Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol

== About ==
The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol, or simply known by most of the St. Ark Federation as Cevs, was a police force located in the St. Ark Federation. The organization was established in the midst of the chaotic events which followed after the collapse of authority and the dissolution of the St. Ark Police Force following the overthrow of Rodney Faron Lenn and the civil war that ensued. The purpose of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was to protect civilians and continue to enforce law in the rural areas, while making sure that all citizens were to support the provisional govenrment set up by Fred Goldlock, who became the dictator of the country in 1979. The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol mostly had jurisdictions across entire rural areas, and when the military were overstretched, they arrived on time and assisted them in any way. Most personnel in the organization often comprised of former sheriffs, police officers and rangers. A majority of them had lost their original positions following the dissolution of their agencies, but soon had gone back to doing their duties in the newly founded organization. Volunteers, mostly from local communities, also joined to protect local communities.
The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol became infamous due to its collaboration with the St. Ark military government, with rangers often scouting positions belonging to the St. Ark National Democratic Front and giving information away to the St. Ark Armed Forces, which soon destroyed some of these positions. They also gave away names to those who were affiliated with SANDF, including those who were accused despite not participating in the group's activities. Their activities became more prevalent as SANDF retreated to areas such as Raherondee, Aberbend and Cromwell Territory. Following the destruction of the last organized units belonging to SANDF in the Battle of Wheelerville and Einbend, Fred Goldlock had declared the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol as completely obsolete, due to it being barely able to keep up and were often comprised of unorganized units. They were soon replaced by the St. Ark Military Police, which was much more organized and were more easier to control compared to the organization. It was soon disbanded in 1985, but the organization continued to operate in the areas which were still out of reach, such as in Raherondee State, Sauspasien Territory, including numerous communities in the Cromwell Territory and finally, Pesca County. The remnants of the CEVFP were finally dismantled when the establishment of the St. Ark Police Force, which was well trained and well equipped compared to the CEVFP, replaced their duties and jurisdictions in all of the remaining regions.
== History ==
=== Background (1976 - 1979) ===
In the aftermath of the Federation War, the St. Ark Federation was devastated. St. Ark's military forces were too exhausted, having lost over a significant portion of its military personnel and equipment during their 2 year long war with Bistonia, and with that loss had to pay heavy reparations to the Bistonian government, which resulted in debt and a declining economy which was further exacerbated by an embargo as a result of the war. It would even become more difficult for the St. Ark Federation to default on its debt, as Rodney's government continued to stay in power, despite being seen as completely responsible for his actions in the war. With the abandonment of Rodney's economic policies, inflation began to rise, with the average citizen in the St. Ark Federation unable to afford daily items. All of these problems resulted in the beginning of the Heightsbound Riots in 1978, leading to the St. Thomas Incident in 1979 which led to the collapse of Rodney's government. The police force of the St. Ark Federation had been stretched completely to their limits during these riots, as crime rates began rising exponentially . St. Ark Police were forced to limit their presence in numerous cities all across the country in an attempt to stop the riots, causing most cities to end up in flames. With the complete failure of the St. Ark Police Force, the communities of these cities were forced to establish volunteer groups in which they helped defend their own communities from being attacked.
After the end of the Heightsbound Riots which resulted in a brutal and bloody crackdown, the St. Ark government declared a state of emergency in every state, with the media outside and within the country being limited and restricted on following up with footage of the riots, further confusing the police forces in the cities and further confusing the general public. Rodney Faron Lenn would issue another statement, declaring that the traitors, now with weapons, were behind the riots in Heightsbound, and initiated a purge within the country. Together, the police force in some of these cities along with the National Guard, participated in a series of purges of political dissidents and those who were accused of being responsible of the attack, leading to further exhaustion and some within the police force to leave in droves, and resulting in some strikes across the country. The Heightsbound Riots was only the beginning to the storm and it only proved that the St. Ark Federation Police Force was fragile, and corrupt within the ranks. 
Demonstrators would begin launching waves of attacks on numerous police departments across the country, and police were armed to the teeth and heavily defended some of these police stations, in the hopes of not letting some of the demonstrators obtain access to the firearms. First shots were fired in the city of Hainesbend, and the police force was one of the groups responsible for the killing of over hundreds of people, which accelerated further attacks and assassinations of some people within the police force. As the riots reached into the year of 1979, rioters would launch attacks which were now worsened by the continuous massacres and purges enacted by Rodney Faron Lenn's government. Some of the police departments responded by heavily defending and deploying more reinforcements to defend some of these stations from falling under the hands of rioters. The worst of them all was in the city of St. Thomas, which became the epicenter of the armed revolution against Rodney Faron Lenn's government. On midnight, after hundreds of people died storming the police department located in the city center, the personnel attempting to defend these police departments had been heavily exhausted and traumatized, and severely weakened. Because of this, the next storming arrived, which picked off most of them with ease, immediately storming the police department in St. Thomas. Media coverage on the situation spread globally, as rioters stormed in and damaged a majority of the equipment, and possessing firearms. This was a breaking point for the Heightsbound Riots, as now rioters had possessed firearms. This would immediately lead to a majority of rioters storming police departments once again, with the last one falling in Jefferson days later.
