Tokkō (特高), short for Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (literally: "Special Higher Police"), the Japanese equivalent of the Nazi gestapo secret police
In 1932, Abe was appointed Bureau Chief of the Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu (Tokkō), the Japanese special higher police force equivalent to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, combining both criminal investigation and counter-espionage functions.