Maze Police
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| Maze Police | |||||
| Founded | E5-210, Pentema 20 | ||||
| Headquarters | Citadel Lambeth | ||||
| Activities | Enforcing Standard Law Fighting criminal groups Arresting and incarcerating suspects | ||||
| Leaders | Sheriff Len Hargrave | ||||
The Maze Police is a major faction in the Mazes. They are an organization focused on the concept of unified law enforcement across the Mazes.
Organization
The organization of the Maze Police is centered on the concept of the Police station. Each town under the control of the Police has a station, which fulfills a multitude of different roles.
A typical police station will have personnel dedicated to patrolling and responding to calls in towns protected by Standard Law (see below for details), a Special Response Team unit, a detective unit, and various types of station jobs, among which are desk duties and paperwork, call operator duties (acting as a communications relay between police stations and towns requesting help), armorer duties, kitchen duties, and last but not least, prison duties.
Every police station is also equipped with a prison, built under the grounds of the station, where arrested suspects are sent after having been processed and served a sentence.
Purpose
See also: Standard Law
The primary purpose of the Maze Police is the enforcement of Standard Law, a unified, standardized set of laws and rules created by the founders of the faction. The Standard Law system was designed to standardize the laws across multiple towns, and the Maze Police was created for the purpose of providing backup and assistance to local Town Security, but also and most importantly, relieving local town jails by handling the arresting and incarceration of lawbreakers.
To qualify for Police assistance, a town or a faction must sign a contract with the Maze Police to ensure that their towns' local Town Security will enforce Standard Law as outlined. In exchange, these towns are allowed to request backup from the Police; something that is commonly referred to as "benefitting from Police protection".
Arrested suspects are then sent to one of their aforementioned police stations, where they are processed into prisoners and placed into cells, either temporarily or permanently, depending on the gravity of their crimes. Each station's Police Chief has the final say on the fate of each prisoner and has the power to set and modify sentences, or even pardon them altogether.
Part of all of the possessions of a prisoner may be confiscated by the Police as part of the punishment served, with no duty to return the items at the end of the sentence. The practice is highly controversial; some consider it to be theft in all but name, others believe that it is an essential part of law enforcement to take resources away from criminals in order to fuel the Police's own.
Police Code of Conduct
Upon joining the Maze Police, recruits must respect and uphold the Code of Conduct during the entirety of their career. This code of conduct states the following:
- Law and Order First: Laws and rules are what differentiate Civilized Areas from the UA. Therefore, the highest and most important duty of a Police Officer is to uphold and enforce Standard Law.
- Unity and Integrity: Without a dedicated, united force specialized in the domain of law enforcement, Standard Law would be mere words on paper, powerless. Therefore, so long as doing so would not breach Law and Order First, the second most important duty of a Police Officer is to remain united with their colleagues.
- No Masters, No Subjugation: Although the Maze Police explicitly makes it their duty to uphold Standard Law and assist Town Security in all towns that have chosen to follow Standard Law, the role of the Police is not to do the bidding of any other groups, parties, factions, individuals, or other interested parties - especially not criminal or terroristic groups. The Police is no-one's personal army or security force, has no masters, and will not tolerate subjugation.
- Arrest, Don't Kill (popularly shortened to ADK): Although all Police Officers have access to lethal force, a Police Officer should always try to arrest suspects, no matter how violent or dangerous. Killing a suspect should always be the last resort. If possible, rendering medical assistance to suspects during or after an arrest is highly recommended.
- Detain, Don't Enslave (popularly shortened to DDE): Police Officers may not force prisoners or perpetrators to perform unpaid or forced labor; doing so would be slavery.
History
See also: History of the Mazes
(WIP)
