Jeio James Mendoza

BSCRIM 2 – A

JAPAN AND NEW ZEALAND

Japan
ORGANIZATIONAL
NAME
• National Police
Agency (Japan)
The National Police Agency (
警察庁, Keisatsu-chō) is an
agency administered by the
National Public Safety
Commission of the Cabinet
Office of the Cabinet of
Japan, and is the central agency of the Japanese police system,
and the central coordinating agency of law enforcement in
situations of national emergency in Japan.
AGENCY
• National Public Safety Commission
The National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会,
Kokka Kōan Iinkai) is a Japanese Cabinet Office
commission. It is headquartered in the 2nd Building of the
Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2
Kasumigaseki in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The commission consists of a chairperson who holds the
rank of Minister of State and five other members
appointed by the Prime Minister, with consent of both
houses of the Diet. The commission operates
independently of the cabinet, but coordinates with it
through the Minister of State.

The commission’s function is to guarantee the neutrality of

the police system by insulating the force from political
pressure and ensuring the maintenance of democratic
methods in police administration. It administers the
National Police Agency, and has the authority to appoint
or dismiss senior police officers.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Must have Japanese nationality.
• Males must be >160cm & >48kg approx, Females
>154cm >45kg approx
• Eyesight must be >1.0 with correction, >0.6 without
correction
• No hearing or color blindness disabilities
• No chronic illnesses etc
• No physical handicaps
• No casual or formal connections to any type of group
under watch by the J-gov (terrorists, organized crime,
domestic or foreign)
• Clean record regarding almost any sort of crime or
bad behavior.
• You must pass an formal entrance test the year prior.
RANK AND INSIGNIA
RECRUITMENT
• Graduates of high school, junior colleges, or
universities are all welcome to apply; however,
university graduates are given a training course of
only six months while high school students and junior
college students are trained for ten months.
• To become a police officer in Japan a person must at
least be a high school graduate and must pass a
nation exam. Once these requirement are met the
person must undergo a year of training which consists
of classroom, field and physical training in order to
prepare them for work as an officer.

POLICE UNIFORM
RETIREMENT AGE
• In Japan, the retirement age of public employees,
including police officers, is 60, and most police
officers serve until their retirement age.

ENTRANCE AGE
• You must be 20 years old (not a minor in
Japan) to join the Police
 NEW ZEALAND

ORGANIZATIONAL NAME
• New Zealand Police
The New
Zealand
Police is the
national
police
service of
New
Zealand,
responsible
for enforcing
criminal law,
enhancing
public
safety, and maintaining order. With about 12,000
personnel it is the largest law enforcement agency in
New Zealand and, with few exceptions, has primary
jurisdiction over the majority of New Zealand criminal
law. The New Zealand Police also has responsibility for
traffic and commercial vehicle enforcement as well as
other key responsibilities including protection of
dignitaries, firearms licensing and matters of national
security.
AGENCY
• New Zealand
Government
The New Zealand
Government
(Māori: Te
Kāwanatanga o
Aotearoa) is the
central
government
through which governing authority is
exercised in New Zealand. … The Cabinet
Manual describes the main laws, rules and
conventions affecting the conduct and
operation of the Government.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
• To enter police training you must:
• Be at least 17 years old
• Hold a full driver’s licence
• Be a New Zealand or Australian citizen or
permanent resident
• Be able to speak, read, write and listen in English
• Pass psychological, maths and problem-solving
tests
• Pass physical fitness and eyesight tests
• Attend an interview
• Notify police of any previous traffic or criminal
offences.
• NZ Police New Cops website – information on
police recruitment
RANK AND INSIGNIA
RECRUITMENT
• To become a police officer you need to complete
the police training course, which involves:
• 16 weeks of training at the Royal New Zealand
Police College in Porirua
• Two years of supervised police work, which is
regularly assessed
• A compulsory 12-week university distance
learning course.

POLICE UNIFORM
RETIREMENT AGE
• There is no compulsory retirement age in New
Zealand, and Bush said there were many officers who
work into their 60s and 70s. But most retirement age
of the officers at retirement ranged from 45 to 73, with
the average being 55 years old. They had served on
the force for an average of 26.4 years.

ENTRANCE AGE
• Be at least 17 years old

REFERENCE :
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Poli
ce_Agency_(Japan)
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealan
d_Police#:~:text=As%20of%20March%2020
19%2C%20there,of%20the%20New%20Ze
aland%20Police.