Chapter V. Public Safety Commission System and Police Activity Support Section 1. The Police Organization and Public Safety Commission System 1. The Police Organization (2) National Police Organization (1) The Public Safety Commission System While the Prefectural Police assume all duties, the The Public Safety Commission System was NPA, as a national organization, bears the established with the thought that – given the strong responsibility of making proposals for the police executive power of police administration and in order system as well as the role of carrying out police to see that the administration maintains political operations related to matters of national safety and neutrality and guards against self-righteous operations coordinating police administration and duties at the – it would be appropriate to have a system through heart of police activities, such as education and which people representing the good sense of the public training, communication, and criminal investigation. supervise the police. The National Public Security Also, under the supervision of the NPSC, the Commission is in place to manage the NPA and the Commissioner General of the NPA supervises and Prefectural Public Security Commissions to manage controls Prefectural Police organizations within the Prefectural Police. The Minister of State is positioned NPA’s defined duties. as the Chairman of the NPSC to facilitate a balance between the two requisitions: ensuring political neutrality and clarifying the Cabinet’s responsibilities regarding public safety. Diagram 5-1 National Police Organization (FY2010) Prime Minister (Jurisdiction) National Public Safety Commission Minister of State as Chairman and five additional members (Oversight) National Po1ice Agency Commissioner General of the National Police Agency Deputy Commissioner General (Internal Bureaus) (Attach ed Org an izatio n s) Commissioner Co mmu n ity Cr imin al Info- Communications Gen eral’s Secretariat Safety Bureau Investigation Bureau Traffic Bu reau Secu rity Bu reau Bu r eau National Research Institute of Institute Research National Imp erial G u ard H ead q u arters Senior Councilor Natio n Po al Acad lice emy Council or for Policy Evaluation Police Science Police Councilors (5) Organized Crime Foreign Affairs and Technical Councilor Department In tellig en ce D ep artmen t Counselors (5) Chief Inspection Officer General Affairs Co mmu n ity Saf ety I n v estig atio n Strategy-Planning Traffic Planning Secu rity Plan n in g Foreign Affairs Info-Communications Division Planning Division Planning Division and Analysis Division Division Division Division Planning Division Imperial Guard School School Guard Imperial Personnel Co mmu n ity Po lice 1st Investigation Japanese Organized Traffic En fo rcemen t Pu b lic S ecu r ity Counter International Information Systems Division Affairs Division Division Crime Division Division Division Terrorism Division Division Finance Juvenile 2nd Investigation Drugs and Traffic Management Communications Security Division Division Division Division Firearms Division and Control Division Facilities Div isio n Allo wan ce an d Director for Criminal Director for International Hi-Tech Crime Technology Safety Division License Division Welfare Div isio n Id en tificatio n I n v estig ativ e O p er atio n s Division License Division International Cybercrime Director for Prevention of Affairs Division Division Money Laundering Ex ecu tiv e Assistan t Director for Economic to th e N PSC Crime Investigations (Local Organization) Tohoku Regional Kanto Regional Chubu Regional Kinki Regional Chugoku Regional Shikoku Regional Kyushu Regional Po lice Bu reau Police Bureau Po lice Bu reau Po lice Bu reau Police Bureau Po lice Bu reau Police Bureau Hokkaido Police Info-Communications Police Hokkaido G en er al A f f air s General Affairs, Inspection and General Affairs, Inspection and Info-Communications Department Info-Communications General Affairs and General Affairs and General Affairs and General Affairs and Inte r-Pre fe c tura l Inter-Prefectural Inspection Department Department Inspection Department Inspection Department Coordination Department Coordination Department Inspection Department Tokyo Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Tokyo Inter-Prefectural Inspection Inter-Prefectural In ter-Prefectu ral Info- Communications Info- Communications Inter-Prefectural Coordination Department Department Coordination Department Coordination Department Department Department Coordination Department Department Info- Communications Inter-Prefectural Info- Communications Info- Communications Info- Communications Department Coordination Department Department Department Department Info- Communications Department Prefectural Prefectu ral Prefectural Prefectural Prefectu ral Prefectu ral Prefectural Info-Communications Info-Communications Info-Communications Info-Communications Info-Communications Info-Communications Info-Communications Department (6) Department (10) Department (5) Department (6) Department (5) Department (4) Department (8) Regional Police School Regional Police School Regional Police School Regional Police School Regional Police School Regional Police School Regional Police School Note: The Director for Prevention of Money Laundering is established in the Organized Crime Control Bureau on 1 April 2007. 