Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> "Duke of URL" <macbenahATkdsiDOTnet> wrote in message
> news:100ipdnd2pbdubb@corp.supernews.com...

> Also, the cops kind of make the rounds of the neighborhood door to door
> every once in a while, apparently mostly to get to know everybody's faces
> (and maybe who belongs and doesn't belong in the neighborhood). I had one
> over about 6 months ago.

YMMV of course. Haven't had one visit me yet since I moved here 9 years
ago. Whereas when I lived in Gunma a copper visited me within 3 weeks of
my moving there. Same when I was in Sapporo. When in Osaka though I
think they were too busy to notice.

> One thing you don't see a lot of is patrolling, or even much of a cop
> presence on the streets. But there are police boxes everywhere, so at least
> you know where to drop off that lost wallet you found.

Except that with each of the last 6 or so police boxes I've visited (2
in Okazaki, 1 in each of Takayama, Nara (city), Niigata (city) and
somewhere in bumfuck Wakayama they have been unattended. I'm not sure
what people do if they don't have the language skills required for the
telephone provided. As for patrolling, I've never seen a cop walk the
beat in Aichi, though at least a couple cycling the beat in nishi-shinjuku.

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