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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''

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AIKIDO ART OF SELF-DEFENSE

AIKIDO ART OF SELF-DEFENSE==Date:June, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''