Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau
| 警視庁公安部 Keishichō-kōanbu |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Japan |
| Headquarters | Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Employees | 2,000 officers |
| Minister responsible |
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| Parent agency | Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department |
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau (警視庁公安部 Keishichō-kōanbu?) is a bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in charge of public security with jurisdiction over the Tokyo metropolis. It has a force of more than 2,000 officers.
In the Japanese police organization, only the Metropolitan Police Department becomes "the bureau" where the security police branch becomes independent. In other prefectural police forces, the Public Security Section and Foreign Affairs Division are installed in a Security Department. Tokyo is seen as an exception since it had been working with the Japanese National Police Agency for the longest time since they share the same location.
The PSB is not a Japanese version of Federal Bureau of Investigation, despite some claims that it is. It does not concern with ordinary criminal activities. It main focus is activities which threaten national security and therefore, the purpose is much similar to Special Branchs of British and Commonwealth police forces.
After a discovery of sophisticated radios by police during a raid on a JRCL Revolutionary Marxist Faction safehouse on April 10, 1998, PSB officials had reorganized their communications network to better safeguard it against unwanted intrusions.
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