# National Police

The National Police are a separate defence force that are tasked with maintaining the peace on the surface of the planet of Boheme and its atmospheric space. Their jurisdiction of operation is therefore limited to the planet surface level and atmospheric space of the planet. The National Military also patrol the upper regions of the atmospheric space of the planet therefore the upper air space is a shared jurisdiction space. That being said ultimately the National Military will always have the ultimate authority irrespective of the location, which is to say, the National Military have absolute final authority on any and all criminal or matters related to National Security whether it is on the land, in the National Capital City Danu, on the National Space Station Nemed or in the atmospheric space of the planet. In practice though, the National Military rarely get involved in matters normally under the jurisdiction of the National Police.

The National Police are technically a civilian force and therefore are not considered part of the National Military.

## Structure

### National Police Branches

There are 15 separate branches, 1 for each of the 13 National Regions, 1 for the National city known as Danu and 1 for the National Space Station known as Nemed.

The 13 National Regional branches include:

* **Dagda Branch**
* **Morrigan Branch**
* **Nuada Branch**
* **Lugh Branch**
* **Aengus Branch**
* **Brigid Branch**
* **Manannan Branch**
* **Dian Cecht Branch**
* **Goibhniu Branch**
* **Credne Branch**
* **Luchtaine Branch**
* **Ogma Branch**
* **Aed Branch**

The National City branch includes:

* **Danu Branch**

The National Space Station branch includes:

* **Nemed Branch**

### Divisions

There are several major divisions of the National Police force. These divisions are represented in each branch and are determined according to the different functional needs of the police force. These include:

* **Administration**
  * Provides Administrative support for the National Police Force. This is composed of Police Bureaucrat workers who is led by a Head Expert Police Bureaucrat.
* **Robbery-homicide**
  * Responsible for investigating committed or potential crimes related to robberies and homicides.
* **Narcotics**
  * Responsible for investigating committed or potential crimes related to Narcotics
* **Commercial crimes**
  * Responsible for investigating committed or potential crimes related to commercial crimes.
* **Criminal intelligence**
  * Responsible for investigating potential crimes. This division specialises in intelligence gathering and undercover surveillance.
* **Counter-terrorism**
  * Responsible for investigating committed or potential crimes related to terrorism.
* **Customs**
  * Responsible for assisting the bureaucrats who work in the Public Trade National Industry Division and investigating committed or potential crimes related to smuggling of illegal banned contravene and illegal immigration.

## Ranks

There are 6 ranks of hierarchy. In descending order of rank these include:

* **Chief**
  * Each of the 15 National Police Branches is led by one Chief. A Chief therefore is the commanding officer of a National Police Branch. Directives from the National Defence Industry Council come via the Police Bureaucrats and each Police chief is assigned two advisory Expert Police Bureaucrats.
* **Captain**
  * The Chief in each National Police Branch is supported by five Captains. Each National Branch is broken up geographically into several regions and each Captain is responsible for overseeing several regions.
* **Lieutenant**
  * A Lieutenant is responsible for managing a single region and they oversee the squads assigned to each of these separate Branch regions.
* **Sergeant**
  * A sergeant is the leader of a National Police Squad which is the smallest unit of the National Police Force.
* **Corporal**
  * A Corporal is the lowest ranking member of the National Police Force. They work under the leadership of a Sergeant and are members of a squad.
* **Detective**
  * A detective is technically higher ranking than a Sergeant and only answer to a Lieutenant or Captain. That being said, because Detectives work autonomously and independently, then questions of rank rarely come up. That being said, with respect to matters of criminal investigation Detectives have greater authority than a squad Sergeant and can command a squad if required. They work in small Special Investigation squads that operate in each of the divisions.

## Composition

Unlike the National Military, the Clann composition of the National Police forces are not perfectly randomly determined. This is because as civilians they have the right to choose where they wish to work. If a Police Officer chooses to relocate to a different National Police Branch then they will be randomly allocated to a squad and National Police Branch Region (unless they have the rank of Captain). For this reason there is a mostly even distribution of individuals from any one Clann in each National Police Branch but it is not perfectly random. Squads of the National Police forces therefore have a high probability of containing individuals from multiple different Clanns. The distribution of males to females is also fairly balanced.

The exception to the above are the Special Investigation Forces as they operate separately and autonomously to the regular National Police units. Special Investigation Forces squads are not subject to the above rules as the squad leaders of each Detective squad are permitted to individually select each member of their squad. Many therefore end up choosing individuals from their own Clann and thus Special Investigation Forces squads composed of members of one Clann only are not uncommon.

## Function

* **Maintenance of Peace within their Jurisdictions**
* **Patrolling within their Jurisdictions**
* **Investigations into Committed or Potential Crimes**
* **Monitoring for and Prevention of Terrorist Acts**
* **Intelligence Gathering**
* **Working closely with the National Judiciary System (local and national courts)**
* **Working with National Military when necessary (typically involving extra-planetary criminal activity or illegal smuggling)**

## Work

The National Police are technically a civilian force and therefore not considered part of the National Military. For this reasons, the rules and regulations that apply to the National Military do not apply to the National Police forces. An example of this is that the typical work day, month and year is modelled after that of a civilian worker as opposed to that of a soldier. The police officers are therefore free to choose their hours (subject to the collective preference of their working team and the specific temporal and geographical requirements of the role) and have the freedom to return each night to their civilian homes. This is in contrast to the soldiers in the National Military who are very constrained in their day to day freedom when in active service.

Unlike the National Military, Bohemian Residents can apply to work in the National Police as this is a civilian role.

