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The Royal Apilonian Constabulary (RAC) is the national police of the Kingdom of Apilonia, responsible for the enforcement of Crown Law across the Kingdom, the investigation of major and organised crime and the provision of domestic law enforcement in the Crown Reserve. The RAC’s role is to enforce Apilonian Crown Law, contribute to combating complex, transnational, serious and organised crime impacting Apolonia’s national security and to protect the Kingdom’s interest from criminal activity. The RAC is responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs, who sets key priorities for the RAC through a Ministerial Direction. As of the current ministry, key areas of operational emphasis include:
The Royal Apilonian Constabulary (RAC) is the national police service of the Kingdom of Apilonia, whilst not technically being a Gendarmerie due to it being organised as a civilian agency the RAC has a distinctly paramilitary character and in addition to law enforcement is responsible for a wide-range of tasks normally associated with internal security. The RAC is broadly responsible for Crown Highways (the Interstate as well as other Crown Roads and Routes), a variety of national security concerns such as border protection, transportation infrastructure protection, and infrastructure protection, as well as the security of, and the enforcement of Crown Law on Crown Land. The RAC works closely with the Royal Bureau of Investigation (RBI), His Majesty’s Marshals Service (HMMS), the HM Customs and Immigration Service, and the Ministry of Defence for the internal security mission. The RAC does not tend to conduct community policing, largely due to the vast swathes of land under its jurisdiction, instead providing a response capability beyond that of a Ducal Police or Country Sheriff and for providing high-visibility patrols in support of local law enforcement or the internal security mission.  


*Investigating complex, transnational, serious and organised crime.<br>
== History ==
*Protecting Apilonia from terrorism and violent extremism.<br>
 
*Developing unique capabilities and exploiting advanced technology.<br>
== Organisation ==
*Representing Apilonian law enforcement on an international level.  
 
=== Royal Highway Patrol ===
 
The Royal Highway Patrol (RHP) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing specialist law enforcement services on Royal Highways and Crown Routes, both general traffic safety and traffic laws, but also the monitoring and pursuit of criminal elements using the infrastructure of the Royal Highways for their purposes. Although all of the RAC have the legal authority to enforce the law on the Royal Highways, in the course of their duties, the RHP is dedicated to this role and is both organised and equipped specifically for the role. The RHP is the division of the RAC that has the largest footprint across the Kingdom, and as such attracts a significant portion of the popular attention. The RHP is also responsible for providing assistance to the Ducal Police Forces, Municipal Police Departments, or County Sheriffs.
 
Each RHP patrol station is led by a Superintendent, who answers to a divisional commander, typically a Chief Superintendent. Given it’s role, and it’s likelihood for high-speed pursuits, the Royal Highway Patrol typically favours relatively high performance vehicles, including Dodge Chargers and, uniquely within the RAC, the BMW R1200RT-P motorcycles.
 
=== Transport Security Command ===
 
The Transport Security Command (TSC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing law enforcement capability to the national transportation infrastructure, primarily the national railroad network, including privately owned stretches of railroad, as well as both major and minor airports and airfields all over the Kingdom. Although many railroads, stations, and airfields will typically maintain their own security forces, only the RAC has the legal authority to enforce the law in these areas. In addition to general law enforcement within these environments, the unique nature of these locations means that the TSC has a key role in counter-terrorism, as both the railroad network and airports are seen as high-risk targets for a terrorist attack.
 
The TSC is led by an Assistant Chief Constable, and is split into 32 regions, each led by a Chief Superintendent, and sub-division into a varying number divisions, led by a Superintendent, and subsequently into a varying number stations, each typically led by a Chief Inspector.
 
=== Infrastructure Security Command ===


In general, the RAC is responsible for investigating major, cross-jurisdictional crime and providing specialist capabilities, either in support of local law enforcement or to combat the violation of Crown Law. The RAC also provides national protection capability to specific individuals, establishments and events, as well as serving as the frontline counter-terrorism response capability, particularly around aviation security and critical infrastructure. Outside of these additional roles, the RAC is the lead-agency investigating:
The Infrastructure Protection Command (IPC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing law enforcement and security capability to key national infrastructure. Unlike the rest of the RAC, the IPC is largely concerned with providing a high-visibility protection and security services around these key sites against terrorism or irregular attack rather than the prevention of more typical crime. As such, IPC Constables are typically equipped with tactical gear and shoulder-arms as standard, and are specially trained in defensive combat tactics to allow them to protect their location against even a concerted assault. As such, the ISC is probably leans closest to a true military force within the RAC than any other Command.


