A Tokyo police officer has been suspended for three months for repeated violent and exploitive acts against subordinates, including breaking one officer's finger, all in the name of officer training.
The assistant inspector, a 46-year-old member of the traffic police, was handed his suspension by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on May 13.
According to the MPD, in March 2009, the assistant inspector slammed a motorcycle helmet down on a lower-ranking officer's fingers, breaking one. The subordinate's offence: being too slow to get in a police car. He reportedly said, "It was ill-conceived joking around. It exceeded the bounds of subordinate training and I am very sorry."
Police also say that from August to November of 2009, the assistant inspector threw a baseball at another officer multiple times, delivering blows to the victim's thighs. They say the assistant inspector also twice made the same officer pay for other people's ramen noodles at a restaurant.
Two police inspectors who are the assistant inspector's bosses were also punished by having their salaries cut 10 percent for one month for implicitly allowing the behavior. The MPD says that they allowed false reports that called the subordinates' injuries the results of their own mistakes, and that they were present at the restaurant when the subordinate was forced to pay for the noodles.
The head and vice-head of the unit at the time were given reprimands. The behavior came to light after being reported to MPD higher-ups in June, 2010 by another member of the unit.
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