police box; small police station
Obsolete term for a small neighborhood police station or police box. In modern Japanese, 交番 (こうばん) is used instead.
See also: 交番
In the past, there were police boxes all over town.
This building is a renovated former police box.
Modern equivalent of 巡査派出所; the standard term for a neighborhood police box today.
Compound of 巡査 (police officer) + 派出所 (local office/branch). The term fell out of use when the police system was reorganized, and 交番 became the standard word.