank 5)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Superintendent (Rank 5)")]
**Superintendent** (警視 ,*Keishi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is equivalent to:
* Director of a division/section in a prefectural police headquarters
+ [Hyoue Kuroda](/wiki/Hyoue_Kuroda "Hyoue Kuroda") was transferred to Tokyo to replace Kiyonaga Matsumoto, and he introduces himself as the Director (管理官 ,*kanrikan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) of the Criminal Investigations Division 1 (捜査 一課 ,*Sousa itsuka*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), so he presumably is a *keishi*.[](#cite_note-matsumoto-19)
+ [Shintaro Chaki](/wiki/Shintaro_Chaki "Shintaro Chaki"), MPD C.I. Division 2 Superintendent (警視庁 捜査 二課 警視 ,*Keishichō sōsa nika keishi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")).[](#cite_note-22)
* Chief of a police station
### Police Inspector (Rank 6)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Police Inspector (Rank 6)")]
**Police Inspector** (警部 ,*Keibu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is attainable in the early 30s via successive promotion tests and is equivalent to:
* Chief of a section in a police station (i.e., homicide) or other field unit supervisors in those sections
+ [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure"), Inspector and unit supervisor in the Criminal Investigations Division 1.[](#cite_note-23)[](#cite_note-24)
+ [Ninzaburo Shiratori](/wiki/Ninzaburo_Shiratori "Ninzaburo Shiratori"), starting from his first manga appearance, previously Assistant Police Inspector.[](#cite_note-25)
+ [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori"), MPD C.I. Division 2.[](#cite_note-26)
+ [Yuminaga](/wiki/Inspector_Yuminaga "Inspector Yuminaga") is an Inspector in the Arson section of C.I. Division 1.[](#cite_note-27)
+ [Momose](/wiki/Inspector_Momose "Inspector Momose") is a Tokyo MPD Inspector covering Theft.[](#cite_note-28)
+ [Manabu Fujimaki](/wiki/Manabu_Fujimaki "Manabu Fujimaki") is a Tokyo MPD Inspector.
+ [Hatori](/wiki/Inspector_Hatori "Inspector Hatori") is a Tokyo MPD Inspector from the S.I.T.[](#cite_note-29)
+ [Chosuke Takagi](/wiki/Chosuke_Takagi "Chosuke Takagi") is presumed to be Inspector rank because he is Megure's senior by two years, yet Matsumoto speaks of him subordinately, and he is mobile enough to be transferred to Tottori but high enough to represent MPD HQ C.I. in Tottori.[](#cite_note-30)
+ [Goro Otaki](/wiki/Goro_Otaki "Goro Otaki"), chief inspector of the Osaka police district.
+ [Ayami Ogino](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Ayami_Ogino "Minor law enforcement"), Saitama Prefecture Police.[](#cite_note-Movie13-31)
+ [Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno](/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Shikatsuno "Tsuyoshi Shikatsuno"), Nara Prefecture Police.
+ [Sango Yokomizo](/wiki/Sango_Yokomizo "Sango Yokomizo"), Shizuoka Prefecture Police (previously Inspector in the Saitama Prefecture).[](#cite_note-Movie13-31)
+ [Jugo Yokomizo](/wiki/Jugo_Yokomizo "Jugo Yokomizo"), Kanagawa Prefecture Police.[](#cite_note-32)
+ [Taka'aki Morofushi](/wiki/Taka%27aki_Morofushi "Taka'aki Morofushi"), Nagano Prefecture Police (recently instated).[](#cite_note-PoliceRanks-33)
+ [Kansuke Yamato](/wiki/Kansuke_Yamato "Kansuke Yamato"), Nagano Prefectural Police (promoted in-series).[](#cite_note-PoliceRanks-33)[](#cite_note-Movie13-31)
+ [Misao Yamamura](/wiki/Misao_Yamamura "Misao Yamamura"), Gunma Prefecture (promoted in *[The Raven Chaser](/wiki/The_Raven_Chaser "The Raven Chaser")*).[](#cite_note-Movie13-31)
+ [Fumimaro Ayanokoji](/wiki/Fumimaro_Ayanokoji "Fumimaro Ayanokoji"), Kyoto Prefectural Police.
+ [Kyohei Nishimura](/wiki/Kyohei_Nishimura "Kyohei Nishimura"), Hokkaido Prefecture Police.
