Special Division

Law enforcement agencies across the nation and around the world have always noticed off cases that never get solved and whose witnesses report the weirdest happenings. In response to these bizarre cases, the secular members of the police agencies developed separated departments to handle the problem of the supernatural and the unknown.
Those unique departments eventually became aware of each other and in time developed into what is today the Special Division, a somewhat secret pan-agency law enforcement department that looks into cases involving the unexplained and paranormal. 
In most instances of the paranormal, Special Division may tap agents within local police departments to take over cases. Their aim is to resolve such cases quickly and to keep those who aren't aware of the supernatural already out of the loop.
== Personnel Monitoring: ==
Special Division has gone to great lengths to record all the powers, attributes and patterns of known Supernaturals. Adepts are most definitely included. Members of Special Division stay in contact with one another and regularly submit themselves to physical and psychological examinations in order to detect the use of magick or other supernatural powers on themselves. 
Special Division has also compiled extensive lists of the weaknesses of Supernaturals. Before going into an investigation they will equip themselves with weapons designed specifically to take advantage of the known weaknesses of anything they might come up against.
== Supernatural Monitoring: ==
Special Division is interested in keeping track of Supernaturals. And in an age of wire-tapping, cell phone hacking and internet surveillance, the Adepts are right to be afraid of what Special Division could be doing. 
These activities have of course brought Special Division in direct conflict with the Order of Heralds (who consider online activity to be their new forte) as well as the Order of Anarchs who simply oppose any form of government abuse out of the nature of their Order. 
== Infiltration of The Trust: ==
Special Division has tried to infiltrate the Trust before in order to hijack the identity transfers of Supernaturals. This would give Special Division free reign over the current and secret identities of every Supernatural currently active. So far the Trust has managed to out any spies sent into their mists (or so they hope) but the Adepts are beginning to feel that a future crises with Special Division may be inevitable if they keep this up.
== Enforce the Law: ==
For all the threat and subterfuge that marks Special Division, the fact of the matter is that they are still cops and they must obey the law as they enforce it. While dealing with the supernatural often brings their agents into areas of grey in terms of ethics, they still can't gun down known Supernaturals simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 
Special Division agents are expected to acquire information on a perp, submit that info for approval for arrest (or extermination, if the target isn't human in such a case) to those in authority (local judges and political figures will probably also be members of Special Division or affiliated with it). 
This doesn't mean that Special Division will not open fire the minute they are confronted with the unknown and feel their lives are in danger. Even the slightest threatening move from a Supernatural will ellicit a deadly response. It's just that Special Division will attempt to build a case before arresting/shooting anyone. Or so they'll try, anyway.
== Ties to IAS: ==
Obviously IAS is well aware of Special Division and the two secular organizations keep in touch. But IAS is not the same as Special Division. IAS is a pan-national agency designed specifically to neutralize major Supernatural threats and conduct research and experimentation in order to allow governments of the world to fight back against the paranormal.
Special Division is a coalition of cops who deal with more local problems and whose methods tend to be more urbane. They don't have the black budget or slush funds that IAS does, and their field personnel tend to work with improvised equipment (hexes, sawed off shotguns bought in bulk, crucifixes, holy water, etc.) where else IAS uses top of the line, military grade weapons and armor. 
== Midnight Blue: ==
In recent years, Special Division has gathered to itself enough resources to begin fielding specialized SWAT teams outfitted with equipment meant for dealing with the paranormal. Code named 'Midnight Blue,' this unique law-enforcement unit is dispatched to locations already under the eye of Special Division agents. Midnight Blue is normally sent in for reasons equitable to regular SWAT teams, to dismantle crises situations with minimal loss of life.
== Operation Daedalus: ==
Operation Daedalus was begun shortly before the turn of the new millennium. The idea of actually allowing known Supernaturals to work alongside and within the Special Division agency had been tried before - and normally rejected. However, recent developments convinced enough of the Division's higher-ups to extend a program to national levels that would allow Supernaturals within law-enforcement agencies to register themselves with Special Division.
Dubbed Operation Daedalus, the aim of the program is to matriculate Supernaturals into a workable (ie, controllable) program that will allow Special Division to fight fire with fire. Registered Supernaturals are under constant scrutiny from superiors, since few in Special Division trust the paranormal. However, the program has seen success in many cities and states across the US and Canada.
The Order of Champions are the Adepts most involved in Operation Daedalus and so far they have been a major force for cooperation between the secular authorities and the Supernatural community. 
== Bounty Hunting: ==
Special Diviion learned long ago, well before Operation Daedalus, that one of the best ways to fight Supernaturals was to pit them against other Supernaturals. Special Division has long had methods for posting bounties which only other Supernaturals can view. 
Bounties tend to be Supernaturals known for criminal behavior or wanted for questioning. The biggest bounties are for Supernaturals who have murdered Special Division agents. 
Special Division determines a Supernatural's bounty value by a specialized chart. The more dangerous a target is, the higher their bounty value. 
== Witan Consultants: ==
Special Division is well aware of the ancient order of paranormal researchers and psychic detectives, the Witan. Unlike IAS, who keeps something of a distance with the archaic group of tweed-wearing academics due to differences in protocol and ideology, Special Division has no such qualms. They have reached out repeatedly to Witan researchers and hired several of the best as full-time consultants. 
== Dark Cabbal: ==
Rumors have been swirling for some years now that Special Division has itself been infiltrated by a group of Infernalists and Occultists. The agenda of such a group would probably be to use Special Division's law enforcement resources to attack their own foes indirectly, however Special Division denies the existence of any such group within its ranks. 
== References: ==
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402716/
-http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19076.Best_Detective_Urban_Fantasy
-http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/04/21/highly-recommended-urban-fantasy-police-procedural-ben-aaronovitchs-peter-grant-series-starting-with-midnight-riot/