Two policemen from the Yodogawa Police Station in Osaka were punished for covering up a traffic violation despite driving a patrol car in the wrong direction. The data from the on-board camera that recorded the breach was deleted, but the audio data of the conversation such as “Akan, I will delete the video” remained on another device.
A 41-year-old assistant police inspector and a 26-year-old police chief, both of whom worked at the regional division of the Yodogawa Police Station, were killed.
According to police, the two people accidentally drove a police car onto a one-way street in Osaka’s Yodogawa ward last month but deleted data from the on-board camera that recorded the offense and the they hid. Means that
Another police officer who was cracking down on violations nearby was discovered when he saw a police car speeding in the opposite direction.
The patrol car was being driven by the police chief, and the lieutenant was in the passenger seat, but on another device, the lieutenant’s voice said, “Oh, that’s kinda bad. That means the police chief’s voice remained”.
On the 20th, the police ordered that the sub-inspector be warned by the police chief and that the police chief be warned by the police chief.
They both admitted to the cover-up and the lieutenant said, “I was stupid.”
Shuji Tabata, head of the inspection bureau at the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, commented, “As a police officer, I have been severely punished for unacceptable behavior. In the future, we will thoroughly educate our personnel.”
