Coruscant Security Force

"Time, time, there's no time for time. A murderer's on the loose and it's my job to find him."

- Lieutenant Tan Divo, Coruscant Security Force inspector

The Coruscant Security Force, also referred to as the Coruscant Police, was the law enforcement agency in charge of maintaining order on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant. It was responsible for conducting patrols of the planet-wide city, enforcing the law, protecting citizens, conducting criminal investigations, and providing general security. The Coruscant Security Force was staffed by sentient police officers who wore a blue uniform displaying their rank and the Coruscant police symbol on their left arms. They were armed with a blaster pistol and also carried a baton and stuncuffs. The Coruscant Police utilized ranks, including that of lieutenant, through which officers could progress to a higher supervisory levels. Police detectives were in charge of conducting criminal investigations and would sometimes be referred to as inspectors. To assist them, Jedi investigators, members of the Jedi Order who were experts in the workings of the criminal underworld, would use their connection to the the Force to solve crimes.

To perform routine patrols in such a vast city-scape, the Coruscant Security Force relied heavily on droids which were a much more common presence than sentient police, especially on the upper levels. Specifically, the Coruscant model of the police droid were utilized for patrol services and investigative support while police probes would detect and report crimes. Security of the deep lower levels of Coruscant fell to the cops called the underworld police. Swathed in leather and metal armor of shades of gray and yellow to protect them, the cops who patrolled the underworld were much more toughened and burly than their droid and sentient counterparts on the upper levels. In providing services, the Coruscant Police primarily conducted foot patrols and utilized a variety of airspeeders. The most commonly seen were the Coruscant police speeders which allowed for two officers or droids as well as a prisoner compartment, and the BARC speeder, mostly utilized by police droids. With the introduction of the police gunship, the police were able to show an increased presence as well as provide for the deployment of larger forces from the troop bay.

With the Battle of Geonosis and the beginning of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, security on Coruscant was increasingly tightened. Primarily this was in the form of the of the elite clone shock troopers of the Coruscant Guard, a division of the Grand Army of the Republic. Fiercely loyal, the Coruscant Guards were assigned as peacekeepers and protectors of the Galactic Senate and Supreme Chancellor, slowly supplanting the Senate Guard who had held that duty for centuries. However, the Coruscant Security Force still remained primarily responsible for policing Coruscant and investigating crime. They were called in by Jedi Master Tera Sinube to assist with recovering the stolen lightsaber of Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano and the murder of Nack Movers that was uncovered in the process. The Jedi were able to assist the police in arresting the murders, Cassie Cryar and Ione Marcy. The Coruscant Police would also respond to the shooting of Davu Golec of the Ministry of Intelligence. Believing the killer to be Duchess Satine Kryze of the Mandalore, the police pursued her with the assistance of Coruscant Guard, but the Duchess was able to elude them before later turning herself in to the Senate Guard.

When the daughters of the Pantoran Chairman Papanoida, Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe, where kidnapped, Lieutenant Tan Divo arrived to investigate. Despite searching for evidence, Divo was unable to find traction in the case. Chairman Papanoida was able to recover his daughters with the unofficial assistance of Jedi Ahsoka Tano. A time later, during debate on a military enhancement bill, the Coruscant Police unintentionally prevented the assassination of Senator Padmé Amidala and later were able to arrest the bounty hunters responsible, Chata Hyoki and Robonino. With the murder of Senator Onaconda Farr Lieutenant Tan Divo was brought in to investigate. The case took a turn when Senator Mee Deechi was also found murdered and while Divo initially zeroed in on Senator Halle Burtoni, the killer was revealed to be Farr's aide, Lolo Purs. A time later, in the aftermath of her arrest for the murder of Letta Turmond Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano manged to escape the Republic military base where she was held and fled into the lower levels. The Coruscant Police were requested to assist in tracking the rouge Jedi and after several close calls with underworld cops, they were able to located her and Tano was captured. With the formation of the Galactic Empire, the Coruscant Police phased out its police droids and officers patrolled the streets with stormtroopers. Together, they conducted brutal riot control during Imperial relocation efforts in the underworld.

Overview
"We are in complete control of the situation."

