Republic Security Bureau

The Republic Security Bureau (RSB), also known as the Republic Security Force or Police Force, is the police/paramilitary force of the Grid Republic. It is in charge of maintaining law and order in Republic affiliated parcels. Its duties include regular patrols of Republic City and affiliated land, criminal investigations, counter-ToS violations and counter-intelligence operations, crowd control, diplomatic protection, maintaining the city's skylanes, and, in some cases, the military defense of Republic land. The RSB is commanded by the RSB Senior Command and is headquartered at the Coruscant Security Force Divisional Headquarters. Though staffed mostly by sentient police officers, droids are used as well, including police droids, police probes, and crime scene investigation droids. Major crimes are investigated by detectives, although high-ranking officers can also investigate such crimes. Specialized units include the SWAT unit, the Anti-Violation Unit, the Organized Crime Unit, Traffic Control, and the Forensics Unit. The RSB utilizes VAAT/e ships and RSB assault ships as rapid troop deployment platforms, and Coruscant police speeders and police BARC speeders are often used as patrol and pursuit airspeeders. If at times officers feel they could be entering a dangerous area, they can receive an escort by a police cruiser backup unit.

Responsibilities
The Republic Security Bureau is tasked with providing law enforcement and security in Republic affiliated locations. This includes maintaining the city's skylanes, criminal investigations, regular patrols of the various districts and neighborhoods of Republic land, counter-violation and counter-espionage operations, crowd control at major events and public disturbances, diplomatic protection, and responding to a variety of other emergencies and situations. The RSB also has the authority to pursue investigations outside of their normal jurisdiction—an ability that extends only to certain groups with obtained permission.

A database is maintained by the RSB that tracks a variety of data including a list of criminals and known areas of heavy crime. The RSB can be reached by their emergency call number of 9–1–1 on Police Terminals.