Bird Feather Scattering Incident – Part 4: Inquiries to the Chiba Prefectural Police and Follow-up Call from the Kashiwa Police Department
This post is a continuation of “Bird Feather Scattering Incident – Part 3: Communication with the Building Management Company.”
4-1. First Inquiry
On May 9, 2023, I submitted an inquiry through the Chiba Prefectural Police website explaining the situation surrounding the "Bird Feather Scattering Incident," asking the following three questions:
Was the 110 emergency call properly recorded?
Can the names or identities of the two police officers who responded be confirmed? (There were suspicious aspects in both of their actions.)
Why does the call history show “Togane Police Station – Kanaya Substation” even though I called the Kashiwa Police Station?
As for Question 1, the reason I asked was that no record of the 110 call appeared in my smartphone’s call log.
Additionally, I had experienced a similar situation on the night of March 6, 2018, when I was living in Miyamae Ward, Kawasaki City.
At that time, I made two emergency calls—one from my home landline and one from a public phone near a local Koban—but when I later visited the Miyamae Police Station, none of the eight officers who had been standing by were aware that a 110 call had been made.
One of them, following the instructions of a superior officer, went into another room to check, and only after that did the superior acknowledge that a call had indeed been made.
I considered that something similar might have occurred in this case, and therefore requested that the response be provided in writing.
4-2. Follow-up for a Response
However, I received no reply from the Chiba Prefectural Police after May 9. I followed up on three occasions: May 16, May 26, and June 7.
In particular, in the June 7 follow-up, I added the following question:
“The two police officers who responded on May 6 must have either belonged to the organization involved in torture and human experimentation or were individuals hired by them. Does the police intend to continue ignoring this fact?”
4-3. Call from the Kashiwa Police Station (15:11 Incoming, 15:47 Callback, 15:57 My Call)
At 15:11 on the same day (June 7), I received a call from a man claiming to be a deputy section chief from the Community Affairs Division of the Kashiwa Police Station (referred to here as Mr. I).
The main points of our conversation were as follows:
・ Why no written response? → “The prefectural headquarters instructed us to respond by phone.”
・ About the 110 call: → “Yes, the call was definitely recorded.”
About the responding officers: → “They are both members of our station, and we know their names.”
Disclosure of names: → “I don’t want to tell you.”
Why did the call show as coming from Togane Police Station – Kanaya Substation instead of Kashiwa Police Station? → “There was one other similar case. We’re currently investigating.”
He ended the call temporarily to confirm whether the officers had heard the chirping sounds of chicks.
15:47 – Callback (Regarding Chirping Sounds)
Twelve minutes later, I received another call from Kashiwa Police Station. The results were as follows:
Confirmation about the sounds: → “One officer said he clearly heard chirping; the other said it was ‘kind of heard, kind of not.’”
Regarding the absence of chicks: → “Maybe they escaped.”
After this explanation, I believe the call ended.
However, I was not convinced by the explanation and called the station back at 15:57.
15:57 – My Call to the Kashiwa Police Station
In this call, I raised the following points:
Given the internal structure of the smart meter box, it would be impossible for birds to build a nest there.
It was highly suspicious that someone appeared claiming “there were two chicks” the day after the building management confirmed there were no chicks.
→ The officer responded vaguely, saying, “Yeah, that is strange.”
It seemed that the officer was deliberately rephrasing and rearranging the sequence of events, forcing me to repeat my explanations. As a result, the call lasted nearly 20 minutes.
Supplement 1: Lack of Action Toward the Neighboring Unit
Even though the issue was with the smart meter box of the neighboring unit, neither officer rang the doorbell nor knocked on the door (though Officer A may have lightly knocked as a formality when we arrived in front of the neighbor’s door after I unlocked the entrance). → I failed to point this out both during the visit and the follow-up calls from the Kashiwa Police.
Supplement 2: Clarification of the Chick Confirmation Date
Initially, I was told that the person claiming “there were chicks” appeared the day after the building management confirmed that no chicks were present. However, it was later clarified on October 10, 2023, that both events occurred on the same day—May 23, 2023.
