Coruscant Security Force/Legends

"We're the law on Coruscant. Not the Jedi."

- Gwad Raatu

The Coruscant Security Force (CSF), also known as the Coruscant Police Force or Coruscant Security, was a police/paramilitary force during the reigns of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, the New Republic, and the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. It was in charge of maintaining law and order on the galactic capital planet of Coruscant. Its duties included regular patrols of Galactic City, criminal investigations, counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence operations, crowd control, diplomatic protection, maintaining the world's skylanes, and, in some cases, the military defense of Coruscant. The CSF was commanded by the Coruscant Security Force Senior Command and was headquartered at the Coruscant Security Force Divisional Headquarters. Though staffed mostly by sentient police officers, droids were used as well, including police droids, police probes, and crime scene investigation droids. Major crimes were investigated by detectives, although high-ranking officers could also investigate such crimes. Specialized units included the SWAT unit, the Anti-Terrorism Unit, the Organized Crime Unit, Traffic Control, and the Forensics Unit. The CSF utilized VAAT/e ships and CSF assault ships as rapid troop deployment platforms, and Coruscant police speeders and RapidResponse police speeders were often used as patrol and pursuit airspeeders. If at times officers felt they could be entering a dangerous area, they could receive an escort by a police cruiser backup unit.

During the time of the Galactic Republic, the CSF was assisted by the Senate Guards&mdash;who served as a secondary police force for Coruscant&mdash;and the Jedi Order. During the Clone Wars, the CSF was supported by clone commandos and the clone shock troopers of the Coruscant Guard. When Order 66 was issued, the CSF assisted in hunting down Jedi, although many CSF officers were privately resentful of Emperor Palpatine and his New Order. Some officers turned a blind eye when spotting Jedi, and in the following years others spied for the Rebel Alliance. Under the Empire, the Coruscant Guard took over the primary responsibility of Coruscant's security. The CSF acted in a support capacity to the Guard and was staffed by stormtroopers as well as regular police officers. Also during this time, CSF overseers held the rank of Moff, and many of the Moffs shared their officers' resistance to Palpatine's rule. After the fall of the Empire, the CSF was reinstated as the primary Coruscant law enforcement agency for the New Republic. With the Fall of Coruscant during the Yuuzhan Vong War, most of the CSF was wiped out; however, it was re-established after the end of the conflict. The Second Galactic Civil War placed the CSF in the middle of the conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Confederation. Some CSF officers were recruited into the Galactic Alliance Guard to counter Corellian terrorist activities on Coruscant. The GAG was later disbanded following the death of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Caedus. After the Civil War, the CSF continued to serve as Coruscant's police force.

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

- Tan Divo

The Coruscant Security Force was tasked with providing law enforcement and security on the galactic capital of Coruscant. This included maintaining the planet's skylanes, handing out speeding tickets, criminal investigations, regular patrols of the various districts and neighborhoods of Galactic City, counter-terror and counter-espionage operations, crowd control at major events and public disturbances, diplomatic protection, and responding to a variety of other emergencies and situations. The CSF also had the authority to pursue investigations outside of their normal jurisdiction on Coruscant&mdash;an ability that extended even to Simpla-12 in the Outer Rim Territories.

From their headquarters in Quadrant A-89 of Galactic City, the Coruscant Security Force performed these duties throughout the reign of several galactic governments. At times, traditional police officers were supplemented with other units, as they were during the Imperial era. The majority of crime on the planet occurred in the lower city levels. Most politicians and influential citizens refused to do much about the situation, preferring to live in the upper levels and skyscrapers away from the unpleasantness of the lower levels and slums. Areas such as the Factory District and the Crimson Corridor were especially heavy with crime. Police rarely visited these areas, and when they did, it was in significant numbers. A database was maintained by the CSF that tracked a variety of data including a list of criminals and known areas of heavy crime. The CSF could be reached by their emergency call number of 9–1–1.

Organization and units
"I'm incident commander. I say how and when anyone goes in."

- Lt. Dovel, to Omega Squad

Throughout its history, the Coruscant Security Force had commanding officers who were placed in charge of its daily operations. They were referred to as Coruscant Security Force Senior Command. The ranks directly under them were Captain, Lieutenant, Chief of Detectives, Detective, Sergeant, and Officer or Constable. Although the rank of detective existed, officers of other ranks could also perform investigative-type duties. They were then referred to as inspector, along with the title of the rank that they held. It was common for high ranking officers to investigate high profile cases, such as those involving senators. The CSF also had other titles for various duties&mdash;Special Agent was used to describe those working undercover or on special assignments, and the title of Incident Commander was used by the officer in charge of a major police operation. Republic Peace Officer was a title that was occasionally used for CSF police officers during the time of the Galactic Republic. However, it was a term that referred to the officer's career field, as opposed to their individual rank.

During the days of the Galactic Empire, a Moff was placed in command of the CSF, which at the time was staffed by stormtroopers and regular police officers. Later, under the Galactic Alliance, the Chief of State had the authority&mdash;although rarely used&mdash;to give commands to the CSF, even countermanding the CSF's commanding officer. This included assigning command positions to individuals and giving or removing responsibilities. The CSF in turn provided protection services to the Chief of State, including bodyguards and intelligence information.

The CSF also had units that specialized in responding to and dealing with specific crimes and situations. The units included SWAT teams, a Forensics Unit that was staffed by Scenes of Crimes Officers and crime scene investigation droids, the Organized Crime Unit, and an Anti-Terrorism Unit. The latter was replaced by the Anti-Terrorist Unit during the time of the Galactic Alliance.

The CSF's traffic authority, Coruscant Traffic Control, was charged with maintaining order in the massive skylanes of Galactic City, a duty it performed during the time of the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, and the New Republic. During the reconstruction of Coruscant under the Galactic Alliance, Galactic City Air Traffic Control was formed and tasked with monitoring the skylanes. However, the CSF continued to maintain its own traffic units. As the primary law enforcement agency, they also had the authority to supersede Air Traffic Control, especially in situations involving bombings, riots, or other major police actions.

Equipment and transportation
"Wearing armor may be the latest style on the Rimworlds, but here in civilization we usually take off our spacesuits, planetside. Heavy armor usually means trouble."

- Coruscant Security Force files

Around the time of the Great Galactic War, the CSF uniform consisted of an off-white or tan-colored uniform shirt, tan pants, dark knee-high boots, a utility belt, a gray blast vest, and a gray blast helmet or headset comlink. In the waning years of the Republic, the CSF uniform was a dark blue shirt and pants, dark boots, a utility belt, a white blast helmet, and a yellow blast vest. However, during the Clone Wars, the yellow vest was discarded in favor of black- or blue-colored blast vests. This uniform was also used by the CSF in the following decades. If so inclined, officers could make use of black or blue body armor for patrol or during demonstrations and major operations. Specifically during the Clone Wars, higher ranking officers could also choose to wear a strap over their right shoulder that attached to their utility belt, as well as markings on their sleeves denoting their rank. Sentient police officers were given the Coruscant Security Force issue blaster as a side arm, although they also had access to heavier blasters as needed. There was also a droid blaster pistol variation. During riots and urban unrest, officers utilized the Merr-Sonn R-88 Suppressor riot rifle to pacify large crowds.

