Tokyo police begin deploying female officers at police boxes

Wednesday 01st April, 11:47 AM JST

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ThonTaddeo at 06:40 PM JST - 1st April

Kirakira -- I'm not surprised that you haven't been stopped while your guy friends have; I've spoken with police officers about the street stoppages and have learned that they almost never hassle women, because they can't afford to be falsely accused of anything chikan-like. With female cops on the streets now, you just might

At least with a male cop, in the back of his mind is the knowledge that if he weren't wearing the uniform, it could be him on the receiving end of this treatment.

I'm not sure if a female koban cop, who can always walk the streets without the authorities stopping her and accusing her of things, could really understand this -- much in the way that some male cops don't take chikan-related accusations seriously, because they have no emotional understanding of what it's like to be on the other end.

Consider also the protective attitude that the older men will probably have towards their new female recruits. Give one of these women some lip while they're demanding your Alien Card, and you'll be in for some real trouble when the senior guy at the koban comes over to back her up.
Nessie at 06:47 PM JST - 1st April

My daughter tells me that belligerent drunks who refuse to listen to male officers turn into little pussy cats when a (young) female officer invites them to accompany her (and her male officer buddies) to the station.

Talk about entrapment!
cleo at 06:54 PM JST - 1st April

Will they have equal pay as male officers?

The basic pay is the same, and it's the allowances that make the difference. There's an allowance for overnight duty in the koban, so having the girls in the koban at night puts them on an equal footing with the boys pay-wise.

the protective attitude that the older men will probably have towards their new female recruits

They're not new recruits, they're the female officers they already had who are going to be posted at the koban at night as well as during the day.
noypikantoku at 07:14 PM JST - 1st April

kawaiiiii!!!!! ;-)
likeitis at 07:32 PM JST - 1st April

I dont think many men will listen to them.

Its always interesting that people seem to think the solution to an aggressive situation is always too add more aggression. The old fight fire with fire approach. Only people burning eachother's villages down is not what we want. What we want to do is put the fire out. Fight fire with water in cases like this.

I am sure Cleo is right for a great many of the situations. It works with the bononbos most of the time, only they do a lot more than just present eye-candy!

But that is not to suggest that there won't still be belligerents who will be totally unaffected by this strategy. Of course, there will be some, and they must be prepared for. I am sure this move will be far more benefit than harm.
sharky1 at 09:05 PM JST - 1st April

So now the police have a gropee so they don't have to go out in public and get caught.
ichinensei at 09:45 PM JST - 1st April

I think all the female officers should at least have a black belt in karate.. you never know when you'll need that.//
Keraboy at 11:03 PM JST - 1st April

As a joke, I wouldn't mind either if a sexy police woman stops me to check my bike either, or to check my backpack and everything inside like it already happened (a man). But talking for real, men or women, they both can do the job. There shouldn't be any difference at all.
PaulieWalnuts at 11:59 PM JST - 1st April

so what do women officers do in the koban instead of picking their noses and catching 40 winks? their nails?
Mayuki at 12:57 AM JST - 2nd April

I wonder if I'll be stopped now. I am a white European and have been stopped once in four years. My African American boyfriend has been stopped so many times I have lost count, by the same officers from the same places. He has also been stopped up to three times in one journey (of about 3km from the train station to our apartment). The night that happened he was being used as a training target for young officers. He was stopped three times by groups of up to eight trainees or newly graduated officers, led by a senior colleague. Blatant racial profiling - the Japanese police are years behind Western forces in terms of race relations.
Nessie at 03:20 AM JST - 2nd April

A Pandora's police box?
Smythe at 05:12 AM JST - 2nd April

I do not think the Cdn RCMP will be doing the above for they are frantically trying to hire 2000 recutes & even lowered the standards to allow some, that delt in drugs, to also become new RCMP Constables.
Faderkinta at 08:20 AM JST - 2nd April

Sorry Mayuki but if he's African American he should already be use to it. I don't believe that American police are up to any western standards on racial profiling. Although as for having female police officers in jobs that there male counter-parts do I think we are pretty good about that.
Arkamedes at 09:36 AM JST - 2nd April

I am sure Cleo is right for a great many of the situations. It works with the bononbos most of the time, only they do a lot more than just present eye-candy!

When eye candies attack.
the_sicilian at 07:52 PM JST - 2nd April

jT said box... He he.

ciao