What is the process of recruiting police officers in japan?

Question

What are the requirements and qualifications?

Answer 1

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98.1% of Japan's police officers are male. Typically, police officers come middle class families of blue-collar workers, manual laborers, or small entrepreneurs. While they take great pride in their work and fancy themselves as the modern samurai, police officers see their careers as a stepping stone to raise the social status of their families. Generally, police officers expect their children to attend college and pursue careers "above" police work such as engineering or business.

Education wise, all police recruits must be high school graduates. Approximately 40% of them also have a degree from a 4 year university. For comparison, 93% of Japan's general populace are high school graduates while 33% are college graduates.

All Japanese police recruits undergo a standardized curriculum set by Japan's National Police Agency. High school graduates undergo 1 year of police school. After which, they are given "hands on" experience through three months of field work. Once the 3 months are over, the recruits then return for 6 more months of training and discussions about what they experienced. College graduates undergo a slightly different system. While they must also experience 3 months of field work, they only attend police school for 8 months beforehand and 4 months after. Approximately 5% of all Japanese police candidates fail to complete the course.

Anyone attending their first year of police school must live in a dormitory, even if they are married. For single officers, this requirement extends into their first 6 months of duty. All dorms maintain a curfew. Residents must obtain special permission to stay out past 11:00 PM. This is not to say that only cadets and rookie officers live in the dorms. Due to the high cost of living in certain areas, many new officers will continue to reside in a dormitory after the first six months.

A distinct aspect of Japanese police training is the focus on developing an officer's social skills and moral judgment. At the Tokyo police academy, Confucianism, bushido (the way of the samurai), and psychology comprises 10% of the total curriculum for high school graduates and 8% of the total curriculum for college graduates.

Officers continue to receive training throughout their careers. Each year, a random selection of approximately 42,000 officers take technical courses which last between 3 weeks to 1 year. Officers promoted to the rank of sergeant must undergo 3 months of training at a regional training facility. Officers promoted to the rank of assistant inspector must undergo 2 months of training. New inspectors must experience 6 months of training at the national police college in Tokyo.

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Answer 2

First of all you have to be thoroughly trained in 3 of the 5 phases of twi con doe and at least a black belt in two of them. Also you must be a University graduate with several credits in Law and ethics and criminology with at least a 11.6 GPA which is equivalent to about a 3.60 here in the states....also you must have no MORE than 2.9% body fat and you must pass a rigorous psychological test........and can not be older than 81 years at time of appointment with the Tokyo Police Squad