+ [Koji Sametani](/wiki/Koji_Sametani "Koji Sametani") (deceased, anime-original)
### Assistant Police Inspector or Police Lieutenant (Rank 7)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Assistant Police Inspector or Police Lieutenant (Rank 7)")]
**Assistant Police Inspector** (警部補 ,*Keibu-ho*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is attainable via promotion tests. Officers at this rank and potentially below can be referred to as 'keiji'.[](#cite_note-34)
* When Conan impersonates Takagi, he calls [Miwako Sato](/wiki/Miwako_Sato "Miwako Sato") *keibu-ho*.[](#cite_note-35) Given that she and Shiratori both believed the impersonation, it must be accurate.
* [Yumi Miyamoto](/wiki/Yumi_Miyamoto "Yumi Miyamoto") refers to [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi") once as *keibu-ho*, possibly as a future reference.[](#cite_note-36) After Takagi allows a criminal to be killed under his watch, he is definitely a *junsa-bucho*, but whether he received a pay dock only or a demotion as well is unclear.[](#cite_note-Takagi-37)
* [Yumi Miyamoto](/wiki/Yumi_Miyamoto "Yumi Miyamoto"), MPD HQ Traffic Division, wears the official uniform rather than plainclothes but is an Assistant Inspector.[](#cite_note-38) Either the traffic division is required to wear the uniform on patrol, or she prefers the uniform for personal reasons.
* [Detective Takano](/wiki/Detective_Takano "Detective Takano")
* [Yuya Kazami](/wiki/Yuya_Kazami "Yuya Kazami")
* [Chihaya Hagiwara](/wiki/Chihaya_Hagiwara "Chihaya Hagiwara"), Kanagawa Prefecture Police.
* [Hachizo Onizuka](/wiki/Hachizo_Onizuka "Hachizo Onizuka")[](#cite_note-39)
### Police Sergeant (Rank 8)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Police Sergeant (Rank 8)")]
**Police Sergeant** (巡査部長 ,*Junsa-buchō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is attainable via promotion tests.
* After the bullet train fiasco where Takagi was lucky to not get fired, Miwako refers to Takagi as *junsa-buchō*.[](#cite_note-Takagi-37)
* [Naeko Miike](/wiki/Naeko_Miike "Naeko Miike"), who transferred to the MPD HQ Traffic Division from Haido Station, is a patrol officer who wears the uniform but who has also achieved Police Sergeant status due to the bars on her uniform badge.[](#cite_note-40)
* [Kazunobu Chiba](/wiki/Kazunobu_Chiba "Kazunobu Chiba")[](#cite_note-41)
* [Jinpei Matsuda](/wiki/Jinpei_Matsuda "Jinpei Matsuda")
### Senior Police Officer (Honorary)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Senior Police Officer (Honorary)")]
**Senior Police Officer** (巡査長 ,*Junsa-chō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is not a legal rank, but is bestowed on officers with years of experience and excellent work. These officers are often responsible for training and mentoring junior officers.
* [Officer Saito](/wiki/Minor_law_enforcement#Officer_Saito "Minor law enforcement"), MPD, [Beika](/wiki/Beika "Beika") station
### Police officer (Rank 9)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Police officer (Rank 9)")]
**Police officer** (巡査 ,*Junsa*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the most junior rank.
* [Officer Numata](/wiki/Officer_Numata "Officer Numata"), MPD HQ Traffic Division.
* [Shoji Terabayashi](/wiki/Shoji_Terabayashi "Shoji Terabayashi"), Chiba Prefectural Police.
### Unconfirmed Ranks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Unconfirmed Ranks")]
* [Yui Uehara](/wiki/Yui_Uehara "Yui Uehara") of Nagano Prefecture is a lower rank than Kansuke's Inspector status, but as a *keiji* she is likely an Assistant Inspector.
* [Hiromitsu Morofushi](/wiki/Hiromitsu_Morofushi "Hiromitsu Morofushi")
* [Detective Tsukumo](/wiki/Detective_Tsukumo "Detective Tsukumo")
## Forensics Police Ranks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Forensics Police Ranks")]
Apart from the National Police, forenscis crime scene investigator have own ranks and do not work in the same system although collaborating together. There are two ranks:
### Senior Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 1)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Senior Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 1)")]
The most distinguished of the two ranks that can be owned after at least fifteen years of service.
* [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome")
### Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 2)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Police_Organization&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: Crime Scene Investigator (Rank 2)")]
The rank that most CSIs have.
* [Female forensics member](/wiki/Female_forensics_member "Female forensics member") hasn't yet done fifteen years of service so she is still rank 2.