Royal Apilonian Constabulary

Royal Apilonian Constabulary
Abbreviation	RAC
Agency overview
Employees	500,000
Annual budget	$20 billion
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	[[Apilonia]]
Operations jurisdiction	[[Apilonia]]
General nature	Civilian police
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.

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 Chief Inspector, who answers to a divisional commander, typically a 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, Members of Parliament, 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.

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. 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
  
• 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.