In principle, the Tokyo Public Safety Commission is the superior agency of the Metropolitan Police Department. The committee is composed of three "career civil servants who have never engaged in police or inspection-related work" as three members.
The appointment and dismissal of senior officials of the Metropolitan Police Department must be reported to the Tokyo Public Safety Commission by the Inspector General of Police, and can only be implemented after approval.
Of course, most of the time this approval is just a process.
In order to ensure the purity of the prefectural public security committees, the terms of office of the members of these committees were much shorter than that of the head of each police headquarters.
These committee members can indeed make the police chiefs uncomfortable for a while, but these committee members always have to think about the days after they leave office, right?
Therefore, most of the public security committees and police headquarters in each prefecture are in a state of indifference.
However, the Tokyo Public Safety Commission does have the right to initiate inquiries against senior police officers within the Metropolitan Police Department who have seriously neglected their duties and violated the law.
It's just that the hearing initiated by the Tokyo Public Safety Commission is a double-edged sword.
Once the impeachment against senior officials of the Metropolitan Police Department is successful, it will indeed greatly increase the voice of the current Tokyo Metropolitan Public Security Commission.
But he will also be disliked by the current police chief. This is a necessary consequence that he has to face as long as he initiates a hearing.
Of course, all inquiries directed at senior bureaucrats may not lead to their defeat.
Once the impeachment fails, it will be a disgraceful situation for the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission, which initiated the impeachment.
When facing the Metropolitan Police Department, I'm afraid I don't even have the last say.
"Are you sure, Takuya?" Shotaro Hakuba didn't expect Sou Takuya to play such a big role.
Once the Tokyo Public Security Commission intervenes, Sotakuya and Toshio Morohoshi will instantly become a life-or-death situation.
Until this hearing against Toshio Morohoshi ends, either Sotakuya will directly knock Shio Morohoshi, the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, out of the world.
Either that, Shio Morohoshi's sword is still young, and he completely trampled to death Sotakuya, who had a bright future in the Metropolitan Police Department.
If he loses the hearing this time, it will be useless even if Sotakuya goes to Osaka Prefecture and becomes an Osaka Prefectural police officer.
"That's right, Director Hakuba. I am going to accuse the Tokyo Public Security Commission of Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Police Toshio Morohoshi: serious dereliction of duty, accepting bribes, colluding with transnational terrorists, and condoning criminal acts in Tokyo, which has led to a sharp increase in the crime rate in Tokyo!"
After Sotakuya finished speaking, Hakuba Shotaro didn't say anything, but he helped Sotakuya contact the current Tokyo Public Security Commission.
Under normal circumstances, the Tokyo Public Safety Commission is not very willing to hold such hearings against senior bureaucrats of the Metropolitan Police Department, but this time is an exception.
Because this impeachment against senior officials of the Metropolitan Police Department was initiated by Police Chief Shotaro Hakuba at their invitation.
Speaking of which, the members of the Tokyo Public Security Commission were really curious as to what happened at the Metropolitan Police Department to make the Police Director help a Police Section Chief to contact a hearing on the Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Although it is an old tradition in Japan to defeat the superior, a section chief with the rank of police officer wants to overthrow the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department who has the title of police inspector.
No matter how you think about it, it doesn't look like it could actually happen in reality.
The enthusiasm of the members of the Tokyo Public Security Commission greatly increased their efficiency. In less than half a month, the hearing on Shio Morohoshi was prepared, and the parties were notified that it was to be held.
These committee members really want to know why So Takuya, a small policeman compared to Shio Morohoshi, has the confidence to hold this hearing.
More than a week is a long time or a short time.
During the period of preparation for the hearing, Sotakuya's special search section welcomed many police officers and department heads with whom he did not usually deal with.
Sotakuya was also deeply surprised by the background of the doves in the headquarters. These people can be said to occupy half of the important departments within the Metropolitan Police Department.
It can be seen that the reason why Morohoshi Toshio did not ascend to the position of police chief was that the hawks and neutral factions of the police force worked together to successfully prevent Morohoshi from ascending to the throne.
The heads of these various departments came to Sotakuya's special investigation section, some of them were trying to build relationships, and some were just outright threats.
They all wanted to know what Sou Takuya relied on for the hearing he held against Morohoshi Toshio.
Although the heads of the dove faction in this department do not think that Zong Takuya has any trump card, it does not prevent them from wanting to know themselves and the enemy so that they can win every battle.
It's a pity that Tsuchiya Hanbei and Akiba Jiteru, who knew the specific situation, were both given a gag order by Sotakuya, and their interests were aligned with Sotakuya's.
There is absolutely no need to harm others without benefiting oneself, which leads to the fact that the dove faction in this department still knows nothing about the situation on Zong Takuya's side.
When Sotakuya walked into the hearing room, which had been temporarily transformed into a large conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department, he found that three members of the Tokyo Public Security Commission had already arrived.
The three of them sat at the head of the venue, opposite Shio Morohoshi, who was sitting peacefully.
Sitting below the venue were a large number of dovish police officers from the headquarters and a small number of hawkish and neutral police officers from the police force. When Sotakuya walked into the venue.
The eyes of most people inside the venue fell on Sotakuya.
The eyes of these people included resentment, disdain, encouragement, and admiration. Of course, the most important ones were the gloomy look of Shio Morohoshi and the curiosity of the three committee members.
When Zong Takuya stood still, the three committee members headed by him signaled the venue to be silent. When the entire venue fell silent, the headed committee member said:
"Then this hearing about Deputy Director Morohoshi of the Metropolitan Police Department will begin now. Chief Zong, you are the initiator of the hearing. Now you can start asking questions to Deputy Director Morohoshi."
So Takuya first thanked the members of the Tokyo Public Security Commission and then formally looked at Toshio Morohoshi: "Inspector Morohoshi, as far as I know, you have recently reached a three-year contract with Mitsubishi Motors for a total of 300 million yen. Isn’t it a free donation?”
Shio Morohoshi originally thought that Sotakuya had some magic weapon to win unexpectedly, and he was still a little uneasy when he didn't find out Sotakuya's trump card.
After all, it is somewhat unbelievable for a police chief to impeach a police inspector. Except for the fact that the top officer of the Metropolitan Police Department is the Police Chief.
The police inspector is basically the police title of the chief of each prefectural police headquarters. There are only about 20 police inspectors in the entire Japanese police force.
But when Sotakuya mentioned Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's free donation to the Metropolitan Police Department, Shio Morohoshi became convinced.
Because Shio Morohoshi was really hands-off with the donation this time, and he was not prepared to use any hands to donate during this dovish crisis.
The more critical the moment, the less likely you are to do things that will ruin your popularity. Morohoshi Toshio is a long-time veteran politician, and he understands this truth all too well.
Sure enough, when Sotakuya took out a photo of Morohoshi Toshio and Masayama Kenzo talking and laughing on the golf course, he noticed a mocking smile on Morohoshi Toshio's face.
This smile also appeared on Sou Takuya's face.
At the hearing, the young and old, Sotakuya and Toshio Morohoshi, looked at each other mockingly, thinking that the other was nothing more than that.
