The Metropolitan Police Department is short 3,060 officers against its authorized staff of 43,619, leaving it at a fill rate of just 93.0% as of April — dead last nationwide. The effects on public safety are already showing, including slower response times to 110 emergency calls. On 5ch, users voiced sympathy for officers on the ground (“brutal hours for lousy pay,” “don’t dump bear-response duty on them too”) alongside debate over pay and working conditions.
Published 7:01 AM, Tue 8/25
Mainichi Shimbun
The Metropolitan Police Department, responsible for criminal investigations and security in the capital, Tokyo, is short 3,060 officers this fiscal year against an authorized staff of 43,619. Its fill rate stood at 93.0% as of April, far below the national average of 97.1% and the lowest in the country. Citing a wish “not to alarm Tokyo residents” (in the words of one official), the department has declined to release further details, but effects on public safety are already emerging, including longer response times to 110 emergency calls.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
Genuine question for anyone who really knows this stuff —
with the labor shortage, is business drying up for small and mid-size regional sash (window frame) manufacturers? Are they going under?
with the labor shortage, is business drying up for small and mid-size regional sash (window frame) manufacturers? Are they going under?
>>4
http://hissi.org/read.php/newsplus/20260825/SXR5QUV4dmIw.html
Mr. Sash Nut is losing it — still copy-pasting even though nobody's engaging with him.
Gotta keep grinding, gotta keep grinding.
http://hissi.org/read.php/newsplus/20260825/SXR5QUV4dmIw.html
Mr. Sash Nut is losing it — still copy-pasting even though nobody's engaging with him.
Gotta keep grinding, gotta keep grinding.
Unless you're a total idiot, nobody's lining up to become a rank-and-file civil servant (blue-collar public sector job) these days.
It's easy work — just hide the patrol car behind something and watch for stop-sign violations.
Kids from wannabe 'college-prep' high schools should skip university and go straight into places like this instead.
Civil service jobs and big companies will grant you leave if you say you're headed to college, so you can always go to university later.
Civil service jobs and big companies will grant you leave if you say you're headed to college, so you can always go to university later.
>>8
Don't be ridiculous — go be a security guard instead.
Don't be ridiculous — go be a security guard instead.
>>8
I'm going to college, then becoming a civil servant.
I'm going to college, then becoming a civil servant.
Even the 'Tokyo Prefectural Police' (a jab — Tokyo's force is technically the Metropolitan Police Department, not a 'prefectural' one) are in this sorry state.
Guess they'll bring in foreign technical trainees next?
>>14
They'd need to build a real-life Police Academy first.
They'd need to build a real-life Police Academy first.
Well, Japan's own population is shrinking.
(For reference, the foreign population is growing.)
Japan's population falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years — down 910,000 to 119.73 million, while the foreign population rose by 350,000
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20260729-GYT1T00324/
Japan's population falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years — down 910,000 to 119.73 million, while the foreign population rose by 350,000 ★2 [Gure★]
https://asahi.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1785323985/
(For reference, the foreign population is growing.)
Japan's population falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years — down 910,000 to 119.73 million, while the foreign population rose by 350,000
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20260729-GYT1T00324/
Japan's population falls below 120 million for the first time in 42 years — down 910,000 to 119.73 million, while the foreign population rose by 350,000 ★2 [Gure★]
https://asahi.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1785323985/
>>23
Uh, Tokyo's population is actually growing though.
Uh, Tokyo's population is actually growing though.
It's a job where there's no room to skim money off the top (unlike some cushier gigs).
>>52
Would be great to have police who specialize in busting that kind of skimming. How about a tax-free 2% reward for it?
Would be great to have police who specialize in busting that kind of skimming. How about a tax-free 2% reward for it?
Let's form a neighborhood watch militia.
That's the only option left.
That's the only option left.
They've lowered hiring standards so much lately it's kicked off a storm of scandals, and there's still a staff shortage.
Everyone knows the old saying — working for a master is a wretched thing — being a public servant just isn't worth it.
Some idiots keep spouting nonsense about civil servants getting special treatment, but if you really think that, go try it yourself.
>>60
And there it is — more crackdowns. Quit piling more work onto the police, idiot.
Everyone knows the old saying — working for a master is a wretched thing — being a public servant just isn't worth it.
Some idiots keep spouting nonsense about civil servants getting special treatment, but if you really think that, go try it yourself.
>>60
And there it is — more crackdowns. Quit piling more work onto the police, idiot.
After watching something like Kyōjō (a grueling drama about Japan's police academy), nobody's going to want to become a cop.
>>78
Yeah, it's basically wall-to-wall criminals in that show — they really laid it on thick.
Yeah, it's basically wall-to-wall criminals in that show — they really laid it on thick.
