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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 CSF 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 police BARC 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.