City Security or 'The Watch' as universally known by the locals of Neon District is the primary law enforcement agency of Neon District. Because of the semi-private nature of The Watch, they are known to prioritize criminal investigations involving corporations and Executives such as stolen corporate property or harm committed against an executive. Although never fully proven, it has been known that The Watch have turned a blind eye to the criminal activity of Executives and Corporations, provided that said criminal activity isn't obvious enough to evoke public outcry or attention.
Due to the lack of oversight coupled with the fact, there are little checks and balances: the City Security agency is rampant in its corruption. Even with the non-corrupt officers of The Watch, they are excessively punitive at their best and downright sadistic at their worst. Because of this, public trust in the City Security agency is low in Neon District due to their brutal and often corrupt enforcement of the law.
If you are playing as a member of The Watch, every time someone activates an emergency call you will get an exclamation mark pinpointed on their location. This allows for a version of a 9-1-1 call.
Relations with other factions in Neon District
Citizen
The average citizen likely does not hold The Watch in good light due to their draconian nature of enforcing the law and "keeping the peace". The average Watch officer in return likely views the citizen with disdain due to their low socio-economic status plus the fact that the Watch officer sees the citizen as a criminal who hasn't been caught yet or hasn't committed a crime yet. While The Watch does, in the end, protect the citizen in the event they are victimized, the citizen still holds little faith due to the rampant crime rate and the allocation of The Watch's limited resources.
Media
The Watch views the Media and any associated journalist with absolute disgust, seeing them as vultures or nosy prudes who should mind their own business. The Watch would likely interfere if said media exposure could potentially disrupt the status quo or reveal deep or serious corruption of The Watch especially if it involved the Corporations and/or they believe the Media is prying too far.
Syndicate
While one would believe that organized law enforcement and organized crime would be universally opposed, the Syndicates and Watch usually don't mess with each other's business. The Syndicates keep their crimes secluded and enforce their own rebellious members who are "less tasteful" in their crimes while the Watch ignores most of the organized Syndicate crimes like arms dealing or extortion. However, the less influential (and therefore less organized) of the Syndicates are made up of mostly street gangs that commonly clash with the Watch.
Scientists
Due to the intellectual and placid nature of Scientists, The Watch realises that Scientists in the district, especially those contracted by a Corporation are unlikely to cause trouble. Because of this, The Watch usually leaves the Scientists alone and may even respect them seeing the Scientists are the leading innovators in medical technology, cybersecurity, and tactical technology - all things that The Watch happily enjoy the benefit of.
Executives
Executives fund The Watch and its operations in return for The Watch to show favoritism in its protection of Corporate assets and the safety of Executives. While The Watch may view Executives as snobbish or arrogant, they still begrudgingly provide services for Executives and tend to leave them alone. However, occasionally a member of the Executives will go rogue, lash out in public, or a rivalry between them will go as so far that the Watch are called in as to not lower public approval of themselves as a whole.
Wanderers
Seeing these individuals as vagrants and vagabonds, The Watch is dehumanizing in their perception of the Wanderers of Neon District. However, they tend to leave Wanderers alone as Wanderers do not usually perform violent crime or crime at all for that matter. Wanderers are also found primarily in the sewers and slums, which standard patrol officers of The Watch tend to avoid anyway due to its filthy environment and a heavy organized crime presence. That is not to say that The Watch wouldn't crack down severely on criminal Wonderers if such the chance occurs, especially seeing Wonderers have no power nor anyone to stand up for them.
Hackers
Seeing them as bothersome pests with too much time on their hands, The Watch is vigilant against any cyber attack and as a result, employs state-of-the-art cybersecurity so that their information and secrets are kept safe. While they are harsh on any malicious freelance hackers they capture, The Watch is even more punitive on hackers that they deem are working for any dangerous organization or higher goal such as the Syndicates or any prominent terrorist groups. The Watch recognizes the threat Hackers pose to the peace and status quo of Neon District, despite this, they focus resources on dangerous and influential hackers and hacking groups rather than concentrate their efforts on small-time hackers who have a minuscule effect. Is it known however for the Watch to employ their own sophisticated hackers as to ensure their systems are kept up to date and to gather information on any wanted criminals.
Images
Exhibit A: The common uniform for the Ground Units of The Watch such as the Patrol Units.
Exhibit B: The common uniform for the Heavy Patrol Units of The Watch who specialize in working in areas of high crime or riot situations.
Exhibit C: The common uniform for Sentry Corps members of The Watch who specialize in dealing with dangerous situations or executing warrants.
Exhibit D: The common uniform for the Medical Units of The Watch. These people are tasked with providing helpful aid for civilians and their fellow officers in need, they are skilled in first aid.
Exhibit E: HSR-IV Armour. Made from a steel/carbon fibre composite, Heavy Special Response (HSR) Armour is an intimidating icon, only worn in times where the maximum protection is required. The helmet comes with a display that feeds information about crowd formations to the wearer in real time.
Exhibit F: The common uniform for Black Watch members of The Watch, a unit made for the City Security faction, exclusive for events, specifically the 2050s.
Exhibit E: A common unit for the Red Guard Units of the Watch, a unit made to stop corruption and guard Watch VIPs/executives.
City Security (Faction)
Since December 2018, City Security faction was founded and it was the first advertised faction in #factions channel in Shiguto's discord server. Initially endorsed by Shiguto, it is currently an unofficial faction that runs directly with the Watch's lore.
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