Royal Apilonian Constabulary

Royal Apilonian Constabulary
Abbreviation	RAC
Agency overview
Employees	60,000
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 of the Kingdom of Apilonia, responsible for the enforcement of Crown Law across the Kingdom, the investigation of major and organised crime and the provision of domestic law enforcement in the Crown Reserve. The RAC’s role is to enforce Apilonian Crown Law, contribute to combating complex, transnational, serious and organised crime impacting Apolonia’s national security and to protect the Kingdom’s interest from criminal activity. The RAC is responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs, who sets key priorities for the RAC through a Ministerial Direction. As of the current ministry, key areas of operational emphasis include:

• Investigating complex, transnational, serious and organised crime.
  
• Protecting Apilonia from terrorism and violent extremism.
  
• Developing unique capabilities and exploiting advanced technology.
  
• Representing Apilonian law enforcement on an international level.

In general, the RAC is responsible for investigating major, cross-jurisdictional crime and providing specialist capabilities, either in support of local law enforcement or to combat the violation of Crown Law. The RAC also provides national protection capability to specific individuals, establishments and events, as well as serving as the frontline counter-terrorism response capability, particularly around aviation security and critical infrastructure. Outside of these additional roles, the RAC is the lead-agency investigating:

• Illicit drug trafficking
  
• Human Trafficking
  
• Fraud
  
• Cyber Crime
  
• Organised Crime
  
• Financial Crime

Organisation

The Royal Apilonian Constabulary is led by the Chief Constable of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, who commands the RAC from Headquarters, supported by a large staff and various administrative sections that help shape policy, direction and administrative affairs. The Chief Constable is supported in the day-to-day running of the RAC by the Deputy Chief Constable, who typically exercises most operational control whilst the Chief Constable concerns himself with the ‘bigger picture’ and liaising with the Home Secretary, to whom the Chief Constable answers.

The RAC is split into several branches, each with a given area of responsibility which could, in many cases, form its own independent law enforcement agency but is kept consolidated to ensure a single, unambiguous jurisdiction for all violations of Crown Law and all threats to the National Security of the Kingdom. Each branch is led by a police officer holding the rank of Commander, and is subsequently split into various Divisions, each with a more specific investigative mandate or operational capability, which is led by a Chief Superintendent. In general, RAC Headquarters is responsible for providing programme direction and oversight, rather than directly conducting investigations, save for certain criminal investigations with a national scale, or national security threats. The vast majority of active RAC investigations are conducted by thirty-two field offices, each led by a Superintendent, which are responsible for both regional investigations of Crown Law, the provision of specialist investigative capability to local law enforcement, and supporting local investigations where necessary.

• Albuquerque
  
• Anchorage
  
• Dallas
  
• Denver
  
• El Paso
  
• Houston
  
• Kansas City
  
• Las Vegas
  
• Little Rock
  
• Los Angeles
  
• Minneapolis
  
• New Orleans
  
• Oklahoma City
  
• Omaha
  
• Phoenix
  
• Portland
  
• Sacramento
  
• Salt Lake City
  
• San Antonio
  
• San Diego
  
• San Francisco
  
• Seattle
  
• St. Louis
  
• Ottawa
  
• Toronto
  
• Vancouver
  
• Alberta
  
• Valetta
  
• Manama
  
• Doha
  
• Mogadishu
  
• Vienna
  

Serious and Organised Crime Branch

The Serious and Organised Crime Branch (SOCB) is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, concerned with investigating serious and organised crimes that violate 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 officers stationed at RAC 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 significant 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 RAC at any level.

In addition to other statute crimes that occur on Crown Land, which are investigated by the RAC 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 RAC during the Terror.

• Organised Crime Division
  
• Violent Crimes Division
  
• Public Corruption and Civil Rights Division
  
• Financial Crime Division
  
• Counter-Narcotics Division
  
• Cyber Crime Division
  

Special Branch

The Special Branch (SB) is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary; concerned with investigating and preventing threats to the Kingdom’s national security, principally terrorism and foreign espionage. Special Branch works closely with the Security Service, with the latter principally responsible for intelligence collection and analysis, whilst Special Branch is responsible for conducting actual criminal investigations, specifically those concerning breaches of the Official Secrets Act (which concerns the divulging of classified 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. Unlike the rest of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary, 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
  

Specialist Operations Branch

The Specialist Operations Branch (SOB) is a major command of the Royal Apilonian Constabulary; concerned with the provision of specialist capabilities rather than providing an investigative function. As such, the SOB has a far more paramilitary character, which is reflected in their uniforms, training and mindset. One of the key roles of the SOB 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, Crown Diplomats overseas and foreign diplomatic missions within the Kingdom, through the Diplomatic Protection Division. The SOB also provides 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
  
• 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.