Strength
As of 2010, the total strength reached approximately 291,475 personnel. The NPA total is about 7,709 with 1,969 police officers, 901 Imperial guards and 4,839 civilians. The Prefectural police total is about 283,766 with 255,156 police officers and 28,610 civilians.
Nationwide, there are about 14,900 female police officers and about 11,800 female civilians.
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Famous quotes containing the word strength:
“Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong,
Or othersthat we are not always strong
That we are sometimes overborne with care
That we should ever weak or heartless be,
Anxious or troubledwhen with us is prayer,
And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?”
—Richard Chenevix Trench (18071886)
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“Blind and unwavering indiscipline at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.”
—Alfred Jarry (18731907)