Royal Imaguan Constabulary
| Imaguan Constabulary Poliziotto imaguano (Etrurian) Imakua poliska (Imaguan Creole) | |
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| File:ImaguanConstabulary.png Logo of the Imaguan Constabulary | |
| Abbreviation | IC, PI |
| Motto | Guardians of the Imaguans |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 April, 1996 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Employees | 12,475 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Imagua and the Assimas |
| Operations jurisdiction | Imagua and the Assimas |
| Size | 24,084.48 km² |
| Population | 1,306,505 |
| Governing body | Government of Imagua and the Assimas |
| Constituting instrument | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | The Barracks, Cuanstad |
| Constables | 7,051 |
| Unsworn members | 5,424 |
| Elected officer responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Defence |
| Branches | 5
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| Parishes | |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 83 |
| Airbases | 1 |
The Imaguan Constabulary (Etrurian: Poliziotto imaguano, Imaguan Creole: Imakua poliska) is the national police service of Imagua and the Assimas, providing law enforcement to the entire country. In addition to its policing duties, it serves as a paramilitary force as Imagua and the Assimas has lacked a standing army since the end of the Solarian War in 1946.
The current constabulary was formed from a merger of the Assimas Police Force, the Cuanstad Police Department, and the Royal Imaguan Constabulary on 1 April, 1996, when the Police Efficiency Act of 1995 came into effect.
History
Origins
While there is evidence of ad hoc police forces existing on Imagua and the Assimas after the arrival of Eucleans to the islands, a permanent constabulary was only established in 1722, when Heath Findlay was sent to establish the Imaguan Constabulary. From its start, the constabulary had authority over the island of Imagua, providing policing service to all communities on the island.
After Etruria purchased the Assimas Islands from Eldmark in 1813, the Etrurians established their own police force, the (TBD).
During the nineteenth century, Cuanstad grew to such a point that by the early 1880s, it was recognized by colonial officials that Cuanstad would need its own police force. Thus, in 1885, the Cuanstad Police Department was established.
In 1922, the Imaguan Constabulary became known as the Royal Imaguan Constabulary to celebrate its 200th anniversary.
After the Solarian War, the (TBD) was dissolved, and was replaced in 1947 by the Assimas Police Force, whose task was policing over the newly-annexed Assimas Parish. That year, the Imaguan Army was disbanded, with the navy and the Gendarmerie transferred to the Royal Imaguan Constabulary.
This structure started to cause difficulties, with issues regarding coordination emerging as early as the 1970s.
Establishment
Following the election of Austin Houghton's National Reform Party to the government, one of the things he set out to do was "unite the three police forces" into a national police force covering the entire archipelago. Thus, he tabled the Police Efficiency Act of 1995 in August 1995, with the intent of making the police in Imagua and the Assimas more efficient.
At that time, the jurisdiction of the police forces were as follows:
- Assimas Police Force - civilian policing for Assimas Parish
- Cuanstad Police Department - civilian policing for Cuanstad
- Royal Imaguan Constabulary - civilian policing for the rest of Imagua, gendarmerie and SWAT for all of Imagua and the Assimas, and protection of the President and the Prime Minister
After passing the Lesser House in September, with support from the Conservatives, it went to the Senate, where all Conservative senators voted in favour of the measure. Thus, the Imaguan Constabulary was to be established on 1 April, 1996, at the start of the coming fiscal year.
In December 1995, the first chief constable of the united Imaguan Constabulary was chosen, Kingsley Hawkins, who was the police chief of the Cuanstad Police Department. At that point, preparations were being made by all three forces to merge: in January 1996, the budget was passed which, while maintaining policing spending levels, did allocate them to the Imaguan Constabulary.
On 31 March, 1996, ceremonies were held at San Pietro and Cuanstad, with parades by police officers to retire the old colours. At midnight, the three police forces were legally dissolved, and the Imaguan Constabulary became the sole police force in the country.
Over the first few months, the Imaguan Constabulary continued to work on further integrating the three police forces together. By July, Kingsley Hawkins said that "the police forces have been largely integrated with one another."
Contemporary era
In 2006, Kingsley Hawkins retired as the chief constable. Thus, he was succeeded by Serafino De Piero, the last police chief of the Assimas Police Force. Under De Piero's tenure, he oversaw the institution of new policies to "improve the efficiency" of the national police force. However, it was also marred by the Chesterfield incident when on 19 March, 2009, a police officer was shot and killed while investigating a domestic abuse case.
In 2010, the police was restructured so that all areas will have the same number of officers per citizen. While some have criticized it for "shifting needed resources away from major cities (i.e. Cuanstad, San Pietro, and Nua Taois), De Piero justified it by saying that it would help "ensure security in the nation's rural areas."
In 2012, De Piero retired, and was succeeded by Gerald Nivinskas, the first person to have not been a chief constable in any of the preceding police forces. Gerald Nivinskas maintained many of the policies, but was soon enough overwhelmed by the refugee crisis created as a result of the Mariranan Civil War in 2013. Thus, the Coast Guard was dramatically expanded to cope with the "influx of refugees" into Imagua and the Assimas, so they would be able to execute policies to reduce the number of refugees arriving on the islands.
In 2018, Nivinskas retired, and was succeeded by Miranda Salvati, the first female chief constable in the nation's history.
Organization
Branches
The Imaguan Constabulary has five branches (Etrurian: rami, Imaguan Creole: keni).
| Name | Numbers | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Coast Guard of Imagua | 1,157 | Search and rescue, maritime security, accident and disaster response, and border control |
| Gendarmerie of Imagua | 700 | Gendarmerie, SWAT operations, and bodyguards of the President and Prime Minister |
| Imaguan Constabulary | 5,544 | Day-to-day operations |
| Imaguan Logistics Branch | 2,772 | Administration and logistics |
| Imaguan Security Service | 2,302 | Intelligence and counter-intelligence |
Parishes
The Imaguan Constabulary operates in all eight parishes of Imagua and the Assimas. With the exception of the Coast Guard, which has bases in Cuanstad, Nua Taois, Saint Fiacre's Town, and San Pietro, the Gendarmerie, who have bases in Cuanstad and San Pietro, and the Imaguan Security Service, whose staff work in Cuanstad, all members of the constabulary work in a parish.
As of 2010, the goal for the Imaguan Constabulary is to ensure that each region has "the same level of police officers" to the national average, although there is a requirement to have at least one constable and one administrator in a parish.
| Parish | Constables | Administrators | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assimas | 1,280 | 640 | 1,920 |
| Cuanstad | 1,622 | 811 | 2,433 |
| Saint Christopher's | 487 | 243 | 730 |
| Saint Ellen's | 893 | 447 | 1,340 |
| Saint Fiacre's | 92 | 46 | 138 |
| Saint Florian's | 280 | 140 | 420 |
| Saint Hubert's | 134 | 67 | 201 |
| Saint Isidore's | 756 | 378 | 1,134 |
Ranks
The rank structure of the Imaguan Constabulary was carried over from the Royal Imaguan Constabulary, which in turn obtained their ranks from the Estmerish colonial militias that were extant during the early years of the Estmerish colony, in addition to the absorption of the navy into the Royal Imaguan Constabulary in 1947.
| Rank | Commanders | Officers | Constables | Cadets | ||||
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| Logistics | Chief constable | Chief secretary | Director | Manager | Assistant manager | Foreman | Secretary | Intern |
| Militia | Deputy chief constable | Superintendent | Inspector | Head constable | Sergeant | Constable | Cadet | |
| Naval | Captain | Commander | Lieutenant commander | Lieutenant | Sub lieutenant | Midshipman | ||