A police officer at the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters, who was arrested and charged with stealing cash from a burnt scar during a live view of a house fire, was also suspected of voyeurizing the inside of a woman's skirt.


Police dismissed the police officer from disciplinary action on the 4th.

The disciplinary dismissal was made by Takashi Misono, a 39-year-old police officer in the forensics section of the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters.


The police officer was arrested and charged in September when he was working at the Kamagaya police station for stealing more than 350,000 yen in cash from the burnt remains while watching the actual situation of a house fire.


In addition, subsequent investigations revealed that he was suspected of using a small camera to voyeur the inside of the skirts of three women, and police sent documents last month on suspicion of violating the prefecture's nuisance prevention ordinance.



In response to the investigation, the police dismissed Police Officer Misono as a disciplinary dismissal on the 4th, saying that he admitted the charges, such as "I stole it with my heart. The voyeur was to satisfy sexual desire." did.



Mitsuhiro Kawaguchi, Chief Inspector General of the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters, commented, "It is absolutely unacceptable for acts that damage the trust of the police. I would like to work to prevent recurrence."