Myrskytuuli Regiment no longer to be responsible for law enforcement - Proper police department now being formed.
Nannaras X
November 6th YC 120
The council meeting of CORE module representatives for November has become a game changer for the Zaibatsu.
For the council meeting for the month of October, Viokoro Velan made a plea to the Patriarch to consider stripping the responsibility of law enforcement from the Myrskytuuli Regiment and establishing a new entity to patrol the colonies and space bound structures of the Zaibatsu. Viokoro argued that Regiment personnel assigned to watch over Hoiyori were trained to be soldiers - not police officers. Then she went on to say the equipment given to Regiment soldiers keeping the peace was overkill as it was more suitable for a warzone than a populated colonly. To make matters worse, in the middle of October, several Myskytuuli Regiment soldiers opened fire in a densely populated area to stop a non-violent criminal from fleeing, giving merit to Viokoro’s criticism of how the Regiment handles law enforcement. As well as some supporters among colonists of Hoiyori.
We have a select comment from concerned colonists regarding this.
“It’s disturbing, everytime you walk somewhere, if be work, the marketplace or walking your kids to school - There’s some man or woman on edge in gear i’ve never even seen before. Are we dangerous or something? Are the owners here spooked about something? Not to mention these are trained killers, boot camp for the military is nowhere near the same thing for a police department. These people are trained to do two different jobs. Just because both of them involve totting weaponry around doesn’t mean they’re the same thing”
- Concern Colonist
The meeting for November was almost entirely dedicated to the subject of taking this responsibility away from the Regiment. However instead of it being a heated debate of Whether or not they should take the responsibility away, It was a rather straightforward decision on the behalf of the Patriarch to call for the immediate formation of a police division with a chain of command separated from the Myrskytuuli Regiment.
Enter the Zaibatsu Peacekeeper Division, a dedicated law enforcement unit that answers directly to colony administration. In charge of this unit will be revered elder of House Yaken, Aunni Yaken. The Peacekeeping division will be made up of smaller divisions that will be managed by Superintendents hand selected by Aunni Yaken who will assume the mantle of Magistrate. These Superintendents will be selected from a pool of worthy members of House Yaken and be responsible for a subdivision that is responsible either for an entire colony or station (Ex. Hoiyori).
In the meeting, the subject of the Division’s armory was brought into question and a clear decision was made to ensure the Division had access to competent weaponry but it would be nowhere near what Regiment soldiers are given. The armory will be quite lightweight and more subtle. While some heavy duty firearms can be supplied - there will be a hard cap on how many the Division can have. In terms of who will be directly responsible for keeping the Division supplied - Instead of it being the Regiment, it will be the Stelmari Exchange. They will be fully responsible for inquiring needed equipment and supplying it.
A new training program will commence immediately as facilities are constructed to begin cycling out the Regiment soldiers currently patrolling the streets. It must be noted that the Regiment personnel assigned to peacekeeping will remain on the streets for the time being, but will report directly to the Division and adhere to the new equipment regulations. While some will be sent back to the Regiment once new qualified personnel are trained, some may be absorbed into the Division depending on their compatibility with the new regulations. With taht said, ZANIE would like to point out of an abundance of opening in this division that colonists are free to begin applying for.
The Peacekeeper Divsion will enter the Zaibatsu as a INFRASTRUCTURE module, a module variant in the Zaibatsu that purely functions in the Zaibatsu internally with no involvement with external or foreign affairs. An existing example would be the Kresh Root society, the agricultural module of the Zaibatsu.
Commenting on this turn of events, we have Viokoro Velan who had this to say
“I’m honestly quite pleased at how this turned out. It wasn’t some dramatic tense battle to get this though. The Patriarch heard my plea and took note of the problems this was creating. I may have criticism about them insisting on composing the entire upper echelon of the Division of family members much like the Regiment, but there’s some clear noticeable differences in this change that I’m grateful for. It’s a refreshing change that my voice is heard."
- Viokoro Velan
ZANIE attempted to reach out to Myskytuuli Regiment’s Tokitu Yaken for his thoughts on this development, but denied commenting any further than “Accepting the decision made by his family’s Patrairch”
ZANIE will keep eyes open in it’s search for any new developments