Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:23:42 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> 
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=2&id=305638
>>>
>>>Huh?
>>>
>>
>>And Japanese are supposed to be good at math....
> 
> 
> Wanna know why there aren't enough cops to man the kobans? It's
> because it isn't the sort of work any of them want to do, it isn't
> under a sub-branch which is on the promotion fast-track, and most
> importantly, because approximately 1/3 of the cops hold down desk
> assignments at prefectural headquarters.
> 
Seems to me the problem is in the way the Koban system is set up and 
run. Don't some cops live in/next to the koban with their families? 
That'd be a tough sell with a lot of wives. I think kobans are a great 
idea; but you know there's a problem when criminals don't think twice 
about trying to rob a shop that's right next to one....

John W.