*Illicit drug trafficking<br>
The ISC is split into four divisions, each of which is responsible for a given area of key national infrastructure and is organised as required to provide the protective services.
*Human Trafficking<br>
*Fraud<br>
*Cyber Crime<br>
*Organised Crime<br>
*Financial Crime


== History ==
*'''Nuclear Security Division'''<br>
*'''Power Station Security Division'''<br>
*'''Telecommunications Security Division'''<br>
*'''General Infrastructure Security Division'''<br>


== Organisation ==
=== Specialist Operations Command ===


The Royal Apilonian Constabulary is led by the Chief Constable of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, who commands the RAC from Headquarters, supported by a large staff and various administrative sections that help shape policy, direction and administrative affairs. The Chief Constable is supported in the day-to-day running of the RAC by the Deputy Chief Constable, who typically exercises most operational control whilst the Chief Constable concerns himself with the ‘bigger picture’ and liaising with the Home Secretary, to whom the Chief Constable answers.
The Specialist Operations Command (SOC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for the provision of specialist capabilities rather than directly providing an enforcement or security function; as such, the SOC has a far more paramilitary character, which is reflected in their uniforms, training and mindset. Key capabilities provided by the SOC is the provision of protective details, providing close protection for Crown Officers, Ministers of the Crown, and other individuals as may be directed by the Home Secretary, through the National Protection Division, and Crown Diplomats and diplomatic missions overseas and foreign diplomatic missions within the Kingdom, through the Diplomatic Protection Division. Notably, it does not protect Members of Parliament or Senators, which are the concern of the Parliamentary Police Service.


The RAC is split into several branches, each with a given area of responsibility which could, in many cases, form its own independent law enforcement agency but is kept consolidated to ensure a single, unambiguous jurisdiction for all violations of Crown Law and all threats to the National Security of the Kingdom. Each branch is led by a police officer holding the rank of Commander, and is subsequently split into various Divisions, each with a more specific investigative mandate or operational capability, which is led by a Chief Superintendent. Each Division will typically be further sub-divided into even more specialised Sections, led by a Superintendent, with the further organisation of these Sections varying across the RAC due to differing needs requiring different structures.  
The SOC also provides elite public order policing capability, as well as high visbility patrols, both in support of local or regional law enforcement, through the Territorial Support Division, as well as aviation and maritime capabilities, through the Aviation and Maritime Division, as well as a wide range of surveillance capabilities beyond those available to an individual field office, through the Specialist Surveillance Division. The Territorial Support Division is split into fifteen districts, each of which contains a varying number of subordinate groups responsible for high visibility patrol and public order policing.  


=== Serious and Organised Crime Branch ===
Most well known to the public is the Tactical Operations Division, which provides Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams to RAC Field Offices, Mobile Armed Surveillance Teams (MAST) for surveillance actions against particularly dangerous targets, and the RAC Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), the RAC’s elite tactical unit. The Hazardous Operations Division is responsible for the provision of ‘bomb squad’ capabilities to the RAC.


The Serious and Organised Crime Branch (SOCC) is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary concerned with investigating serious and organised crimes that violate Crown Law, as well as political violence and corruption, civil rights, special victims, cyber and emerging crimes.
As with any branch of the RAC, the Branch’s powers are largely set out in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2012 (RIPA-12), although it does not usually conduct investigations itself. In addition, the National Protection Division and the Diplomatic Protection Division have additional powers, related to their protection duties, under the Defence of the Realm Act 2000, largely focused around their authority to clear an area in order to protect their charge.


