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| - The Imperial Police Force is the paramilitary police service that covers Southern Continent on Barrayar and the "Imperial District", i.e. the Vorbarra District. The "ImpPol", as it is known, was established as a centralized organisation uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed forces during the first year of reign of the incumbent Emperor Serg Vorbarra, in 3001. The Imperial Police Force is under the direct control of Minister of Interior, who appoints the Chief of the Imperial Police in the Ministry of the Interior (C-IPF-MinInt), who is also the President of the Department of Imperial Security; however, due to its dimensions, the Imperial Police Forces is internally organized as a separate Department. The Imperial Police is organized according to two basic criteria: territorial a
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| - The Imperial Police Force is the paramilitary police service that covers Southern Continent on Barrayar and the "Imperial District", i.e. the Vorbarra District. The "ImpPol", as it is known, was established as a centralized organisation uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed forces during the first year of reign of the incumbent Emperor Serg Vorbarra, in 3001. The Imperial Police Force is under the direct control of Minister of Interior, who appoints the Chief of the Imperial Police in the Ministry of the Interior (C-IPF-MinInt), who is also the President of the Department of Imperial Security; however, due to its dimensions, the Imperial Police Forces is internally organized as a separate Department. The Imperial Police is organized according to two basic criteria: territorial and functional division, which interact among themselves. Commands and Services manage the coordination of all functional specialities of the police and the Territorial Commands are intended to coordinate the peripheral joints of the majority of specialities. The IPF is a civilian, although paramilitary, organization: therefore, all its members have performed their military conscription period, and this ensure a widespread diffusion of military discipline and world-view. The militarization of the Imperial Police Force, which technically is a civilian agency, produces also the emulation the war-fighting tactics of soldiers, especially when in high-risk situation. Every year, billions of Imperial Marks’ worth of military equipment flows from the Imperial Service to the Imperial Police Force. Police commands use these wartime weapons in everyday policing, especially to fight drug war. The result is that police raids often look military-style. Police sensitive and dangerous raids are often conducted in an aggressive way, impacting the most hostile members of society and transforming violent neighbourhoods into fire-zones. This aggressive style harms also innocent people. The practice of special teams busting down doors with no warning, leads some people to think it may be a burglary. Being in charge of providing both the first response and often the manpower for spread unrest or emergency situation, an high percentage of the District Commands obtain military equipment in order to be able to augment Internal Troops if needed. This equipment is largely cost-free for the Imperial Police Force. It is rare that when a member of the Imperial Police Force commits a crime, fellow officers raise critical voices on the work of their colleagues. The attitude of coverage and justification tends to almost always prevail. The dominant self-representation is that of the police officer poorly paid and in the front line to protect citizens. Lack of men, staffing cuts, parked cars for lack of fuel or awaiting repairs for which there is no money, forced and unpaid overtime turns. The violent behaviour at the limit of legality fit into the category of acceptable practices, or at least justifiable, in the profession of Policeman. Police Officers of the IPF have full police powers throughout Southern Continent and the adjacent waters, Capital City Vorbarr Sultana, Vorbarra District and space station within Barrayaran solar system: on cases of joint operations, they are often empowered to operate also in Northern Districts.
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