22-yr-old drunken woman held for attacking police box in Chiba

Thursday 12th June, 10:20 AM JST

CHIBA —

A drunken 22-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday night for attacking a police box after she had a quarrel with her boyfriend in Chuo Ward, Chiba Prefecture. Yuki Sato, 22, was arrested for allegedly pelting stones against the windows of the police box, breaking them, around 2 a.m. There was no officer in it at the time.

Police found the suspect about 150 meters away about one hour later after neighbors complained about a woman shouting near the police box. The suspect was quoted by police as saying, “My boyfriend and I live together but we had a big fight. I just wanted to talk with someone at the police box. But there was no one there and I got upset. I thought a policeman might have been sleeping inside. ”

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spudman at 04:28 PM JST - 12th June

GW BUT what if something real was going down & the koban`s empty, I see lots empty most seem occupied 50-60% of the time, guess then yr just SOL

Try 110!
Zen_Builder at 04:35 PM JST - 12th June

There is a Phone on the desk besides which are instructions on how to contact a cop when they are on their rounds. This phone is hot-wired to to the local police headquater.
Fair dinkum! at 04:49 PM JST - 12th June

Yes Zen Builder, and the instructions are in Japanese at most of the kobans outside of Shinjuku.

It's funny she thought there was a cop sleeping inside. I guess that's normal for J-cops.
Nessie at 04:52 PM JST - 12th June

I'll bet she goes like a train.

Yeah -- off the rails.
Sarge at 05:14 PM JST - 12th June

"around 2 a.m."

"I thought a policeman might have been sleeping inside"

Seems reasonable.
presto345 at 06:37 PM JST - 12th June

The need for the koban can not be disputed. Unfortunately they are understaffed.
cleo at 08:18 PM JST - 12th June

It's funny she thought there was a cop sleeping inside. I guess that's normal for J-cops.

When you've been on duty since 6am and it's 2 in the morning, a bit of shut-eye can be hilarious.

Unfortunately they are understaffed.

Very much so.
blvtzpk at 08:47 PM JST - 12th June

Was she arrested by a chubby policeman?
timorborder at 08:59 PM JST - 12th June

Perhaps it is valid to point out that there are at least two types of police box used in Tokyo and the environs. One type are those boxes that are those manned by shifts. These are the boxes in places like Kabuki Cho and Roppongi. As such, while some members of the shift get their heads down, others are on call (answering questions). In other areas of Tokyo, the local cops usually live in the police box. Downstairs is a normal police box layout, while the second and third floors act as accommodation for the cop's family. Talking about attacks on police boxes, back when Japan had a number of left wing activist (terrorist) groups, one of the easiest targets for them to display their displeasure with the establishment was to attack a local box with home-made rockets, etc. One of the results of this was that police boxes started to become more and more like pillboxes. My mate N-san, who is our local cop, is a former K9 handler. He lives in one of these armoured police boxes (just down the road from here). Having been a cop for about 35 years, he tells some rather interesting stories about what used to happen when radicals tried to attack police boxes back in the mid-1970s with molatov cocktails, etc. He also reckons that sitting around a police box is a lot more comfortable than sitting in one of riot squad buses waiting for demonstrations that never happen.
usaexpat at 11:04 PM JST - 12th June

Probably not the best way to end her evening. Breaking the koban windows is a definite no no whether there is a policeman sleeping inside or not.
akuma1985 at 11:16 AM JST - 13th June

oh my god which horrible crime. but the real question is why a police man sleep during is service?????????. what's the worst crime in this story ? break a koban windows or woke up a poor tired policeman? sentence her to life in jail for those horrible crime. seriously why her name will appear?
cleo at 12:15 PM JST - 13th June

the real question is why a police man sleep during is service?????????

They're on 24 to 30+ hour shifts. You try going that long - regularly - and see how fit you are at 2 am.
akuma1985 at 02:16 PM JST - 13th June

i m not cop at 2pm mmhhhhh i don't know how i m in general at 2pm i make a lot of monney and start the 5th or 6th bottle why ? if i slept at job i will lose all my ker.
akuma1985 at 03:09 PM JST - 13th June

cleo why do you take what i said at the 1st degree. this story is ridiculous, i'm sorry but it's not serious why this story became a crime news? o my god a dangerous drunked girl attacked a police station after a fight with her bf. stop to take all comment like if they was serious. all this story is not serious when foreigner look at it they must laugh a lot. oh japan is so dangerous a drunk girl attack a police station. no comment
cleo at 04:05 PM JST - 13th June

akuma -

My only comment on 'this story' was that it's 'All in a night's work'. As you say, it's not serious, it's not news.

My other comments have been on the suggestions from other posters (yourself included) that there's something wrong with an on-duty copper sleeping in the koban at 2am. Not is there nothing wrong with it (given the present system, with which there is lots wrong), it's totally understandable.

Your 2:16 post verges on the indecipherable; maybe you need a nap?