Oguni Police Station - Nishiokitama District

Mousetrap (laughs)

Inspector "I'm embarrassed to be caught", my subordinates "I can't refuse" ... 4 people sent documents for unlicensed driving and overlooking 2021/09/08 07:59 In March 2019, the police officer inspected a male police officer in his 40s at the Yamagata Prefectural Police Department (at that time), who was found to have been driving a passenger car while his driver's license had expired. On the 7th, the Prefectural Police Inspection Division asked the police to overlook it, and on the 7th, the police were charged with concealing the criminal and violating the Road Traffic Act (unlicensed driving). (At that time), on suspicion of concealing the criminal, each document was sent to the Yamagata District Public Prosecutor's Office. On the same day, the prefectural police suspended the police inspector for 6 months, and out of the three, two male assistant inspectors in their 40s and 30s were disciplinary action with a 10% reduction in salary (1 month). The remaining one male police officer in his thirties was admonished by his chief. The inspector retired on the same day. According to the announcement, the police inspector overtook the car in a tunnel where overtaking was prohibited while driving an investigation vehicle in Oguni-cho around 11:00 pm on June 11, the same year, and stopped the police inspector and the police chief in his 40s. Was done. At that time, the police inspector was suspected of asking the assistant inspector, a male police inspector in his thirties, who was in charge of the station's duty, not to issue a traffic foul ticket. It is suspected that the three assistant police officers overlooked the violation. In response to the investigation, the inspector said, "I was embarrassed to be caught," and the three said, "I couldn't refuse my boss's request." In addition, the police inspector suspected that he drove a private car while his driver's license had expired near the station around 4 pm on March 19, this year. A police officer who was cracking down stopped the car on suspicion that he was operating a mobile phone while driving. I tried to ask him about the situation at the station, but the inspector said, "I'm going to do something," and left until he was found in the metropolitan area on April 5. "I was afraid of unlicensed driving and the discovery of debt," the inspector said. The inspector said he had not renewed his driver's license at that time. The Prefectural Police Inspector General has not disclosed the expiration date, saying that the month of birth will be revealed and the person will be identified. Regarding the fact that he did not arrest the inspector, Shin Kawai, the chief inspector general of the prefectural police, explained that he "judged because there was no fear of destroying evidence." "I take it very seriously because I am involved in the foundation of trust in the execution of police operations, such as concealing the criminal. I deeply apologize to the citizens of the prefecture."