National Police Agency (Japan)

National Police Agency 警察庁 Keisatsu-chō
Abbreviation	NPA
Logo of the National Police Agency.
Agency overview
Formed	1954
Employees	7,500 (2006)
Annual budget	¥258,344M (FY 2005/6)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Japan
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Civilians	4,900
Parent agency	National Public Safety Commission
Child agencies	National Police Academy National Research Institute of Police Science Imperial Guard Headquarters
Bureaus	5 Community Safety Criminal Investigation Traffic Bureau security Bureau Info-Communications
Regional Bureaus	7 Chubu—covering prefectures: Toyama Ishikawa Fukui Gifu Aichi Mie Chugoku—covering prefectures: Tottori Shimane Okayama Hiroshima Yamaguchi Kanto—covering prefectures: Ibaraki Tochigi Gunma Saitama Chiba Kanagawa Niigata Yamanashi Nagano Shizuoka Kinki—covering prefectures: Shiga Kyoto Osaka Hyogo Nara Wakayama Kyushu—covering prefectures: Fukuoka Saga Nagasaki Kumamoto Oita Miyazaki Kagoshima Okinawa Shikoku—covering prefectures: Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi Tohoku—covering prefectures: Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata Fukushima
Website
www.npa.go.jp/english/index.htm (English) www.npa.go.jp (Japanese)
Footnotes
See the reference[1] below for the source of the above data.

NPA building

The National Police Agency (警察庁, Keisatsu-chō) is an agency administered by the National Public Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office in the cabinet of Japan, and is the central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system.

Unlike comparable bodies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the NPA does not have any police officers of its own. Instead, its role is to determine general standards and policies, although in national emergencies or large-scale disasters the agency is authorized to take command of prefectural police forces. Policy for the NPA in turn is set by the National Public Safety Commission.

Organization

• Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency, the Highest ranking police officer (警察庁長官, Keisatsu-chō Chōkan)
  • Deputy Commissioner-General (次長, Jichō)
  • Commissioner-General's Secretariat (長官官房, Chōkan Kanbō)
• Community Safety Bureau (生活安全局, Seikatsu Anzen-kyoku)
• Criminal Investigation Bureau (刑事局, Keiji-kyoku)
  • Organized Crime Department (組織犯罪対策部, Soshiki Hanzai Taisaku-bu)
• Traffic Bureau (交通局, Kōtsū-kyoku)
• Security Bureau (警備局, Keibi-kyoku)
  • Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department (外事情報部, Gaiji Jōhō-bu)
• Info-Communications Bureau (情報通信局, Jōhō Tsūshin-kyoku)
• National Police Academy (警察大学校, Keisatsu Dai-gakkō)
• National Research Institute of Police Science (科学警察研究所, Kagaku Keisatsu Kenkyū-sho)
• Imperial Guard Headquarters (皇宮警察本部, Kōgū-Keisatsu Honbu)
• Regional Bureaus
  • Tohoku Regional Police Bureau (東北管区警察局, Tōhoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Kanto Regional Police Bureau (関東管区警察局, Kantō Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Chubu Regional Police Bureau (中部管区警察局, Chūbu Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Kinki Regional Police Bureau (近畿管区警察局, Kinki Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Chugoku Regional Police Bureau (中国管区警察局, Chūgoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Shikoku Regional Police Bureau (四国管区警察局, Shikoku Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
  • Kyushu Regional Police Bureau (九州管区警察局, Kyūshū Kanku Keisatsu-kyoku)
• Communications Departments
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Police Info-Communications Department (東京都警察情報通信部, Tōkyō-to Keisatsu Jōhō Tsūshin-bu)
  • Hokkaido Police Info-Communications Department (北海道警察通信情報部, Hokkaidō Keisatsu Tsūshin Jōhō-bu)

Bodies supervised by the NPA

• 47 Prefectural Police Departments with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

National Police Agency Imperial Guard

See also

• Law enforcement in Japan
• Public order and internal security in Japan
• Japanese law
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan)
• Special Assault Team

References

External links

• Official website
• (Japanese) Official website

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