Police sergeant quits after he is reprimanded for making officers eat 15 burgers or doughnuts at a time to 'toughen them up'

Unidentified sergeant, 40, forced junior officers to gorge on unhealthy food



He made them eat burgers, doughnuts and noodles washed down with milk



Accused four staff of poor performance at work due to low-calorie diets

Sergeant believed to have quit his job on Christmas Day after reprimand







A police sergeant in Japan has resigned his post after he was reprimanded for forcing subordinates to binge on 15 hamburgers at a time to 'toughen them up'.

The unidentified traffic sergeant, 40, is believed to have stepped down from his position in the western city of Osaka on Christmas Day.

He has been accused of ordering four younger officers to gorge on high-calorie meals, including 15 burgers, 15 doughnuts and four large-sized cups of instant fried noodles in one sitting, all washed down with three to four litres of coffee-flavoured milk.

Unhealthy advice: The Japanese police sergeant reportedly admitted forcing junior officers to binge on 15 hamburgers at a time in an effort to 'toughen them up'

According to the mass-circulation newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, the force-feeding began when the sergeant grew concerned that his officers were not working as efficiently as he would like.

He blamed their perceived lack of energy and enthusiasm on physical weakness and a low-calorie diet.

'After finding they were not working hard enough, I did it in order to toughen them up,' the unnamed sergeant was quoted as telling investigators of the Osaka prefectural police headquarters.

According to a report, the younger officers, who are aged in their 20s and 30s and are between them assigned to two separate community police stations, were forced to binge eat on 10 occasions between early 2010 and the end of last year.

The sergeant also demanded younger officers gorge on 15 doughnuts in a single session as he felt their low-calorie diets were making them weak, lethargic and lack enthusiasm

The sergeant is not believed to have worked with any of the junior officers on a day-to-day basis, and the enforced gorging is thought to have only taken place when he came to inspect their stations.

On arrival, the sergeant would reportedy force the young officers to purchase the food and drink out of their own money.

He would then stand over them and watch as they struggled to work their way through the food, accoridng to the Yomiuri Shimbun.