Section 3.X - Law Enforcement in the Union
The Department of Justice is assigned the task of enforcement of the law and the administration of justice. There is no separate position of Attorney General in the Union -- the Executive Officer of Justice automatically fills that role.
The Justice Department has jurisdiction over the Union Civil Security Services (UCSS). Under this broad umbrella falls a variety of sub-departments and units, including the Union Police Directorate. While UCSS falls under the Department of Justice, it is headed by the People's Defense Representative, assisted by the Deputy Director of the UCSS.
Section 3.X - The Union Police Directorate
The Union Police Directorate itself is split into several divisions:
- Investigative Division
- Responsible for criminal investigation. Apprehension for low-risk criminals is handled by Investigative Division, but more dangerous tasks are handled by the Security Services Division
- Intelligence Division
- Responsible for intelligence analysis, recovery, and information-sharing among the divisions and other deparments of the Union
- Science and Technology Division
- Responsible for keeping abreast of new developments in technological fields in coordination with the Intelligence division, and also providing forensic services to the other departments and in special circumstances, planetary police services.
- Information Systems Division
- Handles information technology and management.
- People Management Division
- Security Services Division
The Security Services Division has grown vastly from its original conception as the protector of government buildings and certain installations, with a small team of emergency responders for crisis situations. The needs of the ongoing war against the Syndicate -- before and after the Starfleet intervention -- combined with the reluctance of the government to deploy the military has led to the establishment of a large, paramilitary police force. Now in addition to apprehending criminals, the Security Services Division mans checkpoints, conducts surveillance in accordance with the Investigative and Intelligence division, secures vital infrastructure and investigates planetary units suspected of infiltration. Indeed, the unreliability of local police forces is partially why the government has chosen to invest so much in the Security Services Division.
