Traffic patrol officers are employed as part of the prefectural police to handle administrative processes connected with ensuring safe road use by pedestrians and bicycles, compliance with regulations on stopping and parking, and other instructions related to the safety and fluidity of road traffic.
Beyond what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, traffic patrol officers are to handle administrative processes connected with persons' compliance in securing parking spaces for motor vehicles pursuant to the Act on Securing Parking Spaces for Motor Vehicles.
A traffic patrol officer is appointed by the chief of the prefectural police from among the staff members (other than police officers) as prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (1) of the Police Act (Act No. 162 of 1954) who meet the requirements that Cabinet Order prescribes.
交通巡視員は、警察法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十二号）第五十五条第一項に規定する職員（警察官を除く。）で政令で定める要件を備えるもののうちから、警察本部長が命ずる。
A prefectural government is to provide traffic patrol officers with the clothing and lend them the equipment that they need in order to perform their duties, in accordance with the standards that Cabinet Order prescribes and pursuant to prefectural ordinance.
都道府県は、政令で定める基準に従い条例で定めるところにより、交通巡視員に対し、その職務遂行上必要な被服を支給し、及び装備品を貸与するものとする。