The police are a series of forces that serve as a type of security group to ensure laws and rules are obeyed, and that order and peace is the norm on a planet, or in space under a planet's jurisdiction. Police officers also tend to have authority to take criminal suspects in for questioning, conduct investigations into criminal activities, and arrest those who break the law. Police are often identified by uniform. The police are by definition distinct from military forces.
Police forces keep extensive records on various individuals that are suspected to be or are criminals. (DS9: "Heart of Stone", et al.)
It is common in some localities to use the term constable to refer to individual police officers, and deputy to designate lower-ranking police personnel. (DS9: "Emissary", et al.)
On Starfleet starships, starbases and other installations, the security division is normally in charge of police activities as part of their duties. One exception is the use of Bajoran officers on Deep Space 9, under the command of Constable Odo. (DS9: "Emissary", et al.)
The police were mentioned in an article in the Q Continuum magazine The New. (VOY: "Death Wish")
Various police roles and titles
Fuchida, a police officer from New Sydney
- Officer
- Cadet
- Sergeant
- Lieutenant
- Captain
- Constable
- Sheriff
- Deputy
- Detective
- Inspector
- Investigator
- Negotiator
Detroit police cars (2004)
- .38 police special
- Military police
- Police station
- Police department
- Police car/vehicle
- Police brutality
- Patrol route
- Undercover
Known police forces
Earth-based organizations
- The Deadwood Sheriff's Office from the Ancient West holoprogram based in 19th century Deadwood, South Dakota (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas")
- The Detroit Police Department from Loomis's interactions with Jonathan Archer and T'Pol in 2004 Detroit (ENT: "Carpenter Street")
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation:
- from 1968 (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")
- from 1986 (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
- The Federation Security of 2285 (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- The Los Angeles Police Department from 1996, Sims was an officer (VOY: "Future's End")
- The New York City Police Department:
- from James T. Kirk's and Spock's exploits in 1930 (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
- from New York City in the 1950s, seen in Benjamin Sisko's dream-vision (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
- from Roberta Lincoln's efforts in 1968 (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")
- The Portage Creek Police Department from Portage Creek in 2000, seen through Kathryn Janeway (VOY: "11:59")
- The San Francisco Police Department:
- from San Francisco in 1893 (TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II")
- from the Dixon Hill holodeck program based in 1940s (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
- from Kirk's travel through time to 1986 in San Francisco (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
- from San Francisco in 2024 (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "Past Tense, Part II")
- The Scotland Yard from the Sherlock Holmes holonovels ran in 2365, and based in late 19th and early 20th centuries (TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data")
- The US Air Force military police in 1969 (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")
Non-Earth organizations
New Sydney Police shoulder patch
- 892-IV imperial police (TOS: "Bread and Circuses")
- Kzin government police (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")
- Angosian police (TNG: "The Hunted")
- Rutian police (TNG: "The High Ground")
- Tanugan security force (TNG: "A Matter of Perspective")
- Lurian Security (DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?")
- New Sydney police (DS9: "Prodigal Daughter")
- Kesat Security (VOY: "Riddles")
- Kobliad Security (DS9: "The Passenger")
- Telsian Security (VOY: "Critical Care")
- V'Shar (TNG: "Gambit, Part II")
- In an earlier draft of VOY: "Repression", Tuvok's daughter, Asil, was a detective for the Vulcan police.
Secret police
- Section 31 was considered to be the secret police of the Federation. (DS9: "Inquisition")
- The Cardassian secret police was known as the Obsidian Order, although they weren't very secret.
- The Romulan undercover police force was known as the Tal Shiar, whose work was often behind the scenes.
- Secret police forces are also referred to as intelligence agencies and have expanded jurisdiction and powers than traditional police forces.
List of police personnel
Background
Gene Roddenberry studied three years of policemanship and was an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department before becoming a writer full-time.