'''Organised Crime Division'''<br>
*'''National Protection Division'''<br>
'''Political and Violent Crime Division'''<br>
*'''Diplomatic Protection Division'''<br>
'''Public Corruption and Civil Rights Division'''<br>
**Embassy Security Division<br>
'''Financial Crimes Division'''<br>
**Diplomatic Close Protection Division<br>
'''Counter-Narcotics Division'''<br>
**Foreign Diplomatic Protection Division<br>
'''Special Victims Division'''<br>
*'''Territorial Support Division'''<br>
'''Cyber Crimes Division'''
**1st Territorial Support District (Duchy of Cascadia)<br>
**2nd Territorial Support District (Duchy of New Caledonia)<br>
**3rd Territorial Support District (Duchy of Alaska)<br>
**4th Territorial Support District (Duchy of California)<br>
**5th Territorial Support District (Duchy of the Mojave)<br>
**6th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Colorado)<br>
**7th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Texas)<br>
**8th Territorial Support District (Duchy of New France)<br>
**9th Territorial Support District (Duchy of New Hannover)<br>
**10th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Dakota)
**11th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Minnesota)<br>
**12th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Ontario)<br>
**13th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Manitoba)
**14th Territorial Support District (Emirate of Bahraij)
**15th Territorial Support District (Emirate of Qatar)<br>
*'''Aviation and Maritime Division'''<br>
*'''Specialist Surveillance Division'''<br>
*'''Tactical Operations Division'''<br>
**'''Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams'''<br>
**'''Mobile Armed Surveillance Teams (MAST)'''<br>
**'''RAC Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)'''<br>
*'''Hazardous Devices Division.'''<br>


=== Border Protection Branch ===
== Personnel ==


The Border Protection Branch is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, concerned with the protection of the Apilonian Border, as well as all ports of entry into the Kingdom. Officers of the Border Protection Branch are triple-powered as Constables, Customs Officers and Immigration Officers, although individual officers may be any combination of these, as their particular role requires. The Border Enforcement Division is largely concerned with protecting the physical border against illegal immigration of smuggling, and liaising with the Royal Apilonian Navy to do the same at sea, whilst the Ports Enforcement Division is more concerned with enforcing Customs Law at legal Ports of Entry, including Sea Ports, Airports and Rail Stations. The Immigration Enforcement Division is responsible for investigating violations of Crown immigration law.
=== Rank Structure ===


'''Border Enforcement Division'''<br>
'''Chief Constable:'''<br>
'''Ports Enforcement Division'''<br>
'''Deputy Chief Constable:'''<br>
'''Immigration Enforcement Division'''
'''Assisstant Chief Constable:'''<br>
'''Commander:''' A senior rank within the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, the most prominant posting of which is to command the four constiuent commands of the RAC, as well as other senior positions at RAC Headquarters.<br>


=== Special Branch ===
'''Chief Superintendent:'''<br> A senior operational rank of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, Chief Superintendants typically command divisions, the primary sub-divisions of a command, which are either regionally-based or capability-based.
'''Superintendent:'''<br>
'''Chief Inspector:'''<br>
'''Inspector:'''<br>
'''Sergeant:'''<br>
'''Constable:'''<br>


The Special Branch (SB) is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary concerned with investigating and preventing threats to the Kingdom’s national security, principally terrorism and foreign espionage. The Special Branch works closely with the Security Service, with the latter principally responsible for intelligence collection and analysis, whilst Special Branch is responsible for conducting arrests and criminal investigations.
=== Training ===


'''Counterterrorism Division'''<br>
== Equipment ==
'''Counterintelligence Division'''


=== Specialist Operations Branch ===
=== Personal Firearms and Equipment ===


The Specialist Operations Branch is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary concerned with providing specialist capabilities, rather than providing an investigative function. This includes Protective Services to Government and Diplomatic officials, aviation and surveillance capability as well as highly-specialised tactical elements and ‘Bomb Squad’ capabilities.  
The standard issue sidearm of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is the Smith & Wesson M&P, chambered in the .40 S&W, with other variants available for plainclothes officers or detectives. In addition, due to the fact that many RAC Constables may need additional firepower on short notice, with reinforcements potentially some distance away, every patrol vehicle of the RAC is equipped with a small weapons safe in which two H&K MP5 submarine guns are stored.