- Lieutenant Tan Divo, to Chairman Papanoida

The Coruscant Security Force, also called the Coruscant Police, was the law enforcement agency in charge of maintaining order and peace on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant. It was responsible for conducting regular patrols of the city, investigating serious crimes such as murder and kidnapping, preventing attacks on citizens, and make arrests based on warrants or when witnessing a crime. It was composed of both sentient police officers and mechanical droid forces, programed for police functions. Officers could progress and hold supervisory ranks such lieutenant and/or could work as detectives. Those with rank were sometimes referred to as inspectors. Members of the Jedi Order who were experienced in the criminal underworld, called Jedi investigators, would sometimes assist the police with investigations. Because of their connection to the the Force, the Jedi could piece together evidence and solve crimes faster than the most seasoned of detectives in the Coruscant Police.

On the surface levels of Coruscant, the Coruscant model of the police droids were a far more common sight than their sentient counterparts as they were used as the primary force to patrol the vast, upper reaches of the cityscape. Beyond corruption and fatigue, the police droids were programmed to harm a sentient if certain parameters were met, such as if citizens were in danger or laws were being broken. Police probes were used as well, mostly to monitor and spot crimes when they occurred. They would then alert the nearest security forces and follow the suspects till they were apprehended. The deep reaches of the planet's lower levels were patrolled by the underworld police. Despite the efforts of the underworld cops, the lower levels remained a teeming hive of violence and crime with the police maintaining only a semblance of order. The planet was divided into several patrol areas, such as police sector 417.

Jurisdiction of the Senate District generally was under the Senate Guard, the elite soldiers of the Galactic Senate who had protected senators and the Supreme Chancellor for centuries. However, investigations of crimes including murder and kidnapping were still handled by the Coruscant Security Force. During the Clone Wars, an elite division was formed of clone shock troopers called the Coruscant Guard who were stationed on Coruscant as peacekeepers. Led by Clone Commander Fox, the Coruscant Guard would slowly take over functions previously held by the Senate Guard and Coruscant Police. Shock troopers would patrol together with the Coruscant Security Force, perform riot control, guard vital government buildings and infrastructure, and protect the Supreme Chancellor and the Senate. When necessary, Commander Fox had the authority to take charge of Coruscant Police resources to increase security or carry out missions.

Resources
"Drop your weapons and come with us quietly!"

- A police droid

The Coruscant police uniform mostly consisted of shades of navy blue, gray and yellow. Higher ranking officers such as lieutenants would wear navy blue tunics and pants, black boots, and a yellow utility belt with a silver buckle and a shoulder strap that attached to the belt. Stripes on the sleeves would indicate rank and a yellow band worn on the left arm displayed the police symbol. Cops in the lower levels would wear heavy leather and metal armor in dark gray with yellow shoulder pads to protect them from the harsh and cut-throat environment of the Coruscant underworld. The armor covered their faces, revealing only mechanical eye coverings. Their uniforms gave them a presence of anonymity and authority. It also had the effect of gaining them a mystic reputation as few knew if they were humanoid, droids, or something else.

Coruscant police officers, as well as their droid counterparts, were armed with blaster pistols as well as batons as melee and self defense weapons, and stuncuffs, to place on persons who were under arrest. While police officers and police droids both would patrol in the upper and lower levels on foot, to police the vast skylanes of the city, the Coruscant Security Force utilized a variety of airspeeders. The most commonly used vehicle for patrol and pursuit was the Coruscant police speeder which had a compartment for two officers or droids in the front and a barricaded section in the back for prisoners. Additionally, the BARC speeder was adapted from its military origins to be used as a patrol craft, easily navigable in the planet's narrow skylanes. The introduction of the police gunship, a smaller, sleeker version of the military grade Republic gunship, gave the Coruscant Police increased capabilities in both armament and presence. The gunship had spotlights and tracking equipment, fixed laser canons and dual mounted turrets which did not cause as much collateral damage as military weapons, and a troop bay from which police officers could be transported and rapidly deployed in larger numbers.

A stolen lightsaber
"Halt! Halt! You're under arrest!"

- A police droid to Crayer and Marcy

When Senator Padmé Amidala of the Galactic Republic Senate became the victim of an attempted assassination, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine requested the Jedi Council assigned Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan, Anakin Skywalker, to protect the her. However, Skywalker felt that the job of protecting the Senator should be the job of the local security forces on Coruscant so that the Jedi could investigate the assassination attempt itself. A second attempt on her life later on was thwarted by the Jedi whose investigation led them to discovering Count Dooku as behind the assassination order and that he was building a droid army for the Confederacy of Independent Systems on the planet Geonosis. The Republic attacked with the Grand Army of the Republic, composed of clone troopers, and with the Battle of Geonosis, the Clone Wars began.

