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| '''Police''' in [[Centralia]] are the civil servants responsible for enforcing PrincessAlice's petty demands. Er, uh, I mean, keeping the peace. Yeah, that. | '''Police officers''' are the civil servants nominally responsible for enforcing Centralian laws and upholding public order. In practice, most of what they do is evacuate crowded public places when big monsters show up so the MagicalGirls can fight them without collateral damage. They spend a lot of time shouting "RUN!" and "THAT WAY! HURRY!" while waving their arms ineffectually. Sometimes they direct traffic too. |
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| == Function == Centralian police constables always employ deescalation and mediation as a primary strategy, with most incidents being resolved without the need for violence or physical force. If involved parties are suspected of violating Centralian law, the accused are referred to the courts by means of a written citation. |
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| Centralian police are authorized to employ physical force only in direct defense of life or limb. A constable would, for example, be authorized to forcibly subdue an attacker, but would not be authorized to handcuff or physically restrain a nonviolent person simply for refusing to comply with commands. Use of force must be reasonable and proportionate; a constable found using force in excess of that needed to defend against a threat will be prosecuted for assault and battery as would any member of the public. | == Agencies == The national police agency of Centralia is the RoyalCentraliaCivilGuard. The traffic enforcement division of the Royal Centralia Civil Guard is the RoyalHighwayPatrol. |
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| This is of, course, largely academic, as in practice, most of what the Centralian police actually do is evacuating crowded public places when monsters show up so the MagicalGirls can fight them without collateral damage. | Larger municipalities, such as ButtercupBay or [[Riverside]], typically maintain their own police departments. The special prefecture of QueenCity maintains the Queen City Metropolitan Police. |
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| == Organization == The national police service of Centralia is the '''RoyalCentraliaCivilGuard''', a division of the '''MinistryOfPublicSafety'''. The Royal Centralia Civil Guard provides police service to unincorporated areas, municipalities with a population of less than 50,000, and Crown properties within larger municipalities. The traffic enforcement unit of the Royal Centralia Civil Guard is known as the '''RoyalHighwayPatrol'''. Municipalities with a population of 50,000 or greater are responsible for providing their own police services, as is QueenCity, which is formally organized as a [[PrefecturesAndCounties#qc|special prefecture]] rather than a municipality. === Other law enforcement agencies === Some government entities, including universities, transit authorities, and hospitals, maintain '''protective service''' agencies, which employ ''special constables''. Special constables have police authority only within the area they are employed to serve. For example, a special constable employed by TheUniversityOfCentralia has authority only on university property. Security services for public parks, including [[NationalParksAuthority|national parks]], are provided by '''park rangers'''. Like special constables, park rangers have police authority only within park grounds. Officers performing services on behalf of the [[Courts]] are known as '''bailiffs'''. Duties of a bailiff include courthouse security and service of process. |
Other government entities, such as universities, transit authorities, and hospitals, employ ''special constables'', who have full police authority only within the bounds of the property to which they are assigned. |
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| The standard Centralian police uniform consists of a white dress shirt, black skirt or black slacks, and a white peaked cap with a black brim. When working on or near roadways, constables are required to wear fluorescent yellow-green high-visibility vests marked ''POLICE''. | The standards Centralian police uniform consists of a white dress shirt with black tie, black skirt (or black slacks, if someone doesn't want to wear a skirt for some reason) and a white cap with a black peak. |
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| The Centralian police badge is a 5-pointed star in a circle, similar to the emblem on the national flag. Badges worn by the Royal Centralia Civil Guard are gold and badges worn by local police are silver. Centralian police are typically armed only with non-lethal weapons. Plans to replace the standard-issue pepper spray with ''Dr Pepper'' spray were abandoned after negotiations with the local Dr Pepper/7-Up bottling company fell through.<<FootNote(Thank you, Shannon, for this joke.)>> == Vehicles == All marked police vehicles in Centralia are painted in a standard black and white color scheme and marked with the word ''POLICE'' (or ''HIGHWAY PATROL''), the name of the operating agency, and the Centralian circle-star emblem. Marked police vehicles are equipped with roof-mounted red and blue emergency lights and a siren. The circle-star emblem is silver on local police vehicles and gold on Royal Centralia Civil Guard or Royal Highway Patrol vehicles. Unmarked vehicles equipped with flashing red and blue lights are used for traffic enforcement, though any constable conducting a traffic stop in an unmarked vehicle is required to call a constable in a marked vehicle to the scene as soon as is practical and safe. |
Centralian police vehicles are painted black and white and equipped with red and blue emergency lights. Sometimes they don't even bother writing the word "police" on them, because, like, it's not like anyone else is allowed to drive around town in a black and white car with red and blue lights. Come on! |
Police officers are the civil servants nominally responsible for enforcing Centralian laws and upholding public order. In practice, most of what they do is evacuate crowded public places when big monsters show up so the MagicalGirls can fight them without collateral damage. They spend a lot of time shouting "RUN!" and "THAT WAY! HURRY!" while waving their arms ineffectually.
Sometimes they direct traffic too.
The most notable Centralian police officer is ConstablePayne.
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Agencies
The national police agency of Centralia is the RoyalCentraliaCivilGuard. The traffic enforcement division of the Royal Centralia Civil Guard is the RoyalHighwayPatrol.
Larger municipalities, such as ButtercupBay or Riverside, typically maintain their own police departments. The special prefecture of QueenCity maintains the Queen City Metropolitan Police.
Other government entities, such as universities, transit authorities, and hospitals, employ special constables, who have full police authority only within the bounds of the property to which they are assigned.
Uniforms and equipment
The standards Centralian police uniform consists of a white dress shirt with black tie, black skirt (or black slacks, if someone doesn't want to wear a skirt for some reason) and a white cap with a black peak.
Centralian police vehicles are painted black and white and equipped with red and blue emergency lights. Sometimes they don't even bother writing the word "police" on them, because, like, it's not like anyone else is allowed to drive around town in a black and white car with red and blue lights. Come on!