Those wonderful Tokyo police

On the same day they finally caught the Camel-faced killer, this little article came my way courtesy of Negi.

SHIBUYA OFFICER HONORED FOR 50,000TH INCONVENIENCING OF PEDESTRIAN

In a gala ceremony at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters in Kasumigaseki, a beaming Governor Shintaro Ishihara presented officer Tsukai Mendo with a medal of accomplishment for his 50,000th unnecessary delay of a pedestrian and/or cyclist. Over the course of his 40-year career as a Tokyo cop, Mendo has stopped and inspected over 30,000 perfectly legally owned and registered bicycles, as well as interrogating and verifying the complete innocence of at least 20,000 local residents and foreign tourists. Speaking to reporters after the ceremony, Ishihara noted, “With this man’s fine work, we can look back at a career that has seen absolutely zero wrongdoing go noticed under his watch.”

Nice to know the taxpayers's money is being put to good use.