'''National Protection Division'''<br>
=== Vehicles ===
'''Diplomatic Protection Division'''<br>
'''Aviation and Surveillance Division'''<br>
'''Tactical Operations Division'''<br>
*Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Sections<br>
*Mobile Armed Surveillance Teams (MAST)<br>
*Hostage Rescue Section (HRS)<br>
'''Hazardous Devices Division'''

Latest revision as of 11:07, 1 October 2021

Royal Apilonian Constabulary
AbbreviationRAC
Agency overview
Employees50,000
Annual budget$20 billion
Jurisdictional structure
National agency[[Apilonia]]
Operations jurisdiction[[Apilonia]]
General nature
Operational structure
Agency executive
  • Sir William J. Givens, Chief Constable

The Royal Apilonian Constabulary (RAC) is the national police service of the Kingdom of Apilonia, whilst not technically being a Gendarmerie due to it being organised as a civilian agency the RAC has a distinctly paramilitary character and in addition to law enforcement is responsible for a wide-range of tasks normally associated with internal security. The RAC is broadly responsible for Crown Highways (the Interstate as well as other Crown Roads and Routes), a variety of national security concerns such as border protection, transportation infrastructure protection, and infrastructure protection, as well as the security of, and the enforcement of Crown Law on Crown Land. The RAC works closely with the Royal Bureau of Investigation (RBI), His Majesty’s Marshals Service (HMMS), the HM Customs and Immigration Service, and the Ministry of Defence for the internal security mission. The RAC does not tend to conduct community policing, largely due to the vast swathes of land under its jurisdiction, instead providing a response capability beyond that of a Ducal Police or Country Sheriff and for providing high-visibility patrols in support of local law enforcement or the internal security mission.

History

Organisation

Royal Highway Patrol

The Royal Highway Patrol (RHP) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing specialist law enforcement services on Royal Highways and Crown Routes, both general traffic safety and traffic laws, but also the monitoring and pursuit of criminal elements using the infrastructure of the Royal Highways for their purposes. Although all of the RAC have the legal authority to enforce the law on the Royal Highways, in the course of their duties, the RHP is dedicated to this role and is both organised and equipped specifically for the role. The RHP is the division of the RAC that has the largest footprint across the Kingdom, and as such attracts a significant portion of the popular attention. The RHP is also responsible for providing assistance to the Ducal Police Forces, Municipal Police Departments, or County Sheriffs.

Each RHP patrol station is led by a Superintendent, who answers to a divisional commander, typically a Chief Superintendent. Given it’s role, and it’s likelihood for high-speed pursuits, the Royal Highway Patrol typically favours relatively high performance vehicles, including Dodge Chargers and, uniquely within the RAC, the BMW R1200RT-P motorcycles.

Transport Security Command

The Transport Security Command (TSC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing law enforcement capability to the national transportation infrastructure, primarily the national railroad network, including privately owned stretches of railroad, as well as both major and minor airports and airfields all over the Kingdom. Although many railroads, stations, and airfields will typically maintain their own security forces, only the RAC has the legal authority to enforce the law in these areas. In addition to general law enforcement within these environments, the unique nature of these locations means that the TSC has a key role in counter-terrorism, as both the railroad network and airports are seen as high-risk targets for a terrorist attack.

The TSC is led by an Assistant Chief Constable, and is split into 32 regions, each led by a Chief Superintendent, and sub-division into a varying number divisions, led by a Superintendent, and subsequently into a varying number stations, each typically led by a Chief Inspector.

Infrastructure Security Command

The Infrastructure Protection Command (IPC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for providing law enforcement and security capability to key national infrastructure. Unlike the rest of the RAC, the IPC is largely concerned with providing a high-visibility protection and security services around these key sites against terrorism or irregular attack rather than the prevention of more typical crime. As such, IPC Constables are typically equipped with tactical gear and shoulder-arms as standard, and are specially trained in defensive combat tactics to allow them to protect their location against even a concerted assault. As such, the ISC is probably leans closest to a true military force within the RAC than any other Command.

