Post by Linalin on Feb 22, 2005 16:17:56 GMT -5
Koizumi angry at two cops fleeing from club-wielding man
TOKYO — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he has told Japan's public security chief to review police training and preparedness after viewing a television news report about a man easily chasing off two police officers.
"I couldn't believe it when the police officers fled instead of trying to seize the suspect when he came at them," Koizumi said, referring to footage of an incident aired by Fuji Television Network on its morning news program.
According to the report and police, police officers who came to a scene where a car had run into a building in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district fled when the driver approached them after wrecking the car's windows with a club.
The officers returned and arrested the driver when he tried to seize their police car, the police said.
Koizumi called the incident "embarrassing."
"Many people must have viewed the incident on TV," Koizumi said. "I told the National Public Safety Commission chief to take steps so police are trained and prepared."
The premier raised the issue during a cabinet meeting Tuesday morning, and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Yoshitaka Murata apologized and vowed to look into the case, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
Is it wrong to be curious about how a Koban would handle an American redneck?
TOKYO — Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he has told Japan's public security chief to review police training and preparedness after viewing a television news report about a man easily chasing off two police officers.
"I couldn't believe it when the police officers fled instead of trying to seize the suspect when he came at them," Koizumi said, referring to footage of an incident aired by Fuji Television Network on its morning news program.
According to the report and police, police officers who came to a scene where a car had run into a building in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district fled when the driver approached them after wrecking the car's windows with a club.
The officers returned and arrested the driver when he tried to seize their police car, the police said.
Koizumi called the incident "embarrassing."
"Many people must have viewed the incident on TV," Koizumi said. "I told the National Public Safety Commission chief to take steps so police are trained and prepared."
The premier raised the issue during a cabinet meeting Tuesday morning, and National Public Safety Commission Chairman Yoshitaka Murata apologized and vowed to look into the case, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
Is it wrong to be curious about how a Koban would handle an American redneck?
