Overview
- Authorities will void roughly 2,700 violations issued from 2022 to 2024 after investigators confirmed falsified information on tickets and related documents.
- Only violations supported by dashcam footage or other clearly independent evidence will be retained.
- Demerit points will be revoked and more than ¥30 million in traffic fines will be refunded to affected motorists.
- Several officers, including a sergeant, are set to be referred to the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of preparing and using forged official documents.
- Investigators say officers overstated patrol-follow distances and drafted on-site inspection reports without visiting locations, with some drivers having suffered license downgrades or suspensions.