「責任果たせず、重く受け止め」　安倍元首相銃撃で中村警察庁長官

　安倍晋三元首相が銃撃され死亡した事件で、警察庁の中村格長官は１２日、臨時の国家公安委員会後の記者会見で「警察として要人警護の責任を果たせなかった。極めて重く受け止めている。ざんきに堪えない」と述べた。
　中村長官は、安倍氏に対する警護・警備の態勢や配置、同庁作成の警護措置要領、首相経験者の警護に対する警察庁の関与の在り方に問題があったことを認めた上で、「都道府県警察を指揮監督する立場の警察庁長官としての責任は誠に重い」と語った。（2022/07/12-18:59）

Itaru Nakamura, commissioner general of Japan's National Police Agency, on Tuesday expressed regret for the failure of police to protect former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in the western prefecture of Nara on Friday.
   "We failed to fulfill our responsibility to protect dignitaries," Nakamura told a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of the National Public Safety Commission on the day. "We take this extremely seriously."
   Nakamura admitted that there were flaws in the placement of security and protection personnel for Abe, the NPA's dignitary protection guidelines and its involvement in security for former prime ministers.
   "As the NPA commissioner general, who is in charge of directing and supervising prefectural police, my responsibility is truly grave," Nakamura said.
   Asked whether he will resign over the incident, the NPA chief said, "My responsibility at this stage is to devote all of my efforts to reviewing (the incident) so that police departments across the country will learn from the review to prevent similar incidents from ever happening again."