The CSF used a variety of vehicles to perform their duties. For large deployments, SWAT raids, or riot response, the CSF used the Variable Altitude Assault Transport/enforcement, also known as the VAAT/e. Toward the end of the Clone Wars, the Coruscant Security Force assault ship took over those duties as the CSF's preferred assault and transport ship. An incident support vessel was also used for transport, crowd control, and various other support operations at major police operations and incidents.

Depending on the area, the CSF mostly used police speeders for patrols, along with specialized RapidResponse police speeders. A BARC speeder was sometimes accompanied by a police cruiser backup unit if the officers felt they needed extra assistance or were entering a potentially dangerous area. For escort duties, the CSF also made use of swoops. During the time of the Great Galactic War, the CSF was responsible for monitoring the space traffic in and around Coruscant, and it used orbital security stations for that purpose. During the reign of the New Republic, the CSF utilized the Coruscant Security Force interceptor as a space and high altitude pursuit and defense fighter.

Relationship with other law enforcement
"You've already started collecting evidence, and the Jedi can bring some unique resources to bear."

- Luke Skywalker, to Detectives Chal Tozr and Gwad Raatu

During the time of the Galactic Republic, certain Jedi at times assisted the CSF in crime fighting on Coruscant. The Jedi Order could claim jurisdiction over a matter if a Jedi was involved or at the request of the Republic, although they did not have to and many times did not. Still, CSF officers often felt resentful when the Jedi did involve themselves, even if the CSF needed the help. A former Jedi by the name of Lexia Ginorra was well known to the CSF. In the waning years of the Republic, she had renounced her ties to the Jedi Order and continued life in the underlevels of Coruscant as a vigilante. However, since she put an end to a significant level of gang violence there, the CSF did little to stop her. Instead, in many of the tales that CSF officers told amongst themselves and to others, she became the protagonist and gained the famous yet inaccurate title of "the Sith."

The end of the Clone Wars drastically changed the relationship between the CSF and the Jedi. The CSF disliked Supreme Chancellor Palpatine for his politics, his handling of the war, and his restriction of the resources available to the CSF. However, most CSF officers saw the Jedi as traitors for attempting to overthrow the institution of the Supreme Chancellor, and thus had no qualms assisting in the hunt for Jedi during Order 66. Nevertheless, some turned a blind eye to any Jedi they discovered. In the time of the Galactic Alliance, some CSF officers continued to resent the need of Jedi assistance, as they had in the days of the Republic.

Before and during the Clone Wars, the CSF worked closely with the Senate Guard, an organization that had protected senators and other government officials for thousands of years and served as a second police force for Coruscant. Senate Guards were trained to focus on facts and forensic evidence when carrying out police investigations, and a Senate Guard investigation was characteristically meticulous, thorough, and successful. When the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Palpatine formed the Red Guard, the role and authority of the Senate Guard was diminished. With the spread of the clone trooper forces, the Senate Guard became redundant and was phased out. The CSF Staff and Social Club was a bar favored by CSF officers. It was a location to which CSF officers often invited members of other organizations as a favor or sign of respect. Officers also frequently visited the Kragget, a restaurant with low rates that was known for its greasy food.

Sith invasion and Cold War
"Unidentified vessel, this is Coruscant Security. We weren't expecting&hellip; Do you have a clearance code?"

- Femi's communication to the Sith fleet

In 3,653 BBY, the CSF were the first to come in contact with the reformed Sith Empire when the Sith began the Sacking of Coruscant. At the time of the attack, CSF's Orbital Security Station Six was in charge of monitoring starship traffic around Coruscant. An all-clear report was given to Coruscant Control by the Twi'lek female Femi, a CSF agent assigned to Orbital Station Six. Following the report, a Sith armada entered Coruscant space, and the CSF security station requested clearance codes from the fleet, unsure of who they were. The Sith fleet was commanded by the Sith Lord Darth Angral, who ordered the fleet to destroy the station, killing the CSF agents on board in the process. The Sith then began their invasion of the planet.

One Sith dropship landed at the Senate Building, where the Sith were met with resistance from CSF officers, Republic Special Forces Lieutenant Harron Tavus, and Jedi Master Orgus Din, but they were unable to prevent the Sith from capturing the Senate Building and killing the Supreme Chancellor. The Sith overwhelmed the Republic resistance and occupied key sections of Coruscant; however, parts of the lower levels remained under Republic and CSF control. The Sith shortly thereafter withdrew from Coruscant, but not before they had used their occupation of the planet to force the Republic into the Treaty of Coruscant, starting the military and economic Cold War between the Republic and the Sith Empire.

After the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, the Galactic Senate was forced to make difficult decisions on prioritizing the Republic's resources. Only those parts of Coruscant that were vital for the running of the government and for trade were rebuilt. Due to this, large parts of Galactic City remained in ruins. Additionally, the CSF was unable to prevent several sectors of the city from falling to gang control.

Scientists, Sith, and Jedi
"Why investigate it, why drag every sordid detail into the sun?"

- Uta S'orn, discussing the CSF investigation

Millennia later, in 76 BBY, the CSF took custody of the pirates Lorian Nod, a failed Jedi Knight, and Eero Iridian from Jedi Knight Dooku and his Padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn. The pirates had attacked Senator Blix Annon and were captured on Von-Alai by the Jedi, and they were then transported to Coruscant for trial.

In 42 BBY, the Bothan Yur T'aug was a captain in the CSF. He was called in to investigate the murder of Fligh, who had been found in the Lane of All Worlds, an alleyway next to the Senate Building. Fligh was a petty thief but also an informant for Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. T'aug discovered what he thought was an interesting detail: Fligh's body had been drained of blood. Didi Oddo, a friend of Jinn, informed the Jedi of Fligh's murder. When Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, went to the crime scene and asked to see the body, T'aug consented. After some questioning by the Jedi, T'aug reluctantly revealed information about the case.

On Simpla-12, the body of Ren S'orn was discovered, and T'aug was sent to investigate. As S'orn's body had likewise been drained of blood, T'aug decided to drop the case. When he was confronted about this by Kenobi, the Captain openly refused to cooperate with the Jedi. He did, however, reveal that the case had been dropped at the request of Senator Uta S'orn, Ren S'orn's mother. When questioned by Kenobi, the Senator said that she was afraid of what T'aug would find and that she simply wished the matter to go away. The Jedi later discovered that Ren had been murdered by Jenna Zan Arbor, a scientist who had conducted experiments on Ren before killing him. Fligh had faked his own death in order to escape to Belasco after he had stolen Senator S'orn's datapad.

The CSF launched an undercover operation to investigate the Black Heth gang that had been operating on the lower levels. The undercover informant sent in to investigate was discovered by the gang and held at a constructions site. The CSF requested the assistance of the Jedi and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had also been investigating the Black Heth, was dispatched to rescue the informant. Fighting his way through several Black Heth thugs, Kenobi was able to prevent the execution of the informant who was being question as to his true identity. The informant passed on to Kenobi that the Black Heth were importing large quantities of illegal weapons into Coruscant. Kenobi then took charge of the investigation, eventually tracking down and eliminating the smuggling operation.