After rifles and weapons were seized by the rioters, it did not take long for the military morale to drop instantly, and as a result, some of the St. Ark Armed Forces began defecting to the side of the rioters, along with those from the St. Ark Military Police and the St. Ark Federation Police Force. This then resulted in Rodney Faron Lenn and those loyal to him to only control a few dozen cities which had not been affected by the riots. The remaining authority and presence of the police force in the rest of the cities collapsed, and some who continued to fight against rioters were then forced to abandon their equipment in the city, allowing for some to seize convoys, and even military equipment. As Rodney Faron Lenn and his government was informed of the incident, Rodney Faron Lenn was completely at a loss. He soon later on discussed that he would admit his defeat, but refused to step down and would stay in power until his death. This then made further problems, as armed rioters had arrived at the capital city of Heightsbound. That following night, something unexpected had happened.
During the night when Heightsbound was besieged by rebels, Fred Goldlock, a commander within the St. Ark Armed Forces, who was brought back into the army due to the Heightsbound Riots in 1978, had admitted that he had failed to quell down the riots, and realized that his attempts to defend Rodney Faron Lenn and his government had failed. As a result of this, he would proceed to initiate a purge without the knowledge of Rodney Faron Lenn, in which he had generals and even some of his colleagues executed. He then had the military in Heightsbound to be directed to the presidential office, including parliament and government offices, and had them surrounded. The next day, they were stormed, and state funded media in the city were controlled aswell. As those who arrived to the city knew what was going on, Fred Goldlock and his army had the support of his own people, and Rodney Faron Lenn was eventually overthrown and strangled by military personnel. The next day, Fred Goldlock issued a statement declaring that Rodney Faron Lenn was overthrown, and that he would place himself as the leader for the temporary administration. This was however, the beginning to his true intentions, to become the sole leader of a country and reign terror on his own people and to fulfill his agenda. A 10 year martial law was also in place, lasting until 1989.
==== Founding of the Emergency Force Patrol ====
After the overthrow of Rodney Faron Lenn's government in 1979, Fred Goldlock had the St. Ark Police Force disbanded, stating them as providing little to no use and cited claims that the police were disorganized and unable to help in the process of stabilizing the country. Fred Goldlock would then make the St. Ark Military Police fulfill the duties of the St. Ark Police Force in order to reestablish authority in some cities. The disbandment of the St. Ark Police Force led to remnants of it being decentralized, and subsequently leading to authority in the southern regions collapsing. This prompted Fred Goldlock to allow for the establishment of an emergency police government, which would fulfill and replace the duties of the St. Ark Police Force, but in limited numbers and in communities which were unable to be provided support by the St. Ark Military Police, or provided support by the St. Ark Armed Forces, and most of these communities were out of reach or presence from some of these groups. And thus, prior to the events of the Federation Civil War, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was founded, allowing for remnants and those who formerly protected and served the country to continue fulfilling their duties. Not also they were ordered to protect the communities which were unable to be provided support by the St. Ark Military Police, but were ordered to protect and defend the highways from being taken over by rebels, which led to numerous cities towards the south, such as Sauspasien, and Raheron. The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol would also comprise of not just civilians who were given the order to protect their own communities, but also rangers and those who were formerly from the St. Ark Police Force. 
The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol would also work together with the St. Ark Military Police during the early stages of the Federation War between the St. Ark National Democratic Front and the St. Ark Armed Forces, providing information about positions located in the regions occupied by the St. Ark National Democratic Front. The administration of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol also formed an alliance with the St. Ark Military Police, and formed an alliance with Fred Goldlock and the military council, which led to the St. Ark National Democratic Front threatening their headquarters and positions. The first headquarters of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was initially founded in Heightsbound, the capital city of the St. Ark Federation, before it was moved to Bowler City, as the St. Ark Military Police had threatened them to move, citing that the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was an "army of peasants that were weak." Philip Kelvin, who was the inspector general of the St. Ark Police Force, was appointed as the head of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol, and would be in that position until he was replaced in 1983.
