Columbia Police Authority

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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, 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. 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. 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. 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.

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.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. 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

• Jefferson Poole, Unknown - April 11, 1906
• Harrison Thacker, April 11, 1906 - Unknown

Bureaus

• Finkton Police Department

Gallery

Munitions lockers such as these are found in exterior areas of Columbia, often containing firearms and supplies for any officer requiring them.

The boom barrier at New Eden Square, authorized by the Columbia Police Authority.

Trespassing rules enforced by the Columbia Police Authority by the Good Time Club.

Closed by order of the Columbia Police Authority.

A sign informing of a search conducted by the Columbia Police Authority at the Arcade.

Sign in Comstock House.

The wanted poster for The False Shephard, held by police at the entrance to the Arcade.

The Hall of Heroes, closed by the Columbia Police Authority.

Junior Flying Squad advertisement.

Vox Populi crime board, upheld by Columbia Security.

Inside the building.

Chen Lin's tools and machinery.

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.