noun
senior superintendent; police inspector
A specific rank in the Japanese police hierarchy, above 警視 and below 警視長. Equivalent to a senior superintendent or police inspector in English-language police systems.
彼は警視正に昇進した。
He was promoted to senior superintendent.
警視正は警察署長を務めることが多い。
A senior superintendent often serves as the chief of a police station.
警視長 is the next rank above 警視正, equivalent to assistant commissioner.
Compound of 警視 (police inspector) and 正 (senior, chief). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern police rank designation.