The Police Department is responsible for upholding the Common Law and the Natural Born Laws of District 18.

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Compliance Laws

    All citizens are required to comply with law enforcement. Failure to comply with law enforcement, such as failing to produce identification or licensure when able, may be subject to punishment.

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Identification Laws

    At birth, all citizens are issued an identification chip that is located either behind the ear or neck. In the event an individual is found without an identification chip, when scanned for one, they may be taken back to Police Headquarters where one will be implanted.

 

//All Police Officers must roll a 17 or higher on a 1d20 roll to detect a false identification chip.

 

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Firearm and Weapons Laws

    Fabricants of the general population are prohibited from carrying firearms or weapons. The only Fabricants permitted to carry weapons are those who work for the government or law enforcement, but they are restricted to non-lethal weaponry. Natural Borns of the general population are permitted to carry lethal weaponry, but those weapons must be registered and no citizen may have more than five registered weapons. Any other weapons are considered to be unregistered and thus illegal. Knives under four inches in length are also permitted and do not require permits. No citizen is permitted to carry a weapon capable of great collateral damage such as railguns or explosives.

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Violence and Abuse

    Natural Born citizens are protected by the law in regards to violence and abuse, but the same protections do not generally apply to Fabricants. Domestic abuse, street violence, inciting riots, and injuring government officials or law enforcement are all considered punishable offenses. 

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Theft and Robbery

    There is no protection for property worth less than 50 credits. Meanwhile, robbery is considered against the law and may be subject to severe punishment regardless whether or not the suspect is armed. Hostage situations, needless to say, will be met with the full extent of the law.

 

Terrorism

    Terrorism such as bombing, mass shootings, causing severe collateral damage, attempting or successfully assassinating a political figure, or a mass release of sensitive data that may threaten district or department security is against the law. Terrorists will be hunt down and prosecuted to fullest extent of the law.

 

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Loitering and Trespassing

    Loitering or trespassing on government or private property may warrant a fine or arrest depending on the circumstance. The harassment of a business and failure to heed owner requests to move on is also a punishable offense depending on peaceful dispersal.

 

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Immigration

    Many have flooded into District 18 and there is no power that can prevent immigration as a whole. Therefore, there are open immigration laws.

 

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Public Indecency

    Public nudity or the revealing of privates for any reason is a punishable offense. This law applies throughout the city with the exception of the Red Light District. Intercourse or other obvious and extremely sexual displays, however, are subject to scrutiny. That said, most of the time Police will ignore salacious behavior in the Red Light District. Public urination or defecation are still considered punishable offenses as is public intoxication.

 

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Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

    Prostitution is illegal throughout the city except in the Red Light District. People are free to sell their legally licensed services in the Red Light District while those selling their services without a license are subject to fines and harassment, but are unlikely to be arrested unless they provoke an officer. Sex trafficking is considered a punishable offense.

 

Drug Laws

    There are countless illicit substances in District 18 that belong to various categories of legality. The use of relatively harmless drugs, such as Category III drugs, will often be ignored by law enforcement while the use of more dangerous drugs, such as Category I drugs, are subject to punishment.

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Illegal drug dealing, no matter the substances, is considered a punishable offense. Certain shops may be licensed to sell some Category III drugs and provide spaces in which they are used.

 

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Traffic Laws

    With new technology and expanded public transportation, street safety has never been better, but the failure to adhere to traffic and licensure laws is still subject to punishment. All means of transportation that can transport two or more persons are required to be licensed. Such modes of transport may include vehicles such as cars, bikes, and so on. Failure to register a vehicle will mean temporary impounding and fines.

 

Speeding and other traffic safety violations are considered punishable offenses. If failure to adhere to a traffic violation ends in the injury or death of a citizen, or significant property damage, the ordinary punishment of fines or license confiscation may escalate.  

 

Auto-theft is considered a punishable offense.

 

Unmodified hover-vehicles are limited to a hang height of one-hundred meters off the ground. The operation of such vehicles may be restricted or prohibited in certain parts of the city. Operating hover-vehicles on the first level is restricted to residents, business people, and other upper-class citizens. The second level is generally open, but well-regulated. The third level has little in the way of regulated hover-vehicle laws.

 

It is against the law to operate large vehicles, of any kind,  in areas that cannot fit them such as narrow alleys or on pedestrian walkways be it a sidewalk or unpaved road.

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Fraud

    Fraud is rampant in District 18, and even with the help of strict identification and registry laws and protocols, there is little that law enforcement can do to keep track of it all.

 

Impersonating another citizen is considered a punishable offense while impersonating law enforcement or government agents is considered an even greater offense. Falsifying legal or corporate documents may be subject to punishment.

 

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Hacking and Cybercrime

    Hacking in District 18 is perhaps the most popular crime aside from violence, drug use, and prostitution. Generally speaking, hacking websites that do not belong to the government, law enforcement, or large corporations is ignored by law enforcement as they tend to leave private security up to the domain owners. Hacking government, law enforcement, or corporate websites, databases, and security systems is considered a punishable offense where the suspect may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Stealing or circulating information from these databases, websites, or systems will be met with the same punishment.

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