Why is Japanese Police considered to be one of the most professional police force in the world ?
Many would say including my dear friend @KSingh84856557 that they don't even carry arms or wear a bulletproof vest. Well, anyone who has studied Policing or Criminology would....

That there is a distinction bw a well equipped police and a professional police. So, what are the parameters that a Criminologist looks for in a professional police force ?
- Civil approach to Policing than Militaristic elements
- Their behaviour towards the society and crime

- How well connected are they with the society ?
- Do they sympathize with the victims ?
- Is it a trigger friendly force ?
- Frequently drawing arms to tackle crimes ?
- Their Thinking abilities. Post investigation skills. How good they with Investigations ?

- are the police personnel sensitive enough towards issues and Crimes related to opposite sex ?
- Are the police personnel aware of other cultures ? Do they have liaison officers for the same ?

Do they have an efficient Internal feedback system in place ? Are they, what Criminologists call a 'learning force', do they learn from their day to day admin mistakes ?

A professional police would always be evolving and learning from their mistakes.

And the most important point.
TRAINING, professionalism comes from better training.
- How long is their training ?
- What subjects are taught ?

A professional police force would have a training period of at least 48 weeks, excluding probation and refresher course.

What does the training module include ?
A professional police would emphasize on teaching civilian aspect of policing and investigations. They'd expect cadets to sympathize with the victims and see crime from victim's POV, that's why they introduced Victim Impact Statement.

Regarding arms training, professional police would focus more on the theoretical part, basically they'll 1st teach why they (cadets) are being given a weapon and the responsibilities they'll have while carrying a weapon.

TRIGGER HAPPY FORCE ?
NO, a professional police force would always ensure (usually through internal audits) that the personnel are not becoming trigger friendly. The most efficient way of doing so it through TRAINING and becoming a 'learning force'.

I'm not saying that police should be unarmed. But 1 needs to ensure that personnel don't become trigger happy. Pol personnel need to hone their critical thinking skills (when to draw a gun)

**Becoming trigger happy just beats the concept of police ie to have a humane touch**

Coming back to Japanese police, there are 2 main problems w them. 1st, Many say that they are biased towards other races & foreigners.
And 2nd, their infamous 99% conviction rate ie when the police arrests you, u straight away go to jail for 23 days for further interrogation

Coming to their training regime, it focuses more on the human and cultural aspects than militaristic elements.

Training includes

Calligraphy (Shodo)
Tea Ceremony (Chanoyu)
Flower arrangement (ikebana)
Japanese flute classes (shinobue)

AND THIS HAS HELPED A LOT

Training regime is as follows -

•Women and university grads - 6 months
•High school grad - 1 year

After spending 1 year in police station or different police units, police personnel have to come back for training for another 4 months.

Compare this with the much hyped police departments of United States.

The average police training session for a policeman in USA was only 2 months in 1980 and now it's 5 months.

Avg training Pol trg session in Nordic countries is 2 yrs, Bhutan police its 10 + 3 months

Out of the total 200k personnel, 80,000 attend 1 of the 57 Police training schools every year. Also, to qualify as a policeman one needs to get a black belt in Judo or Kendo.

I think that's enough for the day !
Thank you all, I'll try me best to answer from what little experience I have.