How do you spell "incompetent"...?

[Ganma]

[SIZE="5"]Infernal affairs: Errant cops struggling to clean up their act[/SIZE]

Anyone find a Japanese version of this article?

[BigInJapan]

...avoid their cock-ups, such as failing to nab a suspect

#1 in this category (in recent memory) would have to be the English-teacher-killer son of a bitch, Ichihashi.

[wuchan]

Anyone find a Japanese version of this article?

I have a feeling you won't find one. As the article says, any reporter reporting any bad news will be shut out of the club. No j-reporter will ever risk this, they are trained not to. This is how japan keeps it's social classism hidden. The press, who graduated from brainwash-japU, will always follow the status quo out of fear of loosing their imaginary life time job. The press clubs are run by the j-gov peeps who are dirtier than the yaks. I don't know where i am going with this but the cops here are way more dirty than the coke blowing ones back home.

[BigInJapan]

[Ganma]

I'm not sure if this is a good thing. Making statements like "behavior that could disrupt social order" sounds suspiciously similar to communist China rhetoric. Look at the stats of these shoplifting cases - half of them are over 65. I bet the motivation behind shoplifting for these oldies would be economical. Wouldn't it be better to have decent social services for these people rather than locking them up?

Police hone in on 'small' crimes / Shoplifting, graffiti, litter erode public morals, lead to worse offenses

The Yomiuri Shimbun

The National Police Agency on Wednesday instructed police headquarters nationwide to ensure that bookstores and other shops report to the police all shoplifting cases that have occurred at their facilities.

The NPA also told the police headquarters to take stronger action against such minor offenses as graffiti and littering at public facilities, labeling them "behavior that could disrupt social order."

The move is aimed at helping transform this country into "a society in which crimes cannot easily take place," according to the NPA.

It is said shoplifting degrades social morality, which ultimately deteriorates public security.

The agency asked the headquarters to simplify the reporting procedures so as not to disrupt shops' business and also asked the headquarters to seek the cooperation of industry organizations.

The agency also asked the headquarters to discourage graffiti and littering in public places by cracking down on such misconduct and publicly labeling them as "deeds disturbing social order."

According to the agency, the number of reported crimes nationwide has decreased over the last seven consecutive years, from a record 2.85 million in 2002 to 1.7 million last year.

Meanwhile, bookstores, drugstores and convenience stores have been targeted by shoplifters of various ages, from minors to the elderly.

The number of reported shoplifting incidents nationwide last year was 149,892, an increase of 4,463 over the year before. The number of shoplifters turned in to police was 105,228, an increase of 3,724 from the year before.

Of them, 29,153 were aged 14-19, and 27,019 were aged 65 or older.

Statistics for 2008 also showed that 55.4 percent of the 48,805 crimes committed by people aged 65 and older were shoplifting.

Behind the problem is a social trend in which some people likely do not regard shoplifting as a crime.

Takaharu Ando, director general of the NPA, said at a meeting of police managers in Tokyo on Wednesday that neglecting the problem may allow public security to deteriorate again and increase serious crimes.

"I want you to create a social environment that blocks crimes in each local community," Ando said.

He also said efforts should be made to increase social morality by severely cracking down on shoplifting, and not neglecting the crime.

As shops often hesitate to report losses caused by shoplifting to police because the process is complicated, the police headquarters were requested to simplify procedures such as making entries in investigation records. Building cooperative relations between police and industry organizations will also help ensure that all shoplifting losses will be reported, according to the agency.

Also, more warnings and instructions are to be made to help prevent graffiti and littering in public places, emphasizing that neglecting these deeds can degrade the public morality of an entire community.

It was also suggested that police consider arresting malicious offenders over damage to property and other charges.
(Apr. 22, 2010)

[Ganma]

[maraboutslim]

Alcohol level of 0.1 milligrams per liter? Does the equipment even measure that accurately? Surely that must be a misprint (in both the japanese and english articles). Because isn't .01mg/liter equal to 0.1 part per million, or 0.0000001 or 0.00001%? The guy could drink 3,000 times more alcohol before he went over Japan's 0.03% legal driving limit.

