Royal Bureau of Investigation
| Royal Bureau of Investigation | |
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| Abbreviation | RBI |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 40,000 |
| Annual budget | $12 billion |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | [[Apilonia]] |
| Operations jurisdiction | [[Apilonia]] |
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The Royal Bureau of Investigation (RBI) is the national investigative service of the Kingdom of Apilonia, responsible for the investigation of major or complex criminal activity, as well as violation of specific Crown Law. The RBI does not conduct patrols or normal community policing, instead possessing a purely investigatory role, either under its own jurisdiction, at the request of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, or at the request of a Municipal Police Department or Country Sheriff. In addition, the RBI is also responsible for all investigations relating to national security and transnational crime. In addition to working closely with the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, His Majesty’s Marshals Service (HMMS), and the HM Customs and Immigration Service, the RBI liaises closely with the Royal Security Service in support of its national security responsibilities.
History
Organisation
RBI Headquarters
The RBI Headquarters in the Royal District of Bainbridge, Seattle, Duchy of Washington, and is responsible for both the overall management of the Bureau, through the Office of the Director and is also responsible for the conduct of all criminal and national security investigations which have a national scope and concern. In addition, RBI Headquarters has oversight authority over all investigations being conducted by the Bureau, including those being run out of a field office.
Office of the Director of the Royal Bureau of Investigation
The Office of the Director serves as the central administrative organ of the Bureau, providing staff support functions (such as finance and facilities management) to the various function branches and the various field divisions. Whilst the Director is primarily concerned with overall policy and oversight, the Deputy Director is responsible for day-to-day management of the Bureau’s investigations. The office is managed by the FBI Associate Director, who also oversees the operations of the Human Resources Branch. In addition to the immediate staff of the Director, the Office consists of:
- Office of the Deputy Director
- Office of the Associate Director
- Office of Parliamentary Affairs
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of Professional Responsibility
- Office of Public Affairs
- Office of Facilities and Finance
- Office of Information Management
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
Criminal Investigation Branch
The Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Royal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for the vast majority of investigative capability related to violations of Crown Law, as well as a wide-range of other crimes, such as political violence and corruption, civil rights offences, and Cyber and other emerging crimes. Typically, the investigation of these crimes are split into two forms; those which have a truly national scope or across the jurisdiction of several field offices, conducted by agents of the CIB stationed at RBI Headquarters in Seattle, and those more local breaches of Crown Law, which are investigated by individual Field Offices. As such, investigations conducted by Headquarters tend to get the majority of the focus and publicity, however some larger field offices, such as Los Angeles, Anchorage, Dallas, and Toronto, do gain signficiant attention. In addition, some investigations are typically handled out of Headquarters, such as those concerning public corruption and civil rights. In any event, Headquarters has oversight authority over all investigations conducted by the RBI at any level.
In addition to other statute crimes that occur on Crown Land, which are investigated by the RBI as a matter of course, the Branch is principally concerned with breaches of the Financial Crime Act 2012 (an omnibus bill that consolidated a variety of existing legislation surrounding financial crime), the Controlled Substances Act 1998 (for criminal violation, shares enforcement powers with HM Customs and Immigration, with regulatory powers held by various government ministries), the Public Corruption Act 1984, and the Cyber Crimes Act 2018. As it is principally responsible for criminal investigations, the Branch’s investigative powers and limits are set-out in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2012 (RIPA-12) which rolled back some particularly intrusive powers that had been given to the RBI during the Terror.
- Organised Crime Division
- Violent Crimes Division
- Financial Crime Division
- Public Corruption and Civil Rights Division
- Cyber Crimes Division
Special Branch
The Special Branch (SB) of the Royal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for a variety of investigative capability related to national security, working closely with the Royal Security Service which is responsible for intellgience collection and analysist whilst Special Branch conducts actual criminal investigations. In this role, Special Branch is responsible for criminal investigations concerning breaches of the Official Secrets Act (which concerns the divulging of clasified information by Apilonian citizens), the Espionage Act (which concerns attempts by foreign nationals to acquire classified information, or to otherwise conduct espionage activities within the Kingdom), and the Terrorism Act (which concerns all attempts by various groups to use violence and terror to achieve a political aim). Upon the successful completion of an investigation, typically using intelligence provided by the Security Service and in cooperation with it, Special Branch will typically be called upon to arrest or detain the suspects. In addition, Special Branch is also responsible for providing protective services to all (non-Royal) Crown Officers, Ministers, and officials at the direction of the Home Secretary, largely due to the branch's link to national security. Unlike most of the Bureau, Special Branch has additional powers under the Defence of the Realm Act 2000, however these are in recent years.
- Counter-Terrorism Division
- Counter-Intelligence Division
- Protective Services Division
Science and Technology Branch
The Science and Technology Branch (STB) of the Royal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for a variety of technological and scientific analysist capability related to all RBI investigations; providing both forensic and technological collection and analysis methods to ongoing investigations.
- Information Services Division
- Laboratory Division
- Technical Collection Division
- Technical Analysis Division
Human Resource Branch
The Human Resources Branch (HRB) of the Royal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for all internal human resource requirements of the Bureau, both career management as well as training, including the RBI Academy, as well as the provision of physical security for all RBI facilities.
- Human Resources Division
- Training Division
- Security Division
RBI Field Offices
In addition to RBI Headquarters, the Bureau maintains a network of Field Offices which are responsible for the conduct of the vast majority of investigations, specifically those that whilst cross-jurisdictional or in violation of Crown Law are not a national concern. Any given RBI Field Office will also typically take the lead on any major incidents within its area of responsibility. Each RBI Field Office will be led by a Special Agent-in-Charge. Within the Kingdom, and the Crown Colonies, there are thirty-two field offices:
- Albuquerque Field Office
- Anchorage Field Office
- Dallas Field Office
- Denver Field Office
- El Paso Field Office
- Houston Field Office
- Kansas City Field Office
- Las Vegas Field Office
- Little Rock Field Office
- Los Angeles Field Office
- Minneapolis Field Office
- New Orleans Field Office
- Oklahoma City Field Office
- Omaha Field Office
- Phoenix Field Office
- Portland Field Office
- Sacramento Field Office
- Salt Lake City Field Office
- San Antonio Field Office
- San Diego Field Office
- San Francisco Field Office
- Seattle Field Office
- St. Louis Field Office
- Ottawa Field Office
- Toronto Field Office
- Winnipeg Field Office
- Saskatoon Field Office
- Calgary Field Office
- Vancouver Field Office
- Malta Field Office
- Bahrain Field Office
- Qatar Field Office