The National Police Agency has decided to actively contact perpetrators who have received a "prohibition order" for stalking such as following and promoting efforts to prevent serious crimes.
According to the National Police Agency, the number of "prohibition orders" issued by public safety commissions nationwide based on the Stalking Control Law reached a record high of 1,1744 in one year last year.
In January, a defendant who had received a "prohibition order" in Fukuoka City was arrested and prosecuted for killing a woman with whom he was in a relationship, and dealing with perpetrators after the ban order has become an issue.
Against this backdrop, from the 1st of this month, police officers will actively contact all perpetrators for whom "prohibition orders" have been issued at 1 prefectural police departments in Hokkaido, Iwate, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka, Yamaguchi, Ehime, Fukuoka, and Okinawa to try an initiative to prevent serious crimes.
Specifically, we have made decisions on each individual case and have not contacted all of them, but we will contact all of them by phone or visit at least once to check their situation and encourage them to seek counseling if necessary.
The frequency and number of contacts will be left to the judgment of each police, and if there are no problems within the three-month trial period, it will be operated by police forces nationwide.
The National Police Agency says, "All stalking cases cannot be prevented simply by issuing a prohibition order, so we would like to approach the perpetrator and prevent serious damage."