How are Japanese police ranks ranked, from small to large?

The order of ranks is: Inspection-Inspection Chief-Inspection Minister-Police Department Supplement-Police Department-Police Supervisor-Police Supervisor-Police Chief-Police Supervisor-Police Director

·Inspector (Patrol Officer): The initial rank of police officers who have passed the national prefectural police officer test is patrol officer.

It is the lowest level of police officer, that is, patrol officer.

·Inspector (Patrol Chief): Inspector is not the actual class of police officer.

As long as the patrol officer is older, he can get this title.

This is a class given to people who have not been appointed as inspection ministers after 10 years.

·Inspection Chief (Police Assistant): Once you pass the initial promotion exam after inspection, you can serve as the Inspection Chief. Depending on your academic qualifications, the examination will be different.

The requirements are: 1 year after serving as an inspector after graduating from university, 3 years after graduating from junior college, and 4 years after graduating from high school.

In addition, the Police Department recruits 10 people every year who have passed the National Civil Servant Class II Examination.

They start from the position of Inspector General. (Called quasi-professional group)

The quasi-professional group can be promoted based on their experience, up to the rank of police sergeant.

·Police Department Supplement (Deputy Police Department): After serving as the Deputy Inspector General of the Police Department, you must take the promotion examination of the Deputy Police Department.

This is the same as the inspection minister promotion exam, but the qualifications are different.

It takes 1 year to graduate from college, 2 years to graduate from junior college, and 4 years to graduate from high school.

The police department selects those who have passed the National Civil Servant Class I Examination (Occupational Group)

The recruitment starts from the deputy police department.

In addition, after a three-month junior cadre course and nine months of practice in the police department, they can be promoted to the police department.

·Police Department (Police Branch Chief): The qualification for the promotion examination of the Police Department is that the deputy police officer has 4 years of practical experience after passing the qualification, and has nothing to do with academic qualifications.

In addition, the professional group can be promoted to the police department after a three-month junior cadre course and nine months of practice in the police department.

Deputy police officers who pass the promotion examination of the police department and national civil servants use the superior examination. Deputy police officers who pass the superior examination must receive the necessary education and training from superior cadres at the police university before they can be promoted to the police department.

·Police (Commander): Promotion exams for police officers and above are all optional.

The professional group is police when they are around 25-26 years old.

The policeman is a class equivalent to the director of a small police station.

It is a great thing that the non-professional group can reach this level.

·Police Officer (Senior Commander): Most of them are members of the professional and semi-professional groups

Police Officer is the director of a large police department.

·Police Chief (Commander): The Police Chief is the upper-level leader, and ordinary non-professional groups cannot be promoted to this level.

According to the enforcement rules of the Police Law, there are 545 police chiefs (including chief police officers).

The head of the small county-level police headquarters is the police chief.

·Police Supervisor (commander in charge): The number of Police Supervisors is specified, 20 people.

Those who are all in the professional group are rarely in the quasi-professional group.

Among these 20 people, the police chief and police chief will be elected

The heads of the nine prefectures and counties with government-designated cities are the police inspectors

In addition, the second-in-command and deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department are also in this class.

·Police Inspector (Chief of Police): the highest level of the police officer class

The police minister of the Metropolitan Police Department. That is, the police minister in Tokyo is the highest position.

Article 47, paragraph 1, of the Police Act determines

The name of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters is Mitsuhiko, which is the center of Japan’s police force.

The address is in front of the Sakurada Gate of the Imperial Palace in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

So the location of the Metropolitan Police Department is also called "Sakurada Gate".

The above-ground building has 18 floors and the underground building has 4 floors.

The head of the Metropolitan Police Department is the Police Chief.

The number of police officers is approximately 40,000.

The Metropolitan Police Department has eight departments: general affairs, police, traffic, security, vigilance, public security, and criminal prevention.

On this basis, the Metropolitan Police Department also has a police academy, institutions from the first to eighth headquarters and about 100 police stations.