Mayor rejects US military request to expand joint patrols into Okinawa's capital

… <img class="icons share-image-icon" src="/theme/icons/icon_share_link.svg" alt="" aria-hidden="true"> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-storyline"> <!-- No template found for "byline" type story element. --><p class="storyline-p">CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The mayor of Okinawa prefecture’s capital city has rejected U.S. military plans to expand joint police patrols into his municipality.</p> <p class="storyline-p">Naha Mayor Satoru Chinen told Marine Corps Installations Pacific commander Maj. Gen. Brian Wolford during an Oct. 10 meeting at city hall that he is not considering patrols between U.S. military police and Japanese authorities, a city spokesman said by phone Friday. </p> <p class="storyline-p">The U.S. military first requested expanding the patrols into Naha during the Okinawa Community Partnership Forum on May 9. Wolford said during an Aug. 18 media roundtable that the Marine Corps was working to bring the initiative to the city. </p> <div class="flex center mb4 ad-wrapper only-mobile"> <script> // Convert screen width to em units …