Editing Police Officer

[[File: Wiki Navy.png|right]]
This article relates to civil [[Police Officer]]s employed by a [[Police Force]].
* For [[Police Force]]s of various Military Institutions see [[Military Police]] or [[Naval Police]]

==Description ([[Specifications]])==
A [[Police Officer]] is an [[Agent]] of a [[Government|government]] (or government department) charged with the investigation of alleged breaches of [[Civil Law]].

[[Police Officer]]s are employed by [[Police Force]]s.

A [[Police Officer]] will be empowered by, and to enforce, a specific code of [[Law]] defined by the Jurisdiction of the [[Police Force]] of which they are a member. This may be a local jurisdiction or may carry an {{Imperium}} wide one e.g. [[Imperial Sanction (Warrant)|Imperial Sanction]].

===Police in the {{Imperium}}===
[[Police Officer]]s within the {{Imperium}} tend to follow one of two paths 
# Those providing the day-to-day visible face of the [[Police Force|force]], providing Law and Order and 
# Those undertaking behind the scenes investigation of alleged crimes.

===Visible Vs Under-cover policing===
Not all [[Police Force|police]] work is undertaken by people in uniform or acting openly. The various police forces may insinuate members of their organisation into the [[Criminal]] underworld as undercover agents. 

Where the purpose of those agents is the gathering of commercial, military, naval or political [[Intelligence]], the role is outside that of [[Police Officer]]. See [[Intelligence Agent]] a.k.a. [[Intelligence Agent|Spy]].

====Other forms of policing====
Customs Officials at the starport exits (and elsewhere on planet) are a form of [[Police Officer]].

Not all [[Police Force|police]] work is undertaken by [[Government]] agents. For non-Governmental investigators see [[Private Investigator]] and [[Bounty Hunter]].

====[[Police Force|police]] Work====
Much [[Police Force|police]] work involves the gathering of information from networks of [[Informant]]s and pre-empting prospective law-breaking.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
No information yet available. 

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Agent}}
|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: [[User:BackworldTraveller|BackworldTraveller]]
}}


{{LE|Law}}