Police probe/Legends

"Subject identified as Duchess Satine Kryze."

- A police probe

The police probe was a type of hovering cam droid used by the Coruscant Security Force on the Galactic Republic's capital planet of Coruscant during the Clone Wars. One probe was present after Davu Golec of the Republic Ministry of Intelligence was killed by an assassin. Seeing only Duchess Satine Kryze of Mandalore at the scene, the probe assumed that she had been the murderer. After informing other CSF forces of the situation, the probe initiated a police chase, though the Duchess eventually escaped the area.

Description
The Coruscant Security Force's police probe was painted in a blue-gray paint scheme. It had an overall ellipsoid body of two bowl-shaped halves joined together with a recessed trench in the middle. On top were lights housed in truncated, conical projections, one of which was blue and the other red. On the front were two photoreceptors that projected from conical housings, as did a camera. The droid had an antenna and a siren, and was also able to speak Basic in a masculine voice.

History
When Davu Golec of the Republic Ministry of Intelligence was killed by a Death Watch assassin during a secret meeting with Duchess Satine Kryze, a probe responded to the scene. Seeing only Duchess Kryze, the probe assumed she had killed Golec. The Duchess fled the scene, and the probe chased her along with CSF police droids and Coruscant Guard shock troopers. The Duchess disabled the probe with a droid deactivator and was able to get away. Another probe was present in the Coruscant market when C-3PO and R2-D2 went there to buy jogan fruits for Senator Aang.

Behind the scenes
The police probe was created for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series and was voiced by Tom Kane. It first appeared in the fourteenth episode of Season Two, Duchess of Mandalore, which aired on February 12, 2010. It also had a very brief appearance on the eighth episode of Season Three, Evil Plans, which aired on November 5, 2010. The police probe is similar in design to the Galactic Senate cam droids.