In 32 BBY, the CSF came into conflict with the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Maul when he was pursuing a group that included Jedi Padawan Darsha Assant and information broker Lorn Pavan, as they were in the possession of a special holocron containing information about the ongoing blockade of Naboo. The Dark Lord, wanting to quickly gain a means of transportation, hacked into Coruscant's security dispatch system, sending out a call reporting a droid banking crime. Two CSF officers, accompanied by a police cruiser backup unit, responded to the call. However, Darth Maul disabled the PCBU by jumping on top of it and destroying the droid with his lightsaber. The officers turned their speeder bikes around, only to be killed by the Sith, who sliced through their armor with his weapon. The Sith then took one of the officer's speeders and continued his pursuit of Pavan and Assant.

The CSF later investigated the incident but was unable to explain how someone could jump fifteen feet into the air to reach the PCBU without getting shot. Kenobi was present at the investigation while searching for the missing Assant. He discussed the matter with the two investigators, a Mrlssi and a Sullustan, promising the assistance of the Jedi Order. However, the issue was pushed aside upon his return to the Jedi Temple, as he was sent to respond to the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo.

Death sticks and Jango Fett
"I doubt that he'll be missed, the guy was as dirty as they come."

- Jango Fett, discussing the deceased Senator Trell

During the time of the Invasion of Naboo, the CSF had several bounties open for various cases. One was for Regg Kuuga, a male Draag from Ninzam VI. Kuuga made a habit of stealing medical frigates, scrapping them for parts, and then transforming them to attack tourist ships. Another was on Panza Hondi, a Guineo crime lord who lived in the industrial district. While working with crime lord Groff Haugg, Hondi had brutally murdered an off-duty officer. The Gran Ninopas Orocc was wanted for disrupting a meeting of the Galactic Senate; Orocc had managed to get into the Senate Building and smear Cornesian wax across the base of several hover platforms, resulting in the injury of three senators. There was also a bounty open on Kiatha, a male Jawa who had had mishandled his Ronto, resulting in the creature causing extensive property damage. All of those bounties were claimed by the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett.

Around the same time, the sale of death sticks on Coruscant rose dramatically as the Dug Sebolto expanded his cartel into the Coruscant system with the help of several Grans&mdash;including Kram Ayuk, Byhdee Kees, Seed Machees, and Leek Onees&mdash;who smuggled the death sticks into Coruscant. The CSF became aware of Sebolto's smuggling activities and placed bounties on all four of the Gran's heads. The bounties were later collected by Fett. While the CSF was investigating the death stick distribution network in conjunction with the Republic Security Force, they were called to respond to a situation at the apartment of Senator Connus Trell. When they arrived in a VAAT/e police craft, they found Fett interrogating Trell while holding him over the balcony of the Senator's apartment. Fett had learned earlier from Jervis Gloom, a death stick dealer also wanted by the CSF, that Trell was involved in the death stick scheme and Fett wanted Trell's contacts. The CSF officers demanded that Fett release the Senator, but Fett did so by dropping the Senator to his death. The bounty hunter then fired on the VAAT/e, destroying it and escaping the scene.

CSF officer Loowil Galt arrested a contractor, resulting in the collapse of a major deal between the contractor and the Techno Union. In response, the Techno Union placed a bounty on Galt's head. After the murder of Senator Trell, Galt managed to apprehend Fett and arrested him. Fett, however, shot Galt and turned his body over to the Techno Union to collect the bounty. Fett also collected bounties that had been posted on several CSF officers by criminal organizations and other businesses involved in questionable dealings: Max Ryko, for blackmailing a Senator; Mill Timmer, for taking too much payment; Raim Tibekk, for killing a Hutt clan employee during a raid; and Lye Rooker, for not paying back a loan.

Airspeeder theft
"With high-profile cases involving politicians, rookies can get nervous, someone obviously got over-anxious and returned the vehicle without filing documentation."

- Wets Tranoj, explaining the speeder's second disappearance

In 22 BBY, Officer Wets Tranoj investigated the theft of Senator Simon Greyshade's XJ-6 airspeeder. The speeder was discovered thirty minutes after it had been stolen from a Senatorial Quarters parkway. The police were notified of the theft by a security system after seeing a young Human male leap into the vehicle and tear away from the parkway. As the CSF was looking at the found speeder, a youth came out from the Snapping Septoid entertainment facility. Seeing the CSF police officers, the youth started running away from them and yelling. Tranoj arrested the youth, Reymet Autem, and charged him with the theft after he admitted that he had been at Greyshade's quarters. This was somewhat of an embarrassment for all concerned because not only was Reymet the son of Senate Guard Sagoro Autem, but Sagoro was the designated bodyguard of Greyshade, the owner of the stolen speeder.

The speeder again went briefly missing from the crime scene while the CSF processed Reymet Autem. However, the speeder was found returned to its original parking spot at the Senatorial speeder barn. Tranoj explained it as an error by rookie police officer overlooking some paperwork. This allowed its use by the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi&mdash;who had borrowed the speeder to chase down the assassin Zam Wesell after she attempted to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala&mdash;to go unnoticed.

Partnerships with clones
"I wish the public realized what those boys do, I hate kriffing secrecy sometimes."

- Jaller Obrim, discussing the Clone commandos

In 22 BBY, the Clone Wars broke out between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems with the Battle of Geonosis. In the preceding decades of the Republic, the CSF had begun to utilize police droids as regular patrol units and first responders. During the war, these droids performed duties such as setting up a perimeter, collecting evidence, conducting preliminary interrogations, and holding and arresting suspects. Crimes that required in-depth investigations were handed over to detectives or other higher ranking organic officers. Police probes were also used during the Clone Wars to assist in detecting crimes and identifying suspects. However, by the end of the Clone Wars, the old police droids were no longer used by the CSF.

As part of the increasing security changes, clone shock troopers from the Grand Army of the Republic were stationed on Coruscant and assigned to the Coruscant Guard. Though their primary responsibilities were to provide a military presence for the capital and to protect important government buildings, the shock troopers quickly took on a larger role of providing police services. Shock trooper Guards were involved in such operations as the raid on Ziro the Hutt's Coruscant club and the Senate hostage crisis.

In 22 BBY, the clone commando unit Omega Squad was involved in a hostage situation at the Galactic City Spaceport. Korunnai terrorists under the leadership of the terrorist Nuriin-Ar seized the spaceport and took several hostages, including Mon Calamari Senator Meena Tills and his aide, Vun Merett Jai. The group was tired of continual Republic interference in Haruun Kal affairs, and they demanded that the Republic immediately withdraw from the planet or they would detonate several explosives. Lieutenant Dovel of the CSF was the incident commander in charge of the response forces, and the Senate Guards also responded to the situation due to the involvement of a Senator as one of the hostages. Jedi Master Kaim was sent in to attempt to negotiate with the hostage takers; however, he was killed, and his body, thrown outside, was rigged with explosives. Before the bombs detonated, clone commando RC-8015 "Fi" jumped onto the body. His heavy armor saved both his life and that of the CSF police officers near him. When Omega Squad subsequently stormed the building, the terrorists were all killed and the hostages were saved. Fi's action was never forgotten by the CSF officers; to them, Fi became highly regarded. They frequently asked after him and shared his stories with each other and anyone who listened.