=== Activities (1979 - 1984) ===
Activities of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol began immediately after its founding during the days prior to the beginning of the Federation Civil War. Some assets, which formerly belonged to the St. Ark Police Force, such as firearms and vehicles, were transferred to the possession of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol, while the rest of the assets which were not transferred to the possession of the agency was given to the St. Ark Military Police, which led to numerous disagreements and in some cases, fighting between the St. Ark Military Police and the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol were reported in the areas around Hainesbend and Heightsbound, leading to around 30 deaths, before the fighting was broken up by the St. Ark Armed Forces. The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was given orders to protect government buildings, banks and local businesses from being raided by looters, which led to around a dozen deaths which went unnoticed.
On the outbreak of the Federation Civil War, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol played an important role in assisting civilians from the civil war, assisting businesses and protecting and servicing the local populace, and helped in maintaining and controlling the prisons which were located across the St. Ark Federation, which struggled during the fall of Rodney Faron Lenn's government. During the initial periods of the Federation Civil War, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol saw a surge in more personnel joining the agency, with a majority of them being ordinary civilians being forced to fight for their safety or joined to feel a sense of protection amongst the groups. The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol subsequently engaged in conflict with the St. Ark National Democratic Front, and personnel defecting to some of them led to stockpiles of ammunition disappearing and reappearing under the hands of the rebels. One of the initial engagements was in the city of Tinkeraton, where, a garrison of police which were transferred to the agency, fought against a group of rebels belonging to SANDF, but were outnumbered and led to the subsequent capture of the city in New Shingleton, and forcing the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol to evacuate from Tinkeraton.
Although the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was not doing well within the northern regions of the St. Ark Federation, and were often outnumbered by the St. Ark Military Police, which was well equipped and well trained compared to the agency, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was performing better in the southern regions of the St. Ark Federation, in Aberbend State, Sauspasien, and eventually, the Cromwell Territory, bringing a sense of protection to some of the isolated communities in the regions, and were proven effective in stabilizing the regions. However, the jurisdictions of the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol were subsequently limited over the months, from having all jurisdictions from Hainesbend to Tinkeraton to only having jurisdictions in Jahresville and the Heightsbound capital territory, including all of the regions south. However, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol was also having trouble in the southern regions, as units of the St. Ark National Democratic Front in the southern regions were dealing blows to their groups and resulting in hundreds of policemen and civilian volunteer units killed as a result.
==== Collaboration with Fred Goldlock's military government ====
Throughout most of the Federation Civil War, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol collaborated with Fred Goldlock's government and the military council. Philip Kelvin, who was the head of the agency at the time, stated that the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol had collaborated with Fred Goldlock's government and his military council, saying that the agency had to collaborate and help them to reinstate stability in the country during the Federation Civil War. Philip Kevin was a proud supporter of Fred Goldlock and his policies, stating that his policies were for the good of the country. Throughout the agency's history, the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol aided in the capture of those who were seen as dissidents, including those who were accused of crimes against the state, and assisted in the transportation of supplies to the St. Ark Armed Forces during the offensive against the St. Ark National Democratic Front, and in some cases, helped with providing information of rebel positions in the Cromwell and Raherondee regions, including in Jahresville, where heavy clashes between rebel forces and government forces continued.
Philip Kelvin also stated that the agency's collaboration with Fred Goldlock's military government not also ensured the general safety of the populace throughout the entire country, but collaborating with government forces and the military council also benefitted the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol. In exchange for intel and handing over those who were accused of rebel activity, the military council provided the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol with ammunition and firearms, including vehicles which were needed for the agency to continue protecting the southern regions from falling under control of rebel forces. The Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol's collaboration with the St. Ark Military Government would subsequently lead it to become one of the primary targets of the St. Ark National Democratic Front, which was now on the verge of losing the outcome of the Federation Civil War. 
==== Conflict with the St. Ark National Democratic Front ====
==== Battle of Wheelerville and Einbend (1984) ====
===== Aftermath and dissolution =====
=== Remnants of the CEVFP (1984 - 1990) ===
==== Presence in the southern regions ====
==== Presence in the Scattered Islands Archipelago ====
=== End of the organization ===
==== Legacy ====
== Formations and headquarters ==
=== Known headquarters ===
* Heightsbound
* Bowler City 
* Raheron 
* Endicott 
* Potisch 
* Tundraville 
* Moresita 
* Wilkaus 
* Sauspas 
* Einbend
* Pesca
=== Uniforms and equipment ===
=== Vehicles ===
=== Firearms ===
== Other information ==
=== Notable people in the Civilian Emergency Volunteer Force Patrol ===
=== New Shingleton, 1989 ===
=== Battle of Wheelerville and Einbend ===