British police force

The **British police force** was the main law enforcement power in the United Kingdom in 2027.

The Commander of the police force was named Gerard. Gerard was very strict and often got his own way, through sly tactics and manipulation, seemingly for the greater good of the public. Part of his London based team was Chief Inspector Nathan Spring, Inspectors Brian Lincoln, Hanson and Langley. Another officer of the British police force was Inspector Colin Devis.

Gerard was keen to see Nathan Spring in the role of Commander of the International Space Police Force as it would be useful to have a British person in such a high position of a newly established law enforcement team. Due to this, Gerard credited Spring's successful drowning case to his inferior Brian Lincoln and promoted him to the position after placing him in an impossible situation, involving a murder case on the space station Charles de Gaulle. Gerard also promoted Lincoln to Chief Inspector, thus making it impossible to Spring to say no, much to his annoyance. (TV: *An Instinct for Murder*)

Shortly afterwards, when Spring's partner Lee Jones was brutally murdered in his apartment by an unknown assailant, Inspector Colin Devis took to the case, warning Spring to not get involved. After making numerous errors on the case, Devis was fired by the force. His talents were recognised by Spring, however, and he was offered a job at the ISPF as an inspector on Moonbase. (TV: *Conversations with the Dead*)

*To be completed.*

## Personnel of the British police force

### Commander

* Gerard - a very fixated man, who always got his way via any means necessary. By manipulating Nathan Spring's drowning case to seemingly have been solved by Brian Lincoln, and thus the promotion of Brian Lincoln to Spring's position, he forced Spring to accept the role of Commander of the International Space