On one occasion, the CSF was called in by Jedi Master Tera Sinube&mdash;an expert in the workings of Coruscant's criminal underworld&mdash;to assist in the investigation of the murder of Trandoshan assassin Nack Movers. Upon their arrival, they found that one of the suspects, Cassie Cryar, had escaped, with Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano in pursuit. The other suspect, Ione Marcy, escaped as well upon the CSF's arrival, but not before Sinube placed a tracking device on her. Both suspects were eventually traced to a train station, where they were confronted by the CSF and the Jedi. Marcy was apprehended, and after a brief attempt at taking hostages, Cryar was arrested as well. The incident resulted in the dismantling of two CSF police droids by Cryar when she used Tano's lightsaber to try to escape.

High-profile cases
"Isn't it the sort of stuff that would bring the boys in blue crashing in here and blowing our op?"

- RC-1207, "Sev"

CSF forces were patrolling the Coruscant underlevels when the Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze, was found next to the body of a Republic Ministry of Intelligence agent, Davu Golec. Although a Death Watch assassin had murdered Golec, the police probe that found Kryze noticed that she had a weapon and identified her as a suspect. The Duchess fled, resulting in a chase by the CSF and Coruscant Guard troops as well as the Death Watch assassin himself. Kryze was able to elude them by tricking them into believing that she had escaped in an airspeeder in a different direction. While the police kept searching for her, she met with Jedi Master Kenobi in Coruscant Park and gave him a video concerning Republic aid for the Mandalore system. With the information in secure hands, she surrendered to Senate Guards at the Senate Building. The video was played for the Senate, resulting in the Duchess's extortion and the resolution of the situation.

Lieutenant Tan Divo was called to investigate the kidnapping of Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe, the daughters of the Pantoran Chairman Papanoida. However, in their search of Papanoida's apartment, the CSF failed to realize that one of Papanoida's idols had been misplaced and so missed the trace amount of blood underneath the statue. After the CSF 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. Papanoida and his son, Ion, recovered Chi Eekway on Tatooine, and Che Amanwe was found aboard a Trade Federation battleship by Senator Riyo Chuchi and Jedi Padawan Tano, who had been instructed by her Master, Anakin Skywalker, to assist unofficially in the investigation since the Jedi could not officially interfere with a matter delegated to the local police.

In 21 BBY, CSF patrols were involved in a high speed chase after Senator Amidala. Unknown to the police, the senator was also being chased by two thugs, Chata Hyoki and Robonino, who were hired by Count Dooku to kill her. By the time the police caught Amidala and the situation was explained, the two thugs had escaped. However they were later arrested when they attacked Senator Bail Prestor Organa. Organa managed to call for help and after a brief shootout, the CSF and Alderaan Guard were able to capture the two thugs. Senator Organa was injured when his speeder crashed and was asissted by one of his guards to a medical station.

Lieutenant Divo, as well as several police droids, later responded to investigate the death of Senator Onaconda Farr of Rodia, who had collapsed after unknowingly drinking a poison. Divo ordered a forensic report on Farr, and the investigation made progress mostly through the assistance of Senators Amidala and Bail Organa. Following Farr's funeral, Divo interrogated several of the senators in the Chancellor's Suite, but Amidala and Organa decided to investigate the murder as well. They followed a lead given to them by Senator Mee Deechi to the Coruscant docks, where they were attacked by Representative Lolo Purs, who had been Farr's assistant as well as his murderer. However, they did not know who had attacked them and were able to catch the attention of a CSF patrol. While the police droids secured the the docks as a crime scene and questioned potential witnesses, Organa and Amidala were given a lecture by Divo for trying to take matters into their own hands. Amidala suspected that Deechi had set them up, but when they returned to the Senate Building, they found that Deechi had been fatally stabbed. With two murders in the Senate, Divo was quick to react when Purs came to claim that she was attacked by Senator Halle Burtoni, a political ally of Deechi. Purs told Divo that she believed Burtoni was the killer, and the inspector arrested Burtoni and attempted to get a confession to both murders from her by showing evidence from his extensive forensic report on Farr. In the ensuing conversation, Purs herself was revealed as the killer of both Farr and Deechi, and after a brief attempt to take Amidala hostage, she was arrested by the CSF.

Terrorism and enhanced security
"A major terrorist network lies in tatters this morning following the end of a massive overnight operation by Coruscant Security Forces. A total of ninety-seven suspects were detained or killed, and what's described as 'a significant amount' of explosives seized. Senator Ihu Niopua described it as a magnificent piece of police work and praised officers."

- HoloNet News and Entertainment

During the Clone Wars, the CSF's Anti-Terrorism Unit was headed by Captain Jaller Obrim, a former commander in the Senate Guard. The unit was credited by HoloNet News and Entertainment with the take-down of a Separatist terror cell, which resulted in the detainment of ninety-seven suspects and the seizure of large amounts of explosives. However, it had actually been through the covert actions of clone commando units Omega and Delta Squad, along with Sergeant Kal Skirata and Jedi Knights Etain Tur-Mukan and Bardan Jusik, that the terror network had been destroyed.

With the passage of the Enhanced Security and Enforcement Act in 21 BBY, security on Coruscant was drastically tightened. CSF patrols were increased, along with the visibility of the Coruscant Guard and other clone troopers. Even the lower levels of Galactic City, which traditionally had little police presence, became heavily subdued. In an area that had once been a haven for crime and an unregulated market, illicit goods and services became difficult to find.

In 21 BBY, clone commando Fi was injured and taken to the Republic Central Medcenter's neurology unit. However, since the medical staff had no standing orders on treating a clone, particularly one they declared to be brain dead, they planned to euthanize him. Republic Treasury agent Besany Wennen, who had been watching Fi, threatened the medical droids with a blaster and locked herself into the patient room with Fi, causing a standoff. Kal Skirata called Jaller Obrim and asked him to get Wennen and Fi out, and Obrim responded with half of the CSF shift from the Anti-Terrorism Unit. After Obrim threatened the administrative medical droid, Wennen and an unconscious Fi were escorted out of the medcenter under the devoted and protective eye of the CSF officers whom Fi had saved from the terrorists a year before. They were taken to Jaller Obrim's residence, where Obrim rented a medical droid to take care of Fi. Over time, Fi was able to recover.

