>According to the agency, the number of applicants for police recruitment exams nationwide fell from 136,845 in fiscal 2010 to 43,059 in fiscal 2024 — a 70% drop. Over the same period, the hiring ratio fell from 9.5 to 3.5.
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>Officials cite population decline and the perception that police academies and workplaces are harsh. Starting around 2040, roughly 8,000 employees are expected to retire each year, deepening the personnel shortage.
AssociationMore242 on
Kinda heartening that they can’t find enough racist bullies to keep the kobans full.
AverageHobnailer on
They’d have to increase pay and get rid of all the systemic abuse and silly shift changes. My friend is a cop and as soon as he got a house and a baby his dumbass precinct shipped him off to the opposite side of the city, and they only gave him night shifts for a couple of years.
BigPapaSlut on
I mean, the population is going down too.
It makes sense with the demographic shrinking.
macross1984 on
Being a cop is not an easy job. You get to see the dregs of society all the time and everything negative which will slowly wear you down mentally and leave you bitter.
This is not problem only in Japan. My local police and fire department in US is very short staffed and mandatory overtimes are more of a norm than an exception.
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>According to the agency, the number of applicants for police recruitment exams nationwide fell from 136,845 in fiscal 2010 to 43,059 in fiscal 2024 — a 70% drop. Over the same period, the hiring ratio fell from 9.5 to 3.5.
>
>Officials cite population decline and the perception that police academies and workplaces are harsh. Starting around 2040, roughly 8,000 employees are expected to retire each year, deepening the personnel shortage.
Kinda heartening that they can’t find enough racist bullies to keep the kobans full.
They’d have to increase pay and get rid of all the systemic abuse and silly shift changes. My friend is a cop and as soon as he got a house and a baby his dumbass precinct shipped him off to the opposite side of the city, and they only gave him night shifts for a couple of years.
I mean, the population is going down too.
It makes sense with the demographic shrinking.
Being a cop is not an easy job. You get to see the dregs of society all the time and everything negative which will slowly wear you down mentally and leave you bitter.
This is not problem only in Japan. My local police and fire department in US is very short staffed and mandatory overtimes are more of a norm than an exception.