I have noticed more and more police in and around many of the major train stations in Metro Tokyo. While the sight of so many boys in blue give me pause, I welcome the presence of more police in Tokyo. More police are a good sign: more police means more prevention of criminal activities. Or so I am led to believe. I would like to see police at each and every train station at the gates and on the platforms. This alone would mean the prefectural police departments would need to hire an additional 10,000 people just to guard the mass transport stations. And if people are so worried about paying for the police, I suggest the police start issuing tickets for a wide range of social bads. Here is a sample list for the NPA to think about:
How to Raise Money for The Increase in Police Officers
1. No reading porn magazines or newspapers on trains (penalty: 500,000 yen).
2. No fighting on trains or on platforms (penalty: 2,000,000 yen).
3. No touching the butts or b--bs of females (penalty: 10,000,000 yen).
4. No drunken and disorder behaviour anywhere (penalty: 5,000,000 yen).
5. No putting on make-up while on trains (penalty: 7,500,000 yen).
And if the violater cannot pay the princely sum, what shall we do? I'll leave that for another blog.
Remember, 'more police' is 'good'.
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