163 (3) Prefectural Police Organizations As of 1 April 2009, 1,184 Prefectural Police Headquarters and the Prefectural Police Schools are established in 47 Prefectural Police. Diagram 5-2 Prefectural Police Organization (Prefectural Police / Kyoto, Osaka and 13 other prefectures (Prefectural Police / 32 prefectures) with designated cities1 ) Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Hokkaido Governor Prefectural Governor Prefectural Governor (Jurisdiction) (Jurisdiction) (Jurisdiction) (Jurisdiction) Tokyo Metropolitan Hokkaido Public Safety Prefectural Public Safety Prefectural Public Safety Public Safety Commission Commission Commission Commission 5 Committee Members 5 Committee Members 5 Committee Members 3 Committee Members (Oversight) (Oversight) (Oversight) (Oversight) Metropolitan Police Prefectural Police Prefectural Police Prefectural Police Department Headquarters Headquarters Headquarters Area Chief of the Prefectural Chief of the Prefectural Chief of the Prefectural Superintendent General Public Safety Commission Police Headquarters Police Headquarters Police Headquarters (Hakodate) General Affairs General Affairs General Affairs Administration Bureau (Excluding Department Department Niigata and Department (Asahikawa) Okayama) Personnel and Police Administration Police Administration Community Safety Training Bureau Department Department Department (Kushiro) Community Safety Community Safety Criminal Investigation Traffic Bureau (Kitami) Department Department Department Community Police Community Police (Excluding Security Bureau Okayama) Traffic Department Affairs Department Affairs Department Community Police 3 Committee Criminal Investigation Criminal Investigation Security Department Affairs Bureau Members Department Department Public Safety Bureau Traffic Department Traffic Department （Oversight) Criminal Investigation Community Police Security Department Security Department (Fukushima, Bureau Regional Affairs Department Ibaraki,Tochigi, Headquarters Gunma and Community Safety Nagano) Bureau Regional (13 prefectures, Commissioner City Police Department City Police Department Organized Crime (1 city) 18 cities) Control Bureau Metropolitan Police School Prefectural Police School Prefectural Police School Prefectural Police School Police Stations Police Stations Police Stations Police Stations Police Station Council Police Station Council Police Station Council Police Station Council Kobans and Kobans and Kobans and Kobans and Other Police Boxes Other Police Boxes Other Police Boxes Other Police Boxes Residential Police Box Residential Police Box Residential Police Box Residential Police Box Note: Prefectures that include cities designated under Article 252 item 19 of the Local Autonomy Act. Prefectures designated as of 1 April 2010 are Miyagi, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Niigata, Shizuoka, Aichi, Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima and Fuk uoka. 164 2. Activities of the National Public Safety The PPSC roughly holds three to four regular Commission (NPSC) meetings a month as well as trying to grasp the (1) National Public Safety Commission (NPSC) situation of public security and police management by The NPSC is comprised of the Chairman who is the participating in the Police Station Council, discussing Minister of State, and five members. The members are with relevant organizations such as board of education, appointed by the Prime Minister upon approval of both etc., and visiting the sites where police activities are Houses. At the NPSC, they carry out duties by virtue conducted. Such activities are introduced on the of the authority of the Police Act or other laws such as website. stipulating the NPSC Regulations, appointing local police administrators1, taking disciplinary actions, and (3) Contact among Public Safety Commissions confirming if prerequisites meet actual objectives in The NPSC and the PPSCs conduct various liaison designating Designated Boryokudans, etc. In addition, conferences in order to maintain close contact with they indicate outline policies on police operations and each other. During 2009, liaison conferences between manage the NPA by supervising prevention measures the NPSC and the PPSCs from across the nation were of various misconduct cases