Maybe it's supposed to be .1mg per milliliter (or .1g per liter or .01%)? That'd be like drinking 1/3 can of beer or something, right?

[Mike Oxlong]

[matsuki]

Policeman arrested for licking woman's hair

Sounds like a "normal" Japanese male to me?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Sounds like a "normal" Japanese male to me?

I was thinking the same thing...unless, of course, it's referring to pubic hair...

[matsuki]

I was thinking the same thing...unless, of course, it's referring to pubic hair...

Yeah, cause then he's just a little strange.

[Coligny]

Yeah, cause then he's just a little strange.

Speaking of strange... have you notice the amount of pubes 'escaping' from them hotpants bitches when they squat on the sidewalk to wait for /friends/customers/whatever...

le scary...

[matsuki]

Speaking of strange... have you notice the amount of pubes 'escaping' from them hotpants bitches when they squat on the sidewalk to wait for /friends/customers/whatever...

le scary...

ahahahahha, "Shave? I'm wearing pants today!"

[Catoneinutica]

Speaking of strange... have you notice the amount of pubes 'escaping' from them hotpants bitches when they squat on the sidewalk to wait for /friends/customers/whatever...

le scary...

Heh - not before reading this post I hadn't!

-catone
-Hey hotpants bitch! How ya doin'!?

[Coligny]

Or even classier:

"Whut's'up slut ? not yer pubes it seems..."

Such a great conversation starter...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Or even classier:

"Whut's'up slut ? not yer pubes it seems..."

Such a great conversation starter...

Nothing gets the shielas swooning quite like that old French charm...

[Catoneinutica]

Nothing gets the shielas swooning quite like that old French charm...

Eet eez like wiping your ess weeth seelk.

[Coligny]

Don't hate zee playa... hate zee game...

[matsuki]

Nothing gets the shielas swooning quite like that old French charm...

Greji's wallet may beg to differ...this and his other carrot and donkey methods are pretty effective but not recommended unless you like donkey.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

[quote="chokonen888"]Greji's wallet may beg to differ...this and his other carrot and donkey methods are pretty effective but not recommended unless you like donkey. ]

I don't really like donkey, but I wouldn't mind being hung like one...(had a Greek friend in high school who lovingly raised a pet donkey for years and came home one day to find his family eating it...He said he felt like a real ass.)

[Dreamy_Peach]

squat on the sidewalk

These lasses are pure skankiness. Not noticed lack of trimming but I'm sure they do, like seelk.

[matsuki]

These lasses are pure skankiness. Not noticed lack of trimming but I'm sure they do, like seelk.

Shitpose is always a sign of class in a lass

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

This thread reminded me of this...

(Look very closely, especially at the bird second from right).

[GomiGirl]

Thanks - you just reminded me that I need to make an appointment with my waxer.

[matsuki]

This thread reminded me of this...

(Look very closely, especially at the bird second from right).

Since there's no slow clap smiley...

[Dreamy_Peach]

This thread reminded me of this...

(Look very closely, especially at the bird second from right).

That's a shame, as she's perhaps the most doable.

(and then you tell they're all nh's)

[Greji]

Thanks - you just reminded me that I need to make an appointment with my waxer.

You called? I have one opening tomorrow.....

[Coligny]

Thanks - you just reminded me that I need to make an appointment with my waxer.

awww dear, can't you keep this for the powder room...
Some people are actually trying to eat at their computer...

[Mike Oxlong]

[Coligny]

NPA sets up special committee to stop crimes by police

Welcome to the real world guys...

Called "Boeuf Carottes" (beef and carrots stew) because they like to cook their victims slowly... Their HQ in Paris sports strange looking human figures in Art deco style seemingly holding the top floor...