End of the war
"&hellip;All units, look out for Jedi, young Jedi, possibly disguised now&hellip;Do not approach, I say again do not approach, armed and dangerous, call for military backup immediately&hellip;May not have braids, repeat, may have removed identifying marks&hellip;Copy that, Five-Seven&hellip;No, numbers unknown&hellip;Yes, confirm that, arson is suspected, fire investigation team is seeking access, requires military escort, please advise&hellip;Confidential material has been destroyed&hellip;Jedi may be trying to escape with highly sensitive security data, so this is top priority&hellip;Chancellor's office&hellip;Military has orders to shoot on sight&hellip;Person of special interest, male, Teevan, Veld first name Tru, do not approach, call for Five-oh-first backup immediately&hellip;"

- A CSF comm channel during Order 66

In the waning days of the Clone Wars, the CSF had a number of files on sightings of an armored individual who eluded them and escaped into the Darkside region of the Coruscant Undercity. The individual was in fact the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar, who was based in the Darkside region. He was eventually tracked down and defeated by the Heroes of Cularin.

Toward the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, the Separatist Droid Army under General Grievous attacked Coruscant, and the CSF deployed assault ships to attempt to keep civilians away from the areas of Galactic City where heavy fighting was occurring. In the aftermath of the Republic victory, clone units patrolled with the CSF officers as looting, vandalism, and civil unrest took hold of Galactic City.

Although the clone trooper units were brought in under the guise of combating possible Separatist terrorist organizations and restoring order, they allowed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to further his control. When the Jedi finally discovered that Palpatine was in truth the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, four of the Order's most powerful Jedi Masters were sent to arrest him. However, they were defeated, and the Supreme Chancellor issued Order 66, condemning all Jedi as traitors to the Republic. Anakin Skywalker&mdash;now known as Darth Vader&mdash;and the 501st Legion marched on the Jedi Temple, and the CSF's age-old standing order to assist the Jedi was rescinded. CSF units were instead tasked with assisting clone troopers in the hunt for Jedi and in securing the Temple Precinct and surrounding areas. Although the CSF as a whole followed their orders in tracking down Jedi, such as Tru Veld, many officers disliked Palpatine and turned a blind eye when they saw a Jedi or outright helped them avoid the clone troopers. However, most officers still viewed the Jedi as untrustworthy and as traitors for trying to overthrow the institution of the Supreme Chancellor.

The Galactic Empire
"No, the Imperial Guard can do without me. I'd never fit in the suit now. Besides, the Emperor wants fit and dedicated young stormtroopers to do the job, and I'm an old street cop at heart."

- Jaller Obrim, discussing law enforcement on Coruscant

After the establishment of the Galactic Empire, the ranks of the CSF were supplemented with stormtrooper regiments that worked alongside the regular police officers. Other changes were also made, as Jaller Obrim and the CSF Anti-Terrorism Unit were absorbed into the new Imperial Security Bureau&mdash;the ISB&mdash;along with elements of the CSF's detective staff. The ISB also housed their new information and technology center in an old CSF building. Additionally, the Coruscant Guard, commonly known as the Imperial Guard, was given the primary responsibility to police Imperial City. This in effect relegated the CSF to a support position, a status that the CSF's Moff commanders did not like. Their resentment over this status, as well as over limited resources to properly police Imperial City, brought them into conflict with other Moffs, Darth Vader, and Emperor Palpatine himself.

Along with the resistance by the commanding CSF Moffs, there was also resistance from the police officers themselves, many of whom were not happy with the New Order. Though Palpatine had initiated a purge throughout the government of those disloyal to him, many in the CSF escaped notice because they followed his orders during Order 66 and its aftermath. While many of those who had done so had felt no love for Palpatine, they viewed the Jedi as dangerous traitors, a belief that they continued to hold in the years that followed. In 19 BBY, a routine traffic stop turned violent when the driver pulled out a lightsaber and severed an officer's hand. The CSF pursued the suspect at a distance before cornering him in a building and calling in Squad 40 of the Imperial Commando Special Unit that was attached to the 501st Legion. When Squad 40 broke down the door and killed the suspect, they found that he had only been a thief who had happened upon the lightsaber. Officer Anskow was the part-time officer in charge of the police squad that had responded. Anskow reflected the belief that Jedi were dangerous but also showed frustration with Palpatine over a lack of resources to keep an eye on the lower levels where most of the crime occured.

To counter the growing resentment and mood of rebellion, Agent Tian Chyler succeeded in a mission from the ISB to infiltrate the CSF and ferret out police officers who were Rebel spies. By 1 BBY, Moff Kadir was placed in command of the CSF. His predecessor had been executed for requesting additional men, and Kadir found himself dealing with similar problems of limited resources and troops. Frustrated and angry with the Sith, Kadir and several other high-ranking Imperial officers attempted to use specially trained clones to kill Emperor Palpatine and take control of the Empire; however, the plot failed, and Kadir was killed.

In 4 ABY, the security force stormtroopers were attacked by angry crowds, spurred on by the news of Palpatine's death at the Battle of Endor. In the ensuing uprising, many people were killed as Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard took command of the security forces and brought the planet back under control.

The New Republic
"There's law, and there's justice, and sometimes they're not the same thing."

- Lon Shevu

The New Republic captured Coruscant from Imperial forces in 6 ABY. During the battle, sixteen of the galaxy's worst criminals, who had been freed from the prison colony of Kessel by the New Republic, were set loose on Coruscant. They caused criminal riots and distracted CSF stormtroopers and other security forces, which helped the New Republic capture the planet. With no stormtroopers or Coruscant Guard units to police the planet, the CSF was reorganized as the primary police agency as the change was made from Empire to Republic.

Before the wedding of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and Jedi Mara Jade in 20 ABY, Princess Leia Organa Solo, Jade, and several of their friends were riding in an airspeeder through Galactic City to go shopping. They were protected by two Coruscant Security units on speeder bikes. A group attempting to disrupt the wedding, led by ex-Moff Derran Takkar, made a note of the loose security cordon and the fact that the officers could easily intercept any approach. Takkar later infiltrated the wedding through Coruscant's sewers. While down there, he killed two Coruscant Security officers on patrol who noticed him but were not able to react fast enough before he shot them both.

In 23 ABY, the CSF was involved in a military incident between the New Republic Defense Fleet and the Second Imperium&mdash;a faction of the Imperial Remnant led by the Dark Jedi Brakiss and the Nightsister Tamith Kai. In their bid to recapture the galaxy, they learned of the bulk cruiser Adamant, which was carrying turbolasers and hyperdrive cores to Coruscant. Because Admiral Ackbar was in command of the vessel, it was guarded by fourteen corvettes and a number of X-wings and E-wings, which escorted the bulk cruiser to Coruscant before handing it over to the CSF. In the few minutes of transition between the two forces, a Second Imperium Imperial Assault Shuttle, hidden by the cloaking capabilities of the Second Imperium's Shadow Academy, appeared and attacked the Adamant, with the shuttle's crew boarding the cruiser. The crew was forced into escape pods and jettisoned. New Republic and CSF forces attempted to halt the hijacked Adament, but the cruiser managed to escape.

