警視総監に緒方次長　小島氏が退任

　警視庁の小島裕史警視総監（５８）が退任し、後任の第９９代警視総監に警察庁の緒方禎己次長（６０）が就任する人事が２３日の閣議で了承された。発令は２６日付。
　緒方氏は警視庁で副総監や警務部長など重要ポストを歴任。警備部門の経験が豊富で、同庁警備部長として伊勢志摩サミットが開かれた際の首都警備を指揮した。
　小島氏は１９８８年に警察庁入庁。官房長を経て、２０２２年１０月に警視総監に就任した。在任中は、「ルフィ」と名乗る指示役による広域強盗事件などの捜査に尽力した。今月開かれた警視庁創立１５０年記念式典を花道に退任となった。（2024/01/23-10:40）

The Japanese cabinet approved on Tuesday the appointment of Yoshimi Ogata, deputy commissioner-general of the National Police Agency, as superintendent-general of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department.
   Ogata, 60, will become the MPD's 99th leader, succeeding Hiroshi Kojima, 58. The appointment will take effect on Friday.
   Ogata, who joined the NPA in 1987, assumed his current post in August 2022 after serving in posts such as head of the agency's Community Safety Bureau, the MPD's deputy superintendent-general and head of the Personnel and Training Bureau of the Tokyo police department.
   He also has rich experience in the security field, leading, as chief of the Security Bureau of the MPD, security operations for the Japanese capital during the 2016 Group of Seven summit held in the central Japan prefecture of Mie
   Kojima joined the NPA in 1988, and became MPD superintendent-general in October 2022 after serving as chief of the NPA commissioner-general's secretariat.