How many police officers in Tokyo
46,146 persons work for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police as of 2013 Dec 31. It consists of 43,305 police officers and 2841 other staffs. Tokyo Metropolitan Police releases the number of officers by rank.
Police officer ranks are like the table below.
Top | 警視総監 | Superintendent General |
2 | 警視監 | Senior Commissioner |
3 | 警視長 | Commissioner |
4 | 警視正 | Assistant Commissioner |
5 | 警視 | Superintendent |
6 | 警部 | Chief Inspector |
7 | 警部補 | Inspector |
8 | 巡査部長 | Sergeant |
Front line | 巡査 | Police Officer |
Actually there is an unofficial rank "巡査長 Senior Police Officer" between Sergeant and Police Officer.
The below table shows the number of police officers in Tokyo Metropolitan Police by rank.
Rank | Number |
Superior than Assistant Commissioner | 79 |
Superintendent | 1081 |
Chief Inspector | 2463 |
Inspector | 12791 |
Sergeant | 13231 |
Police Officer | 13660 |
I was surprised that there are so many Inspectors and Sergeants in the police.
Source is Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/toukei/bunsyo/toukei24/k_tokei24.htm
www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/toukei/bunsyo/toukei24/pdf/kt24d006.pdf
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