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The Imbuement

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Police are individuals. Some cops are good-hearted, others are power-tripping bastards. But every uniformed officer is on the front lines of the policing culture war.

As an institution, the police endeavor to maintain the status quo. They prefer to arrest troublemakers instead of killing them (usually), and they avoid violent conflict when possible (usually).

Police in The Illumination do not arrest or confiscate supernatural beings or artifacts just by nature of them being supernatural. Their job is to keep the peace so that capitalism can peacefully take its course.

In the USA, police are well-armed and trained to be paranoid. Anyone could be hiding a gun or a knife, and any encounter could turn deadly at any moment. As such, they’re often trigger-happy. They are trained not to take their eyes off of suspects until they’re cuffed and secured. They have radios, GPS that reports their location, regular check-ins with HQ, and backup is only a call away.

Contractors often get into conflict with the police. Their objectives are rarely aligned with maintaining the status quo, and even if they are, they’re unlikely to trust the cops to do a suitable job.

Police aren’t always accessible. The nearest cop car could be hours away in extremely rural areas. Calling 911 in a crowded city could involve waiting on hold for 10 minutes before even talking to a dispatcher. If the police are accessible, they generally take 5-10 minutes to arrive at a high-priority call like a shooting.