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The Columbia Authority sign seen behind a Motorized Patriot.

Protecting our race
― Columbia Police Authority slogan

The Columbia Police Authority, or the Columbia Police Department,[1] is the armed branch of the Founders.

History[]

The Columbia Police Authority serves as a patrol force for monitoring Columbia, a police force for defense, a private security force for the city's elite, and an army for invasions of land-based locations. They are seen in every district of Columbia, not just to patrol and break up small "disagreements," but also to deal with worker strikes and intimidate the city's population. A major task of the police forces is to deal with the Vox Populi. They usually demand new recruits whom are at a young age, doing so by using Columbia's elaborate propaganda pieces in Soldier's Field and the Hall of Heroes. Aside from regular infantry, they also have many other specialized combat units, including Firemen, Beasts, various Security Automatons, Zealots of the Lady (also known as Crows), Handymen, and Motorized Patriots.

The Columbia Police Authority was prominently used to deal with the Vox Populi following the murder of Lady Comstock, lead by Chief Officer Jefferson Poole. Around 1900, incidents deemed to be disruptive and caused by the Vox drastically increased. The newspapers: The Minuteman and The Voice, both being partisan publications for each side (The Minuteman for the Founders and The Voice for the Vox Populi), covered these events from the point of view of their causes.[2][3] On the 11th of April, 1906, Jefferson Poole was assassinated by a Sniper, after which Harrison Thacker served as his successor, taking a more offensive stans against the Vox.[2] In 1909, the Columbia Police Authority managed to capture Daisy Fitzroy on the 7th of May, 1909, but managed to escape only 4 days later.[2][3][4] In 1911, Thucker unveiled the Motorized Patriot as a new security force, promoted as a means to spear human officer lives in areas with heavy gunfire.[2]

Flying Squad[]

The Flying Squad is a special law enforcement unit used to suppress dissent. They are seemingly infamous in the city, as disappearances caused by them were not uncommon.[5]There is also a unit for the male children in Columbia, called the Junior Flying Squad, which used the propaganda character "Duke" to appeal to the children.[6] The Flying Squad were the ones who arrested Chen Lin, under the suspicion of being allied with Daisy Fitzroy and the Vox Populi.

Chief Officers[]

Bureaus[]

Gallery[]

Behind the Scenes[]

  • While next to nothing is known about Columbia Police Authority's version of the Flying Squad, it could be a reference to a unit in London's Metropolitan Police Service called the Flying Squad. This small specialized unit was established in 1919 focused on intelligence gathering about criminals and could freely move about London without having to follow divisional policing boundaries.

References[]

  1. Seen on police badges.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Minuteman
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Voice
  4. BioShock Infinite: Mind in Revolt
  5. Based on the following exchange at the Beggar's Wharf at Finkton Docks:
    Clerk 2: "The fire the man?"
    Clerk 1: "Flying squad came and took him. You ain't gonna see him around no more."
  6. Junior Flying Squad advertisement
  7. Seen on a list, found in the basement of the Good Time Club