The Yuuzhan Vong War began in 25 ABY with the invasion of the galaxy by the extra-galactic Yuuzhan Vong. Seeing the Jedi as their greatest threat, the Yuuzhan Vong offered peace if the New Republic handed over the Jedi, causing an increase in public anti-Jedi sentiment. The sentiment reached such a peak in 26 ABY that it forced Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya to order the arrest of Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker. When they tried to flee Coruscant aboard the starship Jade Shadow, they were pursued by four CSF interceptors. No one was killed in the incident, and the Jedi managed to escape due to the intervention of Rogue Squadron.

In the middle stages of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the New Republic established the Coruscant Planetary Defense Force (PDF) as a sister agency to the CSF, although its main concern was the military defense of Coruscant. During the Battle of Coruscant, the New Republic fleet was separated from Coruscant by the Yuuzhan Vong, leaving the planet's defense to the PDF and the CSF along with the few New Republic fighters that managed to get through. Coruscant's defenses began to quickly crumble&mdash;the planetary shield, orbital defense platforms, and the Orbital Defense Headquarters were soon destroyed, and the fighting descended to the planet's surface. Although the PDF and CSF continued the fight from rooftops and airspeeders, most were wiped out by the overwhelming attack. Those who survived evacuated the planet or escaped down into the substructures until Coruscant was liberated by the Galactic Alliance in 29 ABY.

Bombings and riots
"You have to keep the secret police separate from the nice, polite officers who police the street. Sends a message that ordinary law-abiding Coruscanti have nothing to fear, while demonstrating maximum force to the enemy."

- G'vli G'Sil

With the return of the government after the Yuuzhan Vong War, the CSF was reestablished under the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. The CSF was later pulled into the conflict between the Galactic Alliance and Corellia, which erupted over Corellia's demanded for more independence and its refusal to pay Galactic Alliance taxes and to supply military recruits, while simultaneously taking advantage of the Galactic Alliance infrastructure and trade benefits. CSF officers were present at the Senate Building during a demonstration held by Corellian supporters, although the protest remained peaceful. After a bomb exploded in The Elite Hotel, the CSF, with Captain Lon Shevu in command, responded and immediately began investigating the incident, which had left 634 civilians dead. Along with members of Coruscant Fire and Rescue, Galactic City Air Traffic Control, medcenter managers, and members of the Galactic City Authority, Shevu coordinated the response to the bombing at the Strategic Center, which was the emergency response center for Galactic City, located deep under the Senate Building.

Later on, Corellian militants waged an attack on Coruscant's water supply, causing half of central Coruscant's water supply to be turned off. Although the CSF warned residents not to use the contaminated water, the attack still caused 456 deaths and left more than 5,000 beings with nerve damage. In response to the attack, a riot ensued at the Corellian embassy. The CSF mobilized by setting up a police line to protect the embassy, diverting traffic, and sending in an assault ship. Still, the riot intensified the more the CSF tried to stop it, and the police eventually had to shoot tear gas into the crowds in order to disperse them. During the incident, Jedi apprentice Ben Skywalker, who was curious about the condition of the Corellians, was visiting the Corellian Quarter, where he saw a friend pull a blaster and aim it at one of the police officers. Eyes burning from the tear gas, Skywalker deflected the bolt with his lightsaber, saving the officer's life and preventing an escalation of violence. The police officer pulled the young Jedi to safety away from the crowd, as he was disoriented from the tear gas. In the aftermath of the contamination attack and the riot, the CSF doubled its police patrols of Galactic City.

Galactic Alliance Guard
"No, I need my own team&hellip; that's visibly separate from CSF. If civilian police are seen raiding homes and rounding up residents, it's going to make ordinary policing hard. Politically, it has to be separate&mdash;a Galactic Alliance special guard, if you like."

- Jacen Solo

After the riot, Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas offered Jedi Knight Jacen Solo a commission as a colonel and command of the CSF's Anti-Terrorist Unit. However, Solo felt that having civilian police perform the duties of a secret police would make ordinary police work harder, and it was decided that it was best to have an agency politically separate from the CSF to perform the duties of rounding up and interning Corellian suspects and fighting terrorist threats by Corellians on Coruscant. Thus, the Galactic Alliance Guard was formed, with Jacen Solo as its commander. The CSF's first operation with the GAG was in Jabi Town in the Corellian district of Galactic City. They blocked off several skylane intersections with CSF traffic division repulsorlift ships before beginning the operation. After the actions of the GAG troopers during the raid, the CSF gave the GAG troopers the nickname "stormies," seeing the troopers as reminiscent of the stormtroopers of the Empire.

Later, three days into the Galactic Alliance's Blockade of Corellia, a large protest again took place outside the Senate Building. The CSF positioned their police line to protect the Senate Building as well as to divide the groups taking part in the protest&mdash;one pro-Corellia, the other Coruscanti. The scene soon escalated into violence as the groups clashed and turned the protest into a riot. The riot was eventually dispersed with tear gas and other police actions. However, more rioting had broken out in one of the commercial zones of Galactic City, and the CSF had to redeploy to deal with the situation. Soon, the conflict with Corellia intensified into the Second Galactic Civil War, and the CSF took less direct actions against Corellian terrorist activities as the GAG took over those operations. Instead, the CSF focused on more of the regular police duties, including breaking up demonstrations and providing the GAG with intelligence and other general support.

During the war, Grand Master Luke Skywalker asked Jedi Master Tresina Lobi to keep an eye on his son, Ben Skywalker, who was apprenticed to Jacen Solo. Master Skywalker was concerned with Solo's methods and actions in leading the GAG, as well as with Ben's involvement in them. However, while trailing Ben one night, Master Lobi was ambushed and killed by the Dark Lady of the Sith Lumiya and Dark Jedi Alema Rar. Luke Skywalker and his wife, Mara Jade Skywalker, were notified of the Jedi's death by the CSF and were asked to come to the crime scene. There, they found two detectives, Gwad Raatu and Chal Tozr, as well as several crime scene investigation droids. The Jedi and CSF detectives agreed to work together to find the killer. They were able to track Lumiya to an apartment where they successfully gained entry, but they found the apartment empty and laced with traps. Using the Law Enforcement Tools Provision, Detective Raatu sliced into the apartment's central comm port.

Meanwhile, the CSF had been called in that morning to investigate the murders of several Bothans, including a Bothan ambassador. When Detectives Raatu and Tozr sliced into Lumyia's comm port, they discovered that she had been responsible for the Bothans' murders. The detectives also found that the apartment was a GAG safe house. The fact that the GAG was behind the murders of the Bothans scared the detectives, especially when the comm port announced that their inquiries were being recorded by the GAG. The detectives, seeing that the situation was out of their control, formally closed the case on the murdered Jedi, leaving the Skywalkers to deal with the GAG.

Protecting Chiefs of State
"I was just speaking with Security.''" "Yes, with their investigative arm. I'm talking about the arm that handles protection of high-profile targets such as, oh, you." "And they're estimating increased danger for high-profile targets?" "''No, just for you."

