Although the Japanese police also have guns, they especially love to use sticks on duty!
Inspectors or inspectors on duty in Japan are generally armed with guns and can fire directly without the presence of their superiors. However, the gun management of higher ranks is relatively strict, and guns can only be dispensed with the permission of superiors, and shooting needs to be under the command of superiors. The active gun is the New South M60 Sakura Revolver This is a police revolver based on the Smith & Wesson M36 revolver. The gun was originally developed as a rifle for the Japanese police and imperial palace guards, but later became a weapon for narcotics control officers and coast guard officers.
Japan has a good security situation, and there are more than 30,000 police officers in Tokyo, and its proportion of the total population is also relatively high in the world. The Japanese police have a kind of common and strange equipment - sticks, whether it is the police station standing guard at the entrance of the police station, the guards of the embassies in Japan, and even the police officers on duty at the scene of the crime, carrying a stick.
This phenomenon is strange to those of us who are accustomed to seeing police officers wearing uniforms and wearing guns on duty. The sticks in the hands of the Japanese police are similar to the mops we use, about 1.45 meters in length, and black. The police officers are on duty with sticks in both hands, which is quite samurai, and the Japanese police also conduct kendo competitions every year, and there are grading positions. In this way, the Japanese police are on duty with sticks, which is also quite ancient.
The biggest role of the stick in the hands of the police is to search. In some crime scenes, we can often see police searching with sticks to protect their hands. Especially when exposed to some dangerous goods and harmful substances, the preventive effect is more obvious. Another role of the stick is self-defense. In Japan, police officers can carry guns with them, but the rules for the use of guns are very strict. Therefore, in the event of an unexpected situation, if it is not enough to defend itself with a gun, the stick can play a role first. If the drunk is entangled, or the demonstrators are overly aggressive, the police can first take the initiative with a stick. In addition, because the police are on duty outside for a long time, they will inevitably get tired, and a little rest with the help of sticks can also relieve fatigue. As a result, in the dead of night, people often see police officers taking a nap with sticks in their hands. The reporter also saw many times at night that the idle and bored policemen actually waved their sticks in their hands to imitate the hitting action of the golf ball. This may be beyond the scope of the work of the police on duty.
