Japanese police dealt with a record-high number of consultations last year over problems that did not call for an urgent response, such as noise by neighbors and graffiti, a police report showed Monday. The record 2.08 million consultations, up about 50 percent from 2008, may reflect a loss
Japanese police dealt with a record-high number of consultations last year over problems that did not call for an urgent response, such as noise by neighbors and graffiti, a police report showed Monday.
The record 2.08 million consultations, up about 50 percent from 2008, may reflect a loss of community networks that have traditionally dealt with local problems, according to a National Police Agency official.
The police separately received about 9 million emergency calls last year, with about 20 percent of them being non-urgent matters. They are urging people not to use emergency hotlines but to use a special line for consultations instead.
