Law enforcement in Sharifistan

Law enforcement in Sharifistan is carried out by numerous organisations whose jurisdictions may or may not overlap depending on the situation.

History

When Sharifistan was fully established in 1923, the requirements for becoming a police officer outside of the military were to be: male, heterosexual, literate, numerate, physically fit, a military veteran, sane, of “impeccable” character and an adult.

Trustworthy, heterosexual, sane women who met basic fitness could be Polis Kadins (responsible for work with female suspects and female victims as well as, if literate, paperwork) but didn’t have powers of arrest unless they were part of the Air Cavalry Police. In 1939 female police officers (referred to as either policewomen or police officers) could work in most of the same roles as male police officers/policemen.

In 1953, new police recruits were required to have Basic Levels with direct entry to the commissioned ranks requiring Advanced Levels and/or prior service as a commissioned military officer.

In 1998, the police required Advanced Levels of new recruits (this had been announced five years beforehand but only came into effect in 1998), in addition direct entry commissioned officers were required to have a degree. In 2007 openly gay people were allowed to join the police.

Since 2008, degrees have been a requirement for police officers.

By 2020, 52.5% most police officers had degrees with 90.8% of senior commissioned officers and 63.6% of detectives having degrees but only 25.8% of Sergeants.

local police

Local police forces can be divided into two types: city police forces and county police forces. Rural areas and towns (which may be as large as cities) are policed by a county police for their county whilst settlements with city status are police by a city police force. Local police forces are civilian entities whose officers are required to possess a Master of Police Studies degree and be members of the Police Officers' Guild.

Tribal police

Most Clans in Sharifistan have their own tribal police forces, responsible for enforcing both the law of Sharifistan and specific tribal bylaws. These officers are also required to have Master of Police Studies degrees and be members of the Police Officers' Guild.

Specialised police

Some specialised police forces are part of other nation-wide (usually the military) for example the Royal Air Cavalry Police, the Royal Naval Police and the Kervansaray Polisi (literally "Caravanserai Police", railway police). Specialised police also includes the police forces of government-owned universities such as the Madinat Al-Islam University Police and the City of Industry University Police. A unique example of a specialised police force is the Çingene Kervansarayı Polisi (Romani Caravanserai Police) which is responsible for policing in caravanserai set up by the Sharifistani government so that Sharifistani Roma have the choice to follow their traditional lifestyle and which answers to the Bey-nin-Çingene. Members of these specialist police services are also required to have a Masters Degree in Police Studies and be members of the Police Officers' Guild.

militarized national police

There are two police forces which are part of the Armed forces but have jurisdiction over civilians, the Royal Gendarmerie (part of the Army) and the Anti-Narcotics Police Command (classified as an armed force in it's own right). Royal Gendarmerie personnel are required to have Master of Police Studies degree and military training whilst the Anti-Narcotics Police Command includes trained special forces and intelligence personnel who do not have a Master of Police Studies degree (as well as transferees from the Royal Gendarmerie who do)

Religious

There are three religious police services in Sharifistan: the Islamic Religious Police, the Shomrim (Ultra-Orthodox religious police) and the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints Religious Police (Fundamentalist Mormon religious police). Officials of these organisations do not have to have a Master of Police Studies Degree.

Private police

The Sharifistani School of Fencing Police is a private police force that is part of the exclusive Sharifistani School of Fencing. It is controversial for having this privilege. They require all personnel to have a Master of Police Studies Degree.

Ranks

Civilian police forces other than the Islamic Religious Police have the following ranks (Kadin means woman and Dedektif means detective):

OF-10: Komiser (Head of a police force)

OF-9: Vekil Komiser (Second-in-command of a police force) OF-8: Yardımcı Komiser (Commands a corps for example detectives, cyber-police, community relations, emergency response or counter-terrorism)

OF-7: Komutan (Commands a division)

OF-6: Müfettiş-Akbar (In charge of policy for a specific sub-division)

OF-5: Müfettiş (Commands a sub-division)

OF4: Muhtasib-Akbar/Kadin Muhtasib-Akbar/Dedektif Muhtasib-Akbar/Kadin Dedektif Muhtasib Akbar (Command a station or company, 80-100 police officers)

OF-1 to OF-3: Muhtasib/Kadin Muhtasib/Dedektif Muhtasib/Kadin Dedektif Muhtasib (Junior commissioned officers, command 8 to 40 police officers)

OR-3 to OR-7: Çavuş/Dedektif Çavuş/Kadin Çavuş/Kadin Dedektif Çavuş (Non-commissioned leadership roles)

OR-2: Polis Memuru/Dedektif/Kadin Polis Memuru/Kadin Dedektif (Ordinary police officer/detective)