There is a view that, because Yoshitsune was responsible for public security in Kyoto as a kebiishi, Yoshitsune wanted to inherit the position of Tokitada, who had served as the Kebiishi no betto and had held police authority for a long period of time
義経は検非違使として都の治安を担っていたので、長期に渡り検非違使別当を務めて警察権を握っていた時忠の地位を継承しようとしたのではないか、という指摘もある。