Stallbrook Police Department

The Stallbrook Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in the city of Stallbrook. The fifty-second and current Chief of Police is Delbert Graham, a veteran police officer and administrator with a masters in criminal justice from John Jay College, appointed by Mayor Allan Phillips to address issues of corruption, racial and gender bias and other abuses.
Rank structure is similar to many other municipal police forces in the United States:
* Chief of Police - rank indicated by three silver stars
* Deputy Chief - Graham mentions to Adara Khan that the Department has three
* Commander
* Captain
* Lieutenant/Detective-Lieutenant
* Sergeant/Detective-Sergeant
* Officer/Detective
Along with precincts, the Department has a number of specialized units, such as:
* Creston Street Special District
* Major Case Unit
* Sexual and Domestic Violence Unit
* Special Events Coordination Unit
Prior to Chief Graham's appointment, corruption and other problems were rampant in both the Department and the city's Fraternal Order of Police lodge which served as the police union; this network of corruption was often referred to as "the Machine" by more progressive officers, who formed their own organization, Stallbrook Police United for Reform (SPUR), modeled on Teamsters for a Democratic Union. Graham and SPUR worked to root out corruption and institute best practices in hiring, community policing and harm reduction. While the "Old Guard" within the FOP lodge resisted, SPUR kept pushing until a confrontation led to between one-third and two-fifths of FOP members resigning to join the International Brotherhood of Police Officers in "the Big Split" followed by more officers and civilian staff, until the IBPO won the right to represent all Department employees.
As a result of these reforms, the Stallbrook Police Department has become a model in progressive policing and crime prevention, along with hiring and promotion of women and people of color, even leading to officers leaving other municipalities to serve in the city under Graham's leadership. The most noteworthy innovation is the "de-facto decriminalization" of commercial sex within city limits, allowing sex workers to conduct their business without interference and with greater safety, especially with supportive services from the Jezebel Project and the Stallbrook Alliance for Sex Worker Rights (SASWR). Investigation by the Stallbrook City Council, and research by social scientists, has confirmed the positive benefits of this set of practices.
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