The National Police Agency (NPA) [is being] forced to establish a special committee to deal with a surge in crimes committed by police officers, including robberies and molestations.
In the first three months of this year alone, disciplinary measures have been handed down to 110 officers, of whom 12 were fired...
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205280003
The youngest police officer fired was 21 years old and working with the Aichi prefectural police. He was suspected of choking a junior high school girl and attempted an obscene act.
The oldest officer dismissed was a 62-year-old in the Gunma prefectural police department. He was caught embezzling money intended for investigations to wine and dine a woman he was seeing at the time.
In February, a 37-year-old police officer with Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department groped a senior high school girl by placing his hand in her underwear.
Three officers of the Iwata Police Station in Shizuoka Prefecture were caught committing such crimes as secretly photographing women and robbery.
In the first three months of this year alone, disciplinary measures have been handed down to 110 officers, of whom 12 were fired...
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205280003
The youngest police officer fired was 21 years old and working with the Aichi prefectural police. He was suspected of choking a junior high school girl and attempted an obscene act.
The oldest officer dismissed was a 62-year-old in the Gunma prefectural police department. He was caught embezzling money intended for investigations to wine and dine a woman he was seeing at the time.
In February, a 37-year-old police officer with Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department groped a senior high school girl by placing his hand in her underwear.
Three officers of the Iwata Police Station in Shizuoka Prefecture were caught committing such crimes as secretly photographing women and robbery.
andalaugh: AGREE