Yes, even the whimsical, anarchic fantasyland of [[Centralia]] has '''law enforcement'''. After all, ''someone'' has to make sure PrincessAlice's petty, childish demands are met, right?
The most prominent Centralian police officer is '''ConstablePayne''', who somehow always seems to be present wherever Princess Alice happens to be.
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== Agencies ==
Most civilian law enforcement duties are divided between the national police service, called the '''RoyalCentraliaCivilGuard''', and municipal police services. The Civil Guard has nationwide jurisdiction, but is primarily responsible for providing police services to unincorporated areas, municipalities with a population under 50,000, and Crown properties within larger municipalities. Municipalities with a population of 50,000 or greater are responsible for providing their own police services, though the Civil Guard may be called for assistance, for example, to provide additional crowd control for a planned event, or in response to a disaster or major incident.
Enforcement of traffic codes is primarily carried out by the '''RoyalHighwayPatrol''', a specialized division of the Civil Guard. Several major municipal police services also have have dedicated roads policing divisions for enforcing traffic codes within city limits. Non-enforcement traffic control duties, such as directing traffic or escorting special transport vehicles, are not considered police functions in Centralia and are carried out by [[TrafficAuthority|traffic authorities]] that do not have police powers.
== Personnel ==
Standard ranks in Centralian police services include ''constable'', ''sergeant'', ''inspector'', and ''superintendent''.
Some government entities, such as colleges, hospitals, and public transit authorities, employ ''special constables''. Special constables are granted police authority only within the area they are employed to patrol.
== Uniforms and equipment ==
The standard Centralian police uniform consists of a white dress shirt, black skirt or black slacks, and a white peaked cap with a black brim. When working on or near roadways, police officers are required to wear fluorescent yellow-green high-visibility vests marked ''POLICE''.
Police officers in Centralia are typically unarmed. Plans to equip Centralian police officers with ''Dr'' Pepper spray instead of pepper spray were abandoned after an agreement could not be reached with the local Dr Pepper/7-Up bottling company.
== Vehicles ==
All marked police vehicles in Centralia are painted in a standard black and white color scheme and equipped with roof-mounted flashing blue lights. The required markings are the word ''POLICE'', the name of the specific police agency, and the Centralian circle-star emblem. The circle-star emblem is silver on municipal police vehicles and gold on Civil Guard or Highway Patrol vehicles.
Unmarked vehicles equipped with flashing blue lights are used for traffic enforcement, but any police officer conducting a traffic stop in an unmarked vehicle is required to call an officer in a marked vehicle to the scene as soon as is practical and safe.