- Natasi Daala and Wynn Dorvan discussing the threat level against Daala during the funeral of Cha Niathal

Over the course of the war, Jacen Solo turned to the dark side of the Force and became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus. Through a bloodless coup, he and Admiral Cha Niathal became Co-Chiefs of State of the Galactic Alliance, although, Caedus retained direct control of the GAG. The CSF was given the responsibility of the protection of the Chief of State, and shortly after the coup they received an alert of an intruder in former Chief of State Cal Omas' apartment, where he was under house arrest. Caedus had suggested to Ben Skywalker that Omas was responsible for the recent murder of his mother, Mara Jade, and so Skywalker broke into Omas' apartment to murder him. While Omas and Skywalker talked, the CSF attempted to enter the locked-down apartment to no avail. During their conversation, Skywalker realized that Omas was not at fault, but Omas knew that a fake death would not fool Darth Caedus, and he impaled himself on Skywalker's lightsaber. When the CSF officers finally breached the door, they threw two stun grenades into the room, but Skywalker used the Force to send them back out, stunning the officers and allowing him to escape. Omas, meanwhile, had rigged himself to a bomb that would detonate with his death. The CSF officers in the lobby saw Skywalker running toward them and attempted to stop him, but he was able to convince them to leave before the bomb on Omas exploded.

Following Caedus' death and the end of the war, the GAG was disbanded. Two years later, several Jedi within the New Jedi Order began experiencing a Force psychosis, suffering delusions that everyone, except for other beings suffering from the same psychosis, had been replaced by impostors. As a result, they attacked family, friends, and strangers without provocation, in the process causing damage to their surroundings. In 43.5 ABY, Jedi Knight Sothais Saar developed the psychosis and was captured by Jedi Master Cilghal. Coruscant Security officers were soon dispatched to the Jedi Temple by Chief of State Natasi Daala; they were met at the front steps to the Temple by several Jedi, who refused to let them enter and take Saar into custody. When the Jedi refused to turn Saar over, Daala ordered a raid on the Jedi Temple by Mandalorian commandos.

Later, an individual used the name of CSF "Captain Koltstan" as a front to sign off on the funeral procession for Admiral Cha Niathal, who had committed suicide after Daala ordered that she be arrested and tried for her actions during the recent war. A quick investigation showed that no "Captain Koltstan" existed in the CSF, and Daala ordered the CSF to find out who had really paid for the procession. Though they failed to prevent Cal Omas' death, the CSF continued to protect the Chief of State with bodyguards and intelligence information. As a result of Niathal's suicide, Daala's public approval ratings dropped steeply. Therefore, the CSF's protection branch believed that someone might try to attack Daala, and they suggested that she not attend the funeral. Daala was reluctant to comply, but her Chief of Staff, Wynn Dorvan, convinced her to take the CSF's advice. The CSF reported that the threat level against the Chief of State during the procession went up significantly.

Notable members
"I'm Chal Tozr. This is my partner, Gwad Raatu."

- Chal Tozr

Police work on Coruscant was dangerous, especially in the underlevels, and many officers were injured and killed in the line of duty. Characteristically, CSF police officers were generally known as hard-nosed cops. Most officers performed their duties faithfully, and a few had bounties placed on their heads by criminals as revenge. Some officers, however, fell to the corruption that was prominent particularly during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Other officers had bounties placed on their heads for failing to repay debts or upholding their end of deals they had made with criminal organizations or other businesses.

Yur T'aug
"Who knows what Captain Yur T'aug could have found out about Ren?"

- Uta S'orn

Yur T'aug was a Bothan Captain and a police officer in the CSF around ten years before the Trade Federation's 32 BBY blockade of Naboo. He was very dedicated to the CSF, and was reluctant to share information with outsiders, including the Jedi. Quick to establish the CSF's authority in an investigation, T'aug was also realistic in agreeing, albeit reluctantly, to outside help when dealing with a situation beyond his abilities. T'aug held strong principles of loyalty, honor, and responsibility, and stood by his actions even if it meant defying the law to a certain extent. When confronted by Obi-Wan Kenobi as to why he had dropped the investigation of Ren S'orn, the Captain openly refused to answer, even though the CSF was required to cooperate with the Jedi. However, T'aug also had a keen sense of justice, and when Kenobi pointed that out, the Captain agreed to answer the Jedi's questions. T'aug sometimes came across as tough and mean, but he had a sense of empathy for the victims of crimes; he dropped the Ren investigation in order to spare Ren's mother from further pain.

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 held the rank of lieutenant and served as an inspector for the CSF during the Clone Wars. A dedicated law officer, Divo believed that without rules, order could not exist. Throughout his investigation of the murder of Senator Onaconda Farr, Divo went by the book. He was very annoyed when Senator Padmé Amidala did not inform him that she was conducting her own private investigation, and felt that her actions were thus out of line since he was the investigator and she was not. Divo had a dry sense of humor, and was very logical and analytical. When he believed that he had the right answer based on the evidence, he would pursue it with enthusiasm, sometimes to the point of blindness for other theories. As with most police officers, he showed a dislike for paperwork.

Ottegru Grey
"No, it would be better to secure his funds without spending more time on his cooperation."

- Ottegru Grey, on Tannon Praji

Ottegru Grey was a controversial figure in the history of the CSF. Inwardly, Grey was loyal to his employers, but to those around him, his true allegiances were unclear, as it appeared he was loyal to several different individuals at the same time. Working as an undercover agent in the CSF, Grey became adapt at both physical and electronic security. However, Grey had other ambitions and left the CSF to work for the Bank of the Core, which promised more pay. From there, Grey went on to serve as a bodyguard for Tannon Praji. Yet while protecting Praji's life, Grey also rerouted money from Praji's accounts to Palpatine, Grey's true employer. Palpatine used those funds for the Republic's war effort during the Clone Wars and to pay off the gambling debts of others. Though aware of all of this, Grey never looked back on his days as a CSF officer and continued to siphon Praji's funds while protecting him.

Jaller Obrim
"If it's one of mine, I'll personally put a round through him!"

- Jaller Obrim, discussing the possibility of a leak in the CSF

Jaller Obrim was a Senate Guard, who, during the Clone Wars, was transferred to and placed in command of the CSF's Anti-Terrorism Unit. While there, he formed a close relationship with Kal Skirata and several of the clone commandos. Together, they were able to arrest and destroy a terror network on Coruscant. Although Obrim was a dedicated police officer, he was not above bending or breaking the rules if he felt that it was the right thing to do. Due to his high position in law enforcement, he was capable of helping Skirata's black ops mishaps disappear from official records. On one occasion, he used his authority to escort an injured Fi out of a hospital as a favor for Skirata. Obrim was one of the few non-clones trusted with Skirata's plans to help clone soldiers desert from the Grand Army of the Republic. Although he refused to hear specifics for reasons of deniability, he helped Skirata and his clan escape when Palpatine issued a warrant for the arrest of Skirata. Obrim was also well aware of the dangers of being a police officer on Coruscant, and he had a security system in his house to protect his family from the many enemies he had made during his tenure.

Kadir
"Captain, don't ask questions. I'm taking over palace security myself."

