Your Rights and the National Police (DEFUNCT)

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In Oskenia, the Pölija Natonalae (National Police) is the primary law enforcement agency in the country and will most likely be the agency you are most likely to engage with on a day-to-day basis. National Police Officers are Protected Civil Servants, meaning that their title is legally restricted to use by those who have completed the National Police's training regimen. As civil servants, they are not above civil law or codes, and more or less follow the same legal obligations as you.

As an Oskenian citizen, resident, tourist, or other visitor, you are entitled to certain rights and protections in regard to interacting with national law enforcement and have the ability to hold law enforcement officers to a professional standard within the confines of the law.

• Recognizing the Police

Almost all uniformed police officers in Oskenia wear black and blue uniforms or a green and black uniform for special response teams and the Pölija Yz Envienroment. Depending on the locale and sub-department, you may see both primary types of uniforms. There are also special uniforms, used by traffic officers, special response units, etc. No matter the agency or task, all uniformed officers are required by national law to display PÖLIJA prominently on their uniforms.

However, not all police officers wear easily-identifiable uniforms. Investigative officers primarily work in civilian clothing and are not bound by the same uniformed code. If not working undercover however, they must display identification upon request.

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Anyone in Oskenia, be it a citizen, resident, tourist, or other visitor has certain rights guaranteed them by the Constitution and Rights Amendment. Generally, judicial rights are what protect you from unlawful police or judicial action. In the case of a police interaction, your most powerful tool is your voice. You have the right in any police encounter to ask;

• Why am I being detained?
• What is your identification/name?
• May I speak to a superior?
• What crime am I being suspected of?

While police officers have the legal obligation to answer these questions, they may not be able to fully answer all of them. For instance, a superior officer may not be available and your question may be denied, or you may not be suspected of any specific crime but are being detained in the interest of public safety or in response to a public report.

In addition to your questions, police officers are also bound by certain restrictions without rational presumption or legal warrant to search, arrest, or detain you. In a general "Stop and talk," officers are not able to;

• Search you
• Demand an identification
• Handcuff or restrain you
• Refuse transparency regarding the encounter