Police work is brutal — it's the worst draw among civil service jobs.
If you want to live off tax money, pick any civil service job except the police.
If you want to live off tax money, pick any civil service job except the police.
>>87
Apparently firefighting is more popular as a career choice than police work.
Well, firefighters are basically on standby until a call comes in,
whereas police have to deal with citizens and criminals around the clock, day and night.
Also, firefighters aren't particularly disliked by the public,
but a lot of people resent police officers — grudges from traffic stops and being questioned on the street, that kind of thing. It's a thankless role.
Apparently firefighting is more popular as a career choice than police work.
Well, firefighters are basically on standby until a call comes in,
whereas police have to deal with citizens and criminals around the clock, day and night.
Also, firefighters aren't particularly disliked by the public,
but a lot of people resent police officers — grudges from traffic stops and being questioned on the street, that kind of thing. It's a thankless role.
Police work really is brutal, apparently.
Hearing people who quit talk about it, I figured even good pay wouldn't make it worth it.
Hearing people who quit talk about it, I figured even good pay wouldn't make it worth it.
>>90
The pay only looks high because of all the overtime and holiday shifts.
The pay only looks high because of all the overtime and holiday shifts.
It's an important job, but that image of it being brutal really sticks…
>>105
It really is brutal.
And on top of that, places like the police, fire department, and Self-Defense Forces
have brutal workplace relationships/hierarchy.
It really is brutal.
And on top of that, places like the police, fire department, and Self-Defense Forces
have brutal workplace relationships/hierarchy.
They're totally planning to start recruiting immigrants for this, aren't they.
They should just handle speeding checks with cameras already.
>>114
Just build it into the car from the start and auto-charge your credit card every time you commit a violation.
Ordinary people drive way too casually just to prop up the auto industry.
Nobody needs a 4-seater car just to commute solo.
Just build it into the car from the start and auto-charge your credit card every time you commit a violation.
Ordinary people drive way too casually just to prop up the auto industry.
Nobody needs a 4-seater car just to commute solo.
That's a problem — more officers are going to get pulled away for bear-response duty going forward.
At this rate they can't protect Tokyo residents.
Maybe instead of a military draft we need a 'police draft.'
No matter how much you throw at it, you'll never have enough hands against those bear claws if you don't get the numbers up.
At this rate they can't protect Tokyo residents.
Maybe instead of a military draft we need a 'police draft.'
No matter how much you throw at it, you'll never have enough hands against those bear claws if you don't get the numbers up.
>>137
How many bears do you even think there are?
How many bears do you even think there are?
'We're short on officers, so let's bring in foreigners' — is that where this is headed?
Something about that feels off.
Something about that feels off.
>>1
Guess we'll have to outsource it to the private sector.
Guess we'll have to outsource it to the private sector.
>>176
Tobu Construction site flagman here: 'You catch that?' (likely a nod to a known story about grueling private-sector security/flagman jobs)
Tobu Construction site flagman here: 'You catch that?' (likely a nod to a known story about grueling private-sector security/flagman jobs)
When I went to the license center to take the direct practical exam (skipping driving school),
there was a recruitment poster in the waiting room for MPD officers, hired as skills-test examiners.
Made me think passing the exam as a test-taker is harder than being the examiner.
That day, 8 people took it and only 1 passed….
there was a recruitment poster in the waiting room for MPD officers, hired as skills-test examiners.
Made me think passing the exam as a test-taker is harder than being the examiner.
That day, 8 people took it and only 1 passed….
>>183
Of course the direct exam is harder.
Back in the day, the only way to get the displacement limit removed from your motorcycle license was the direct exam at the test center.
I went and took it myself twice, failed both times, and gave up.
I think the old-style direct exams were even harder than today's.
There was even a serialized feature in the famously thick magazine Monthly Motorcycle called 'The Road to Removing the Limit' — such a relentless slog of hardship that it read like it was written just to make you give up on the exam (lol).
Of course the direct exam is harder.
Back in the day, the only way to get the displacement limit removed from your motorcycle license was the direct exam at the test center.
I went and took it myself twice, failed both times, and gave up.
I think the old-style direct exams were even harder than today's.
There was even a serialized feature in the famously thick magazine Monthly Motorcycle called 'The Road to Removing the Limit' — such a relentless slog of hardship that it read like it was written just to make you give up on the exam (lol).
I could become a cop if you'll have me?
I've got my 'techo' (could mean a license — or, as a joke, a disability/mental-health certificate, implying he's unqualified).
I've got my 'techo' (could mean a license — or, as a joke, a disability/mental-health certificate, implying he's unqualified).
>>192
A bedridden detective, huh?
A bedridden detective, huh?
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “Tokyo Police Short ‘3,000’ Officers — Recruiting Troubles May Be Hitting Public Safety”.
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