- Moff Kadir

Kadir was a Moff in command of the CSF and its stormtrooper units by 1 BBY. He was an ambitious Imperial officer who resented anyone who questioned his authority. When Darth Vader ordered a whole battalion of stormtroopers to accompany Grand Moff Tarkin to the Death Star because of their shooting accuracy, Kadir objected because the stormtroopers had been assigned to the CSF. However, when Vader threatened Kadir with execution, the Moff consented; although he retained hostile opinions toward the Sith. He joined a conspiracy with Grand Moffs Trachta and Bartam, General Skosef, and an assassin named Gauer to kill the Emperor and Darth Vader. His ability to manipulate and maneuver people and politics was evident as he remained in the background of the disagreement over power between Trachta and Bartam. Trachta was eventually assassinated by Gauer and Skosef executed Bartam only to be killed by a stormtrooper guard himself, so Kadir thus took over leadership of the conspiracy, a plot that aimed to use clone stormtroopers not loyal to the Emperor to overthrow both Palpatine and Vader. However, the plot failed when most of the stormtroopers were killed by the Royal Guard and Palpatine himself. Kadir, fixated with killing Palpatine, attempted to shoot him with a blaster, but the shot missed the Emperor, who executed the Moff with Force lightning.

Lon Shevu
"Good man. We'll make a CSF detective of you yet."

- Lon Shevu, to Ben Skywalker

Lon Shevu held the rank of Captain and was in command of the emergency response center for Galactic City until he was transferred to the GAG. Shevu was a dedicated police officer who was known for not shying away from tough situations. He had strong principles on how to treat suspects and how a police force should operate. Shevu thus did not approve of Jacen Solo's methods&mdash;including Solo's treatment of Ben Skywalker as an adult, even though the boy was only fourteen, and Solo's brutal interrogation methods&mdash;and constantly came into conflict with them. Eventually, this turned him into a double agent; Shevu used his high position in the GAG to spy on Solo for Cha Niathal and the Jedi. Shevu missed his job with the CSF and wanted to return to it, but he was accidentally killed by the Sith apprentice Tahiri Veila, who released Force lighting on Shevu in an attempt to force Ben Skywalker to reveal information.

Chal Tozr
"Someone killed a Jedi Master, you laserbrain!"

- Chal Tozr, to Gwad Raatu

Chal Tozr was a male Bith detective with the CSF during the time of the Galactic Alliance. Although he worked well with his partner, Gwad Raatu, Tozr had a tendency to get annoyed and sometimes lost his patience with Raatu&mdash;his aggravation often had to do with Raatu's pride and over-suspicious attitude toward other beings. Tozr and Raatu investigated the murder of Jedi Master Tresina Lobi, and when Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker offered their assistance, Tozr gladly accepted, knowing that he would need all the help he could get in confronting anyone who had been able to kill a Jedi Master. Both Tozr and his partner were very much aware of the influence that the Galactic Alliance Guard carried, and when the murderer was traced back to a building registered to the GAG, both detectives were nervous and perceived the situation as over their heads.

Gwad Raatu
"With most humans, it's usually sex or love."

- Gwad Raatu

A Rodian, Gwad Raatu served as a detective with the CSF during the reign of the Galactic Alliance. He was characterized by his frequent suspicions of everyone around him as well as a somewhat proud attitude of both his abilities as a detective and the CSF's authority on Coruscant. Consequently, these attitudes made him wary of Jedi. Raatu also had a very cynical outlook on life, which bred in him a rather dry humor. His partner frequently became annoyed with him over many of these characteristics and attitudes, serving as a nullifying and balancing influence on Raatu. As a Rodian, Raatu's hunting instincts served him well as a detective, and he took great pleasure in chasing down leads and suspects.

Behind the scenes
The Coruscant Security Force first received its name in the Shadows of Coruscant section of the Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, published in November of 2000. The Jedi Apprentice books The Deadly Hunter (December 2000) and The Evil Experiment (February 2001) were the first books to expand the CSF beyond a brief mention and introduced individual police officers by name. These books were closely followed by Edge of Victory II: Rebirth (July 2001), which established the CSF's existence during the New Republic and the New Jedi Order era. Released in December of 2001, the video game Star Wars: Obi-Wan made mention of the CSF though they referred to it as the Coruscant Guard. However, the Guard was not established till 22 BBY. Furthmore, in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, the Coruscant Guard entry states that it was a title sometimes used for Coruscant's police before the formation of the clone Coruscant Guard unit. As such, this article assumes Coruscant Guard, in reference to the game, refers to the CSF. In the December 2002 Star Wars: Bounty Hunter video game, the CSF was featured extensively and was also referred to as the "Coruscant Police Force."

The comic series Star Wars: Empire: Betrayal, published from September 2002 to January 2003, revealed that stormtroopers on Coruscant were assigned to the CSF and performed police duties along with the regular CSF police officers. The series also established that the CSF remained separate from their Coruscant Guard counterparts. This retconned the 1997 special edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi into becoming the CSF's first visual appearance, in the form of brief shots of stormtroopers being attacked by revolting Coruscanti.

Although the CSF briefly appeared in various sources following Empire: Betrayal, they did not play another major role in a work until the 2006 Republic Commando novel Triple Zero, as well as the Legacy of the Force series, which also began publication in 2006. The Republic Commando series delved deeper into the CSF's ranks, presenting new characters and revealing the loyalties that many CSF police officers had for the clone troopers during the last days of the Old Republic, as well as their resentment of Palpatine. The CSF was written as a dedicated and hardworking police force that was nevertheless barely able to deal with the threats that a war on the home front presented. This explanation necessitated the intervention of clone troopers and provided the backdrop for much of the clone commandos' activities on Coruscant.

As the Republic Commando series continued, the CSF's relationship with the Jedi and Palpatine was further explored. The last novel in the series, Imperial Commando: 501st, published in October 2009, explored the CSF in the Imperial era. Stripped of much of its power and resources to fight everyday crime, CSF officers' resentment of Palpatine is a recurring theme. The theme also provides a backdrop for the CSF Moff's rebellion in the previously published Empire: Betrayal comics as well as the activities of Tian Chyler in rooting out CSF officers-turned-Rebel spies.

The Legacy of the Force series cast the CSF in a similar light as the Republic Commando series. Again facing threats to the home front, the CSF was portrayed as capable of taking action but removed from that responsibility for political reasons. The theme of CSF officers being resentful and at the same time grateful for Jedi assistance was carried over into the series, and a view into the power structure and power struggles on Coruscant was given as well. The second novel in the series, Bloodlines, revealed that the Galactic Alliance Chief of State had the authority to issue orders to the CSF as well as change its responsibilities, even though the CSF were averse to the idea.

The Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series brought regular CSF police officers to the screen for the first time since the retcon in the special edition of Return of the Jedi. In the episode "Lightsaber Lost," the police droids were introduced. The droids 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 CSF 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. In "Pursuit of Peace," it was revealed that the CSF's emergency call number was 9–1–1, which is also the emergency number for North America. "Pursuit of Peace" also shows a police droid drinking an unidentified substance. Whether or not the scene was to be taken seriously or as comic relief remains to be clarified.