With the Republic and the Jedi focusing their attentions less on local law enforcement and more towards war, the criminal underworld took advantage of the situation, working with the Separatists to undermine the Republic government on Coruscant. To help counter this, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker with his new padawan, Ahsoka Tano, went to Coruscant's Slum district G17 to arrest arms dealer Car Affa. As Skywalker entered the bar to arrest Affa and the patrons fled, a thief knocked over Tano, taking her lightsaber in the process. Ahsoka was unable to find the thief and with Affa in Skywalker's custody, the Jedi returned to the Temple. Hesitant to tell her master, Tano turned to elder Jedi Master Tera Sinube. Sinube was well known in Coruscant law enforcement and was an expert in the workings of Coruscant's criminal underworld. He was renowned for solving complicated cases faster than the most experienced Coruscant police detectives. Agreeing to assist Tano, their investigation led them to a well known killer, Nack Movers. Upon their arrival at the apartment of his girlfriend, Ione Marcy apartment they found Movers dead with Marcy huddling in the corner. Tano pursued the suspected murder, Cassie Cryar, who had Tano's lightsaber. Master Sinube, suspecting more to the story, notified the Coruscant Security Force and requested their assistance at the scene.

While waiting for the arrival of the police, Sinube questioned Marcy and discovered inconsistencies with her story of Mover's death. As the Coruscant Police droids entered the apartment, Sinube accused of being in league with Crayer, ordering the police droids to arrest her. Marcy ran through her apartment balcony with the police droids in pursuit but jumped into her waiting speeder and fled before the droids could grab her. Master Sinube, however, had placed a tracking device on Marcy and he requested to borrow a police BARC speeder from the police droids to which they consented. He then picked up Tano who had lost track of Cryar while pursuing her across the Coruscant skylane and using the tracker, the Jedi located the two suspects at a Coruscant train station. As Ahsoka ran towards them, she shouted to the nearby police droids to stop the suspects. Four police droids moved in, telling them they were under arrest. Two droids seized Marcy and placed her in restrains while their counterparts attempted to grab Crayer. However, she activated Tano's lightsaber, cut down the police droids, and ran with Tano in pursuit. As a train left the station, Crayer forced her way inside and Tano followed. Crayer took two passengers hostage and attempted to leave with them as it entered the next station. As the doors opened, she was confronted by Master Sinube who used his lightsaber to disarm Crayer and knocked her down before three police droids rushed into the compartment and took Crayer into custody.

Mandalorian intrigue
"We have a shooting in Sector GL5. Subject identified as Duchess Satine Kryze."

- A police probe

A time later, the Coruscant Security Force responded to a shooting in Sector GL5 which started a large scale manhunt and turned into a galactic incident. Duchess Satine Kryze of the New Mandalorains had arrived on Coruscant to speak out against the Republic Senate sending troops to the planet Mandalore to stop the Mandalorian splinter group called Death Watch. During the debate, Chancellor Palpatine played a message from Deputy Minister Jerec stating Mandalore was in a civil war and needed Republic military intervention. With Deputy Minister Jerec killed by a Death Watch attack and no way for her to verify his statements, Kryze met in a shadowy alley in of Coruscant with her contact in the Republic Ministry of Intelligence, Davu Golec. Golec gave Kryze a datadisc containing Deputy Minister Jerec's full statement which had been edited before being played to the Senate. It was at that moment that a Death Watch assassin fired a shot, killing Golec, and Kryze pulled out her blaster.

The shot alerted a Coruscant police probe which arrived on the scene as a crowd gathered. The police probe identified a shooting had taken place, but seeing Kryze with a blaster over the deceased Golec, identified her as the suspect. Police droids arrived on the scene seconds later and informed Kryze she was under arrest. Shocked but maintaining her innocents, Kryze fled the scene with the police in pursuit. The police probe informed nearby Coruscant Guard shock troopers who joined the police in the foot pursuit. Running into a crowed, Kryze fired a stun bolt with her blaster, disabling the the police probe tracking her and sending it to the ground. The police droids tripped over the disabled probe and fell to the ground, with the riot troopers also stumbling over them. The moment of confusion allowed Kryze to blend into the onlookers and ducking into an alley.

