Federal Police (Delkora)

Federal Police Federala Polisen
Abbreviation	FPOL
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 1963
Preceding agencies	Federal Criminal Inspectorate Federal Guard Service Internal Security Forces
Employees	27,350 (2018)
Annual budget	3.2 billion NSD (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Delkora
Operations jurisdiction	Delkora
Constituting instruments	Federal Police Act of 1962 National Security Act of 2012
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Norenstal
Minister responsible	Torien Galdengaard, Minister of Justice
Agency executive	Mathilde Brodd, Federal Police Commissioner
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice
Divisions	8 Investigations Division Security Division Tactical Response Division Protection Division Data Management Division Forensic Science Division Cyber Analysis Division Administrative Affairs Division
Regions	7 Cybria Region Faurelia Region Bandorel Region Vassengaard Region Norvia Region Lyboff Region Norenstal Region
Website
www.förbundetpolizen.del

The Federal Police is a federal law enforcement agency of Delkora that is primarily responsible for investigating violations of federal law and helping coordinate and assist the activities of the Kingdom's state police forces. In addition to its investigative role, the agency provides security for government officials and foreign dignitaries, federal buildings, and critical infrastructure such as airports, railroads, and power stations. It also maintains reserve forces that can be utilized in the event of major disturbances or to supplement state police forces at their request.

History

The Federal Police was formed in 1963 as part of an effort by the government of Chancellor Mette Elvensar to streamline the highly fractured nature of federal law enforcement in Delkora at the time. It was formed as a merger of three agencies: the Federal Criminal Inspectorate, which had been the primary investigative agency for cases involving federal criminal law, the Federal Guard Service, which provided security details for government officials, and the Internal Security Forces, a paramilitary agency which had served as the federal police tactical units.

The formation of a federal police force was highly controversial at the time due to cultural mistrust of centralized policing. Right-wing parties opposed the agency's creation on the grounds that it would slowly usurp power from the state police, who had historically been responsible for law enforcement and public safety. The measure was even opposed by some radicals within Elvensar's own National Labor party, who feared that the concentration of so many different functions within a single agency would open the door to abuse.

Although the agency was initially hampered by public skepticism and a reluctance on the part of the state police forces to coordinate with it, the Federal Police was ultimately able to gain legitimacy after a series of high profile investigations that secured its credibility. The first of these, referred to by the media as "The Corporate Cases", led to the successful prosecution of 27 bankers, CEOs, and various associates found to be responsible for the 1953 Banking Crisis. This was followed in the 1970's by a large-scale operation targeting organized crime that led to the arrest of high-ranking members of the Gothendral Syndicate and The Valkyries.

During the chancellorship of Larz Vellarand in the 1980's, much of the agency's resources were devoted to suppressing drug trafficking. A series of operations targeting large methamphetamine labs in Vassengaard and Norvia gained significant media attention in the early part of the decade. Controversially, no distinction was made between hard and soft drugs in the agency's enforcement efforts, resulting in a severe backlog in the court system as large numbers of people were arrested for possession of minor amounts of cannabis throughout the 1980's and early 1990's.

The Federal Police was at the forefront of national attention in 1994 as the lead agency investigating the corruption allegations that brought down the government of Uldric Bekenheimer. In the wake of this scandal, the Olymyr government directed the agency to begin an aggressive push to investigate public corruption in the late 1990's that resulted in charges being levied against more than a dozen county and municipal officials throughout the Kingdom. With the decriminalization of drug use in 1998, Federal Police narcotics efforts began to be devoted almost exclusively toward halting the production and sale of hard drugs.

The agency underwent a major restructuring in the aftermath of the 2012 Norenstal Subway Bombings. As part of the National Security Act of 2012, the Federal Police's counter-terrorism and counterintelligence functions were transferred to the newly-established Office of State Security. In recent years, a major focus of the Federal Police has been combating human trafficking and arms trafficking.

Organization

The Federal Police is divided into 7 regional commands that oversee the agency's activities in each state, as well as 8 administrative divisions which include:

• Investigations Division: Conducts investigations of cases involving federal criminal law and provides assistance to state police forces, at their request, in particularly complex or sensitive cases.
• Security Division: Provides security for federal property and critical infrastructure including airports, seaports, railroads, power plants, telecommunications facilities, and water supply networks.
• Tactical Response Division: Serves as the federal police tactical unit, deployed in cases of major terrorist attacks, sensitive hostage rescue situations, or for apprehending particularly dangerous suspects. Can also be used to supplement state police forces at their request.
• Protection Division: Provides personal security details for the chancellor and other members of the Federal Executive Cabinet, members of the Delkoran Federal Parliament, federal judges, and visiting foreign dignitaries. Also runs the federal witness protection program.
• Data Management Division: Maintains the Central Police Database, which contains information on convicted criminals and suspects. Also responsible for compiling yearly crime statistics.
• Forensic Science Division: Assists state police forces in processing forensic evidence to prevent backlogs.
• Cyber Analysis Division: Investigates cases involving complex cyber crime.
• Administrative Affairs Division: Oversees the agency's logistics, procurement, facilities management, human resources, and legal affairs.