The ISC is split into four divisions, each of which is responsible for a given area of key national infrastructure and is organised as required to provide the protective services.

  • Nuclear Security Division
  • Power Station Security Division
  • Telecommunications Security Division
  • General Infrastructure Security Division

Specialist Operations Command

The Specialist Operations Command (SOC) of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is responsible for the provision of specialist capabilities rather than directly providing an enforcement or security function; as such, the SOC has a far more paramilitary character, which is reflected in their uniforms, training and mindset. Key capabilities provided by the SOC is the provision of protective details, providing close protection for Crown Officers, Ministers of the Crown, and other individuals as may be directed by the Home Secretary, through the National Protection Division, and Crown Diplomats and diplomatic missions overseas and foreign diplomatic missions within the Kingdom, through the Diplomatic Protection Division. Notably, it does not protect Members of Parliament or Senators, which are the concern of the Parliamentary Police Service.

The SOC also provides elite public order policing capability, as well as high visbility patrols, both in support of local or regional law enforcement, through the Territorial Support Division, as well as aviation and maritime capabilities, through the Aviation and Maritime Division, as well as a wide range of surveillance capabilities beyond those available to an individual field office, through the Specialist Surveillance Division. The Territorial Support Division is split into fifteen districts, each of which contains a varying number of subordinate groups responsible for high visibility patrol and public order policing.

Most well known to the public is the Tactical Operations Division, which provides Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams to RAC Field Offices, Mobile Armed Surveillance Teams (MAST) for surveillance actions against particularly dangerous targets, and the RAC Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), the RAC’s elite tactical unit. The Hazardous Operations Division is responsible for the provision of ‘bomb squad’ capabilities to the RAC.

As with any branch of the RAC, the Branch’s powers are largely set out in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2012 (RIPA-12), although it does not usually conduct investigations itself. In addition, the National Protection Division and the Diplomatic Protection Division have additional powers, related to their protection duties, under the Defence of the Realm Act 2000, largely focused around their authority to clear an area in order to protect their charge.

  • National Protection Division
  • Diplomatic Protection Division
    • Embassy Security Division
    • Diplomatic Close Protection Division
    • Foreign Diplomatic Protection Division
  • Territorial Support Division
    • 1st Territorial Support District (Duchy of Cascadia)
    • 2nd Territorial Support District (Duchy of New Caledonia)
    • 3rd Territorial Support District (Duchy of Alaska)
    • 4th Territorial Support District (Duchy of California)
    • 5th Territorial Support District (Duchy of the Mojave)
    • 6th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Colorado)
    • 7th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Texas)
    • 8th Territorial Support District (Duchy of New France)
    • 9th Territorial Support District (Duchy of New Hannover)
    • 10th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Dakota)
    • 11th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Minnesota)
    • 12th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Ontario)
    • 13th Territorial Support District (Duchy of Manitoba)
    • 14th Territorial Support District (Emirate of Bahraij)
    • 15th Territorial Support District (Emirate of Qatar)
  • Aviation and Maritime Division
  • Specialist Surveillance Division
  • Tactical Operations Division
    • Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams
    • Mobile Armed Surveillance Teams (MAST)
    • RAC Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)
  • Hazardous Devices Division.

Personnel

Rank Structure

Chief Constable:
Deputy Chief Constable:
Assisstant Chief Constable:
Commander: A senior rank within the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, the most prominant posting of which is to command the four constiuent commands of the RAC, as well as other senior positions at RAC Headquarters.

Chief Superintendent:
A senior operational rank of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, Chief Superintendants typically command divisions, the primary sub-divisions of a command, which are either regionally-based or capability-based. Superintendent:
Chief Inspector:
Inspector:
Sergeant:
Constable:

Training

Equipment

Personal Firearms and Equipment

The standard issue sidearm of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary is the Smith & Wesson M&P, chambered in the .40 S&W, with other variants available for plainclothes officers or detectives. In addition, due to the fact that many RAC Constables may need additional firepower on short notice, with reinforcements potentially some distance away, every patrol vehicle of the RAC is equipped with a small weapons safe in which two H&K MP5 submarine guns are stored.

Vehicles

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