The troopers, however, spotted Kryze turning the corner and it was at that moment an individual in a speeder with a similar cloak as Kryze left the alley in his speeder. Believing the individual to by Kryze, the riot troopers communicated to the police units that she was fleeing the scene heading towards Section IG44. Two Coruscant Police droids on BARC speeders picked up the chase, with more following, but allowing Kryze to avoid capture. Both Coruscant Police and Coruscant Guards continued the search for Kryze, questioning the locals if they had seen her, and Vice Chair Mas Amedda made a public statement demanding Kryze turn herself in to Republic law enforcement. Kryze requested help from an old friend, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and agreed to meet him in the Coruscant plaza. Avoiding the Coruscant Police and troopers searching the park for her, Kryze handed the holodisc to Kenobi and, after escaping a brief fight with the Death Watch assassin, the two made their way to the Senate Building. There, Kryze turned herself in to the Senate Guards on duty and Kenobi gave the holodisc to Senator Amidala who then played the full recording of Jerec to the Senate. In it, Jerec affirmed Mandalore's ability to deal with Death Watch and with this, the Senate voted to not occupy the planet, Kryze was vindicated, and the police murder investigation into her was closed.

Kidnapping the Papanoidas
"We've completed a through sweep of your apartment, Chairman. No evidence of foul play."

- Lieutenant Tan Divo

A while after that, the Trade Federation initiated a blockade of the planet Pantora in an effort to secretly force them to join the Separatists while publicly demanding they pay their debts so that trade could resume. The situation escalated and the Coruscant Security Force became involved when the daughters of the Pantoran Chairman Papanoida, Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe, where kidnapped. The police were called and an inspector, Lieutenant Tan Divo, arrived at Papanoida's apartment to begin his investigation. Jedi Padawan Tano, a good friend of Pantoran Senator Riyo Chuchi, informed her master Anakin Skywalker and Senator Amidala of the kidnapping. Skywalker told Tano the kidnapping was not under the Jedi's jurisdiction but rather a matter for the Coruscant police. With the Separatists possibly involved, Amidala was unsure if the local police could handle the matter and Skywalker agreed Tano could investigate on her own. Tano met with Chairman Papanoida, his son, Ion, and Senator Chuchi to offer her help, though unofficially. Papanoida agreed and upon Tano's suggestion, she and Chuchi left to see if the daughters were on one of the Federation battleships blockading Pantora. Papanoida and his son went to their apartment to followup on the police investigation.

At the apartment, Lieutenant Divo, assisted by three police droids, had conducted a sweep of the Chairman's residence but had found no evidence the daughters were forcibly removed. He gave Papanoida a brief summary of the negative results of the sweep and made assurances that the police had the situation under control. However, in their search of Papanoida's apartment, the police failed to realize that Papanoida's Icon of the Moon Goddess had been misplaced and so missed the trace amount of blood, left there by the kidnappers, underneath the statue. After the police left the apartment, Chairman Papanoida discovered the blood when replacing his idol. An analysis of the blood showed it to be that of Greedo, a Rodian bounty hunter from Tatooine. Frustrated with the lack of progress the police had made, Papanoida and Ion went to Tatooine themselves where they found Greedo. During a shootout at a cantina, they were able to locate and recover Chi Eekway. Meanwhile, Senator Chuchi and Padawan Tano arrived at the blockade and met with Trade Federation officials. There, they discovered that Federation was behind the kidnapping to force Papanoida's hand. They were able to free Che Amanwe and in the process convinced the Federation to abandon the blockade. With Papanoida's daughters safely returned to him, the investigation was concluded.

War and politics
"That is a stolen vehicle. Put your hands in the air!"

- A police droid, to Padmé Amidala

As the war dragged on, negotiations between the Republic and the Separatists had opened and the Republic Senate was set to approve the Separatist's peace proposal. At that point, several demolition droids, infiltrated the power generator located far below the Senate District and bombed it. The destroyed generator cut power to a large part of the capital, including the Senate Building. As darkness descended and explosions were unleashed by a surge of energy, the Coruscant police responded across the city though they were helpless to stop the panic and chaos that erupted on Coruscant's streets and skylanes. The bombing was confirmed as a Separatist attack and the Senate voted to deregulate the banks, allowing for an increase in clone troopers. The next morning, a semblance of order had been restored though a heavy smoke still rose over the city from the explosions.

By that evening, the power had been restored but the government initiated mandatory blackouts as a precaution. At the same, the Senate began a debate over a military spending bill. Senators who opposed the bill began receiving threats and, using the blackouts as cover, several Senators were attacked and beaten by the bounty hunters Chata Hyoki and Robonino, who were hired by Count Dooku. The issue soon became a police matter and not just political. Undeterred by the attacks, Senators Padmé Amidala and Onaconda Farr, himself beaten by thugs, visited the apartment of Senator Christo to convince him to vote down the bill. Upon leaving his residence, Amidala was attacked in an alley by Robonino and Hyoki. Hearing her screams and the struggle, two Coruscant Police droids rushed to the scene. Pointing their blasters, the droids demanded the bounty hunters drop their weapons. As they moved in to arrest the thugs, Hyoki fired a wrist blaster several times into the torso of the droid. At the same time Robonion jumped onto the second droid, overwhelming it and smashing its head into the ground. Seeing the police droids were disabled, Amidala ran and stole a speeder bike from a couple to escape.

