Security Service (Satavia)

Security Service
Common name	Satavian Security Service
Abbreviation	SV, SSPBI
Motto	Pro Viro Pax For a Man's Peace (alternatively: For a man of Peace)
Agency overview
Formed	2015
Preceding agencies	Satavian Surveilance, Policing & Bureau of Investigations Provincial Counter Terrorism Unit (PCTU)
Employees	2,500
Annual budget	Not disclosed
Jurisdictional structure
Legal jurisdiction	Satavia
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Damian Crosby, Home Secretary
Agency executive	Daan Scheff, Director-General

The Security Service, also known as the Satavian Security Service, or by it's initials SV and in certain circumstances SSPBI, is the domestic Inteligence and Security service of Satavia. The Security Service's Counter Terrorism wing is the primary defensive line to combat and prevent terrorism in Satavia. The Security Service was formed in 2015 by the merger of the Satavian Surveilance, Policing & Bureau of Investigations and the Provincial Counter Terrorism Unit (PCTU).

The Security Service is known to have around 2,500 employees, including agents, police attachments and civilian administrators. The Security Service's budget is not disclosed by the Satavian Government, but has been estimated at around five hundred million Satavian Guilders.

Organisation, Budget and the Director-General

The Security Service is, by law, directly answerable to the Minister for Home Affairs, but in practice answers to the Prime Minister. The identity of all agents barring the Director-General and Deputy Director are official State Secrets. The Service's budget is not disclosed under the Home Regulations Act, 1972.

The Security Service is run by the Director-General, who, since 2019 has been Daan Scheff. The post is typically held for three years, and candidates are picked from the Police Forces and the Satavian Defence Force. There is no way to apply, instead an interview is invite-only. The job has been labeled by the Hope Post as 'The most lucrative job in the country'. The salary of the Director-General is not usually disclosed, however, the Director-General is given a House, Car and paid for schooling. In a book released by former a former agent, it is claimed that the Director-General was paid more than the Prime Minister, and alleged serious breaches of power and jurisdiction by the Security Service. An injunction order was placed on the book and it's contents in Satavia after the Government failed to stop the book from being published in the landmark case Satavia v. Anders. The book was released online and leaked to foreign journalists, resulting in a public uproar and the resulting court case The People v. The Security Service in 2018.

History

The Security Service was founded in 2015 under the Security Service (Merger & Consolidation) Act 2015. It merged the previously independent Satavian Surveilance, Policing & Bureau of Investigations, which specialised in Counter-espionage and operated as a civilian police agency, with the Provincial Counter Terrorism Unit (PCTU), which specialised in counter-terrorism.

The Service has had three directors since it's foundation. Satavian Army Colonel James Greggor was picked to lead the force at the beginning of it's life as a caretaker administrator, and was then replaced by R. P. van de Velt, who, after three years as Director-General was replaced by the incumbent Daan Scheff in 2019.

Facilities

Initially based at the old headquaters of the SSPBI, they moved into their current headquaters in central Port Hope in 2017. The Security Service also has numerous field offices around the country, and other facilities, including facilities deemed state secrets.

List of Field Offices

Name	Location (county)	Opened	Notes
Arthur's Point	Port Hope	2015	None
Port Arthur	Port Arthur	2015	None
Adamstown	Port Hope	2019	None
Peterstad	Peterstad	2020	None
Porth Jago	Porth Jago	2015	Partially closed due to fire damage sustained in March 2020