Hyoki was in pursuit and managed to attach a grappling cable to it as Amidala sped off. Robonino followed in his own speeder and the chase wound through Coruscant's streets. As Amidala was fighting with Hyoki over control of the speeder with Robonino ramming her, they flew past two police droids holding a position on a corner street in a Coruscant police speeder. The droids immediately began the pursuit and Amidala was finally able to briefly shake off the two bounty hunters. As she turned the corner, several police speeders surrounded her bringing the chase to a stop. Amidala demanded the thugs be arrested, but not seeing Robonino or Hyoki, the police only noted the speeder was stolen and placed Amidala under arrest. Later, she was released from their custody after the situation had been explained, but the two thugs had already escaped. The next day Alderaan Senator Bail Organa was on his way to give a speech in the Senate when Hyoki and Robonino jumped him in the parking garage. The senator pressed an emergency button and the Coruscant Security Force immediately responded to the scene along with several Alderaan guards. The bounty hunters opened fire with the police and guards shooting back. Robonino attempted to circle around but a second police speeder arriving in the hanger slammed into him, knocking him unconscious. The police and guards then engaged Hyoki and Organa attempted to flee but Hyoki shot his speeder causing the Senator to crash. Several guards were able to approach Hyoki, forcing him to surrender.

Murders in the Senate
"What makes you think it was murder?''" "''Poison, of course. The politicians' preferred method. Found a chemical in his bloodstream, killed him right away. It's an obvious case. Politicians always have something to hide, and it always comes back to haunt them, am I right? Oh, look who I'm asking. Room full of politicians."

- Padmé Amidala and Tan Divo

Immediately thereafter, the Senate continued debating to decrease military spending. After a speech by Senator Amidala promoting the bill, the proponents of the legislation&mdash;including Senators, Mon Mothma, and Bail Organa, along with Farr's assistant, Lolo Purs&mdash;withdrew to Amidala's office. While enjoying refreshments, Farr choked and died. The Coruscant Security Force was called in and responded to investigate the suspicious death and Divo was assigned as the inspector on the case. Samples were taken of the drinks, and the forensics report concluded that a poison had been given to the Senator, thereby classifying the death as a homicide. After the Senator's funeral, Farr's political allies were summoned to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's office in the Republic executive building. There, Divo revealed that Farr had not died of natural causes but had in fact been murdered. Amidala suggested that Farr had been killed because of someone who was angry over the proposed military spending reduction bill. Divo was dismissive of that idea and told the senators to stay out of his investigation.

Not convinced by Divo's assurances, Amidala decided to pursue her own theory. She began by questioning Farr's political enemies, Senators Mee Deechi and Halle Burtoni. Deechi revealed that he had Farr followed to dig up dirt on the Senator and that the night before his death, Farr had gone to the Coruscant docks for a clandestine meeting. Though reminded by her friends that Divo had ordered them to stay out of the investigation, Amidala went to the docks with Organa. There, they were ambushed and shot at though they did not know the identity of the attacker. The disturbance alerted Coruscant police forces and they responded and secured the crime scene. After arriving on the scene himself, Divo expressed his annoyance at Amidala's actions that not only had she failed to inform him of her lead at the docks, but she had also made his job more difficult by alerting the killer to the fact that the investigation was closing in on the culprit. During the conversation, Amidala came to believe that Deechi might have been responsible for the attempt on her life, as he was the one who had told her about the docks. Though Divo tried to tell her to slow down, she ignored him, and the frustrated inspector followed her and Organa back to Deechi's office. There, they found Deechi stabbed to death in his chair.

In order to secure the lives of the individuals involved in the case including Senators Amidala and Organa as well as Farr's assistant Lolo Purs, Divo gathered all of them together at the Senate Building and told them they would be placed under the protection of Coruscant police and Senate Guard forces. However, Lolo Purs refused and left the room. Divo questioned the remaining persons about who else had been aware that Amidala and Organa were going to the docks. In response, Amidala stated that the only other person who had known was Senator Burtoni. Though Divo tried to locate Burtoni, she was nowhere to be found.

Divo returned to the senators in time for Purs to burst in and claim that Burtoni had attacked her. Divo ordered the Senate Guards and Coruscant police droids to find Burtoni and they conducted a search but without success. Eventually they were able to capture her and bring her to the Chancellor's office, where several individuals involved with the case, including Amidala and Organa as well as Chancellor Palpatine, were waiting. Initial questioning by Divo led Burtoni to deny any involvement in both Farr's murder and the attack on Purs. Divo then revealed that a forensics report indicated that the poison used to kill Farr, one that was lethal only to Rodians, was Kaminoan-made in origin. With that evidence in hand, Divo ordered Burtoni taken away.

However, at that point, Amidala noticed that since the poison must have been in everyone's drink, Purs should have died as well, as she was also Rodian. Amidala then remembered that Purs had not drunk anything. Purs, feeling revealed and exposed, pulled out a small blaster and took Amidala hostage. When asked why by Amidala, Purs answered that she had killed Farr because of the war he had brought to Rodia and that a new and morally stronger leader was needed. As Deechi had known about the meeting, Purs had felt that he had to be removed as well. Her confession validated Divo's original theory, as it had been a mistake from Farr's past that had led to his murder. During the conversation, Divo, unnoticed by Purs, discreetly activated the police droids outside of the Chancellor's office. They surprised Purs at the door, allowing Amidala to break away and knock her unconscious. The police droids and Divo then took Purs into custody.

Chasing a Jedi
"Looks like the Jedi are after one of their own."

- An underworld police officer, discussing Ahsoka Tano

As the war progressed, an explosion occurred at a Jedi Temple hanger that killed six Jedi and several clone troopers and maintenance crews. The investigation by crime scene analysis droid Russo-ISC and Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, found that Letta Turmond, the wife of Temple employee Jackar Bowmani, had fed him volatile nano-droids which then exploded killing Bowmani and causing the bombing at the Temple. Turmond was arrested and held at the Republic military base. When Tano went to visit her, Turmond was killed using a Force choke making Tano seem to be the murder. Though unknown to all, the true murderer was rogue Jedi Barriss Offee. However, Tano was arrested by the Coruscant Guard and placed in a cell.

However, Tano managed to escape with, to her unknown, the assistance of Barriss Offee. During the escape, several Coruscant Guards were killed by a lightsaber leading the pursuing troopers to believe it was Tano. In response to this, the Jedi Council ordered Tano's arrest. The Coruscant police was told that she had been last seen fleeing to the lower levels, and so the underworld police divisions were also put on high alert. Tano managed to temporarily avoid notice by using a cloak to hide her identity. However, at one point two officers boarded a Coruscant train that Tano was on and they began checking IDs of the passengers. As Tano attempted to leave the train at the next station, she ran into three more officers on the platform. The cops identified Tano and moved in to arrest her. Tano pushed the officers away using the Force, throwing one back onto the platform. He signaled ahead to other units as the train left the station and the remaining four officers gave chase.

Dodging passengers, Tano fled through the train cars. A civilian attempted to hold her and the police officers managed to briefly overpower her. However, Tano fought them off during the scuffle and opened a door of the train. She then jumped onto the adjacent platform as the train passed. Believing herself safe, Tano began walking away. Three officers standing on the platform then noticed her and ordered her to stop. Tano fled from the station and towards an open turbolift door. The cops, seeing they were about to loose their quarry, opened fire on her with their blasters, but Tano had already entered a lift by that time had escaped the officers' shots. The search continued and shortly thereafter, two police officers on Level 1315 spotted an explosion at a warehouse. They gave an alert to a search group composed of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Master Plo Koon, and Coruscant Guard troopers, all of whom responded and were able to capture Tano at the warehouse. Tano was placed on trial but vindicated by Skywalker who discovered the true traitor was Barriss Offee.

Rule of the Empire
"I am not sure this is enough. You are both a risk, running from the underworld police... what is your crime again?" "We aren't criminals." "Then you have nothing to fear, eh?"

- A Pau'an criminal arguing with Santiago and Anandra Milon after the roundup of Alderaanians on Coruscant

By the end of the Clone Wars, the aging police droids were gradually phased out for patrol functions as clone troopers became an increasing sight in enforcing law and order. Shortly after the Battle of Coruscant, the Jedi discovered that Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was in fact a Sith Lord and had engineered the Clone Wars from the beginning. They attempted to place him under arrest but failed when Anakin Skywalker interfered, falling to the dark side of the Force and becoming Darth Vader. Palpatine initiated Order 66 and the Jedi were declared enemies of the state to be executed by the clone troopers. Palpatine declared himself Emperor and the Republic became the Galactic Empire. As the Empire took hold, the Coruscant Police not only continued with their law enforcement functions, but also became an extension of Imperial might. Police officers would frequently conduct patrols accompanied by Imperial Stormtroopers. Additionally, the police gunships, developed for use by security forces on Coruscant, were modified to be used as patrol craft on other Imperial worlds such as Lothal.

As the Republic's ideals were swept away, the Rebel Alliance formed to fight against the Empire. Species that joined the Alliance were target by Imperial forces who were sent into the lower levels of Coruscant to enforce the relocation of the Mon Calamari. However, as Coruscant Security Forces and stormtroopers began the relocation efforts, specfically in the Old Market Sector, the Mon Calamari resisted. The resulting riots were brutally put down by the police and stormtroopers. After the destruction of the planet Alderaan by the Death Star, rumors of what occured began reaching the Alderaanian population, most of whom lived on Level 3204. Vigils were held which soon became heated and angry when images followed the rumors, confirming Alderaan had been destroyed. The vigils turned into rioting which lasted for several days until the Coruscant Security Force and the Imperial stormtroopers were sent in to restore order. However, as the troops marched into the streets, the stormtroopers opened fire with their blasters. One of the causalities was Reffe who died during his tirade against the Empire. The crowds, frightened, dispersed.

The following day, the Coruscant police arrested anyone caught out in the streets. The day after that, stormtroopers began going door to door stating that Rebel spies had recruited local residents and Alderaanians had to be taken in for questioning. At one point after the relocation of the Alderaanians, an underworld police officer was on patrol with a stormtrooper when they entered a cantina on level Level 1997. Recognizing two Alderaanian juveniles, Santiago and Anandra Milon, from his facial recognition display, the stormtrooper gave chase on his own, leaving the underworld cop behind. The stormtrooper was able to catch up with Anandra and attempted to arrest her. However, during the struggle, a Herglic came to Anandra's rescue, overpowered the Stormtrooper and threw him over the level's railing, killing him.

At the Battle of Endor, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker turned his father, Darth Vader, back to light side of the Force and he once again became Anakin Skywalker. He grabbed the Emperor and threw him to his death though Anakin, seriously injured, died as well. The second Death Star was destroyed and the Rebel Alliance was victorious. As word of the Emperor's death spread, Coruscant erupted into celebration and joyful rioting. Citizens overwhelmed the stormtrooper forces, seizing them as bells ran out, fireworks exploded, and statues of Emperor Palpatine were torn down.

Tan Divo
"After all, I'm the inspector, you're the senator, so I'll handle the inspecting, and you can stick to the&hellip; the 'Senating.'"

- Tan Divo, to Padmé Amidala

Tan Divo was a police lieutenant in the Coruscant Security Force serving as an inspector during Clone Wars. While he did not have a high rate of success as a detective, Divo displayed a self-important and pompous nature, believing he would solve whatever case he was assigned to. He held a rigid, by-the-book attitude in his investigations that often frustrated those who were victims or witnesses. His arrogance sometimes caused him to jump to conclusions before he had fully considered all possibilities and reviewed all the evidence. Divo believed firmly in the necessity of rules and order, though he disliked reports and paperwork, and he took offense with anyone overstepping their bounds, specifically interfering with his investigations. Divo was also a victim of circumstances: When he was called to scene of the kidnapping of the Papanoida daughters, Divo was unaware that the Icon of the Moon Goddess was not in the correct location and so neither he nor the police droids noticed the blood underneath the idol, the only clue of the kidnapper's identity. Additionally, during Divo's investigation of the murder of Senator Farr, Divo voiced at the beginning he believed Farr to be killed by a politician over something in Farr's history. However, Divo let himself be incompetently sidetracked by the efforts of Senator Amidala and the false accusations of Lolo Purs and he then jumped to the conclusion that Senator Burtoni was the killer of both Farr and Senator Deechi. Ironically, Divo's original theory proved to be correct when Farr's assistant, Purs, was revealed to be the true killer.

Underworld police
"Calling all units. Suspicious activity on Level 1315."

- An Underworld Police officer The police officers of the Underworld Police division were assigned to patrol the vast reaches of the lower levels of the planet. Coruscant's underworld was notoriously violent, crime filled, and hardened as were the cops who policed it and kept only a bare semblance of order. They wore heavy metal and leather armor which enveloped them completely, leaving only mechanical eye coverings visible of their faces. The armor provided them with not only extra protection and a sense of anonymity, but also of authority and mystery. To the denizens of the lower levels, the underworld cops with their armor may have well been humanoid, droids, or something else entirely. The intimidation worked to the cops' advantage in the dangerous underworld but even so, officers would usually patrol in teams of two or three. Under the Empire, the Underworld Police worked with Imperial stormtroopers and while the cops had stayed together, the stormtroopers, enthusiastic in their duties, were not as careful. Those who left their law enforcement partners behind would quickly find themselves in grave danger or even dead. The underworld cops were more aggressive and capable in handling dangerous subjects than their sleek, droid counterparts on the surface. During the search for the fugitive Ahsoka Tano, the underworld cops engaged the rouge Jedi repeatedly despite her successful efforts to fight back. When it seemed they would loose her, the officers opened fire with their blasters to stop her, regardless of who was standing near and would be caught in the cross fire. During the time of the Empire, the ruthlessness of the Underworld Police was put to use by the Imperial government which used them along with stormtroopers to brutally crush riots and open fire on protestors, killing them.

Police droid
"Put your hands up!"

- A police droid

The police droids were the Coruscant Security Force's most visible element on the upper levels of Coruscant during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Sleek and polished, the police droids were incorruptible and without fatigue and thereby better able to patrol the vast reaches of the upper city planet than any force of sentients could. Their programing allowed them to cause harm to others, if a law was being broken or a citizen was in danger. However, the droid's rigid thinking could also be outsmarted, making them more suited to police the upper levels of the city planet than the violent and unpredictable lower levels patrolled by the Underworld Police. The blue-gray droids had masculine programing and were humanoid in shape, with a head that formed into a cylindrical helmet. Just like their humanoid counterparts, police droids carried blasters, batons, and stuncuffs and responded to calls either on foot or in BARC speeders and Coruscant police speeders. Most often, the police droids were the first responders to situations. They created perimeters, questioned witnesses, and collected evidence before handing the cases over to organic police officers and investigators. The police droids were involved in several cases in a support capacity, including the investigation of the kidnapping of Che Amanwe and Chi Eekway, the daughters of Chairman Papanoida of Pantora. They also assisted Lieutenant Tan Divo during the homicide investigation of Rodia Senator Onaconda Farr. They collected evidence, secured the crime scene, and assisted in arresting the murderer. However, as the Clone Wars drew to a close, the aging police droids were gradually phased out of service, replaced by clone troopers and, under the Empire, the Imperial stormtroopers.

Behind the scenes
"The "Senate Murders" episode of The Clone Wars is unusual in that it almost seems like a Law & Order episode. You play Lieutenant Tan Divo and we've never really seen a regular police detective before in the Star Wars universe."'' ''"You usually have these Arthurian-type Jedi Knights but they're not really cops. If someone steals a pack of gum, you're not going to call the Jedi. It's an interesting thing to see gumshoe, flat-foot cops exist in the Star Wars universe. There have to be this kind of civil servant peacekeepers that aren't up to the Jedi level. They are the Joe Fridays of Star Wars."

- StarWars.com interviewing Tom Kenny on the Coruscant Police

Coruscant law enforcement was first mentioned indirectly in the film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, which was released on May 16, 2002, when Anakin Skywalker states that protection is supposed to be the job of the "local security." Prior to that, the Coruscant Security Force had begun to develop a back-story which became quiet significant in Star Wars Legends material. However, their first appearance in Canon would be in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, specifically the episode "Lightsaber Lost," which aired in 2010. The episode introduced the police droids which were based on the Keystone Kops, a series of silent film comedies about an incompetent group of policemen. The droids also played a prominent role in the episode Senate Murders, and the episode commentary for "Senate Murders" states that the police droids had been used by the Coruscant police for a long time before being phased out by the time of the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

"Senate Murders" also introduced Tan Divo, a detective who was cast as an "old school," "by the book" police officer, yet who had a slightly comical element to him. The online Star Wars Encyclopedia entry for Tan Divo, stated that he was an officer with the "Coruscant Security Force" confirming the name in the established Star Wars Canon whereas previous material had simply referred to "Coruscant Police" or just "Police." In "Pursuit of Peace," a police droid is shown drinking an unidentified substance. Whether or not the scene was to be taken seriously or as comic relief remains to be clarified. The last arc of The Clone Wars: Season Five brought a more serious light to the Coruscant Security Force, versus the slightly comic effect of Tan Divo and the police droids. Specifically in the episode "To Catch a Jedi," which aired on February 24, 2013 where the Coruscant Underworld Police first appeared. A creation of George Lucas, the underworld cops were designed to be more intimidating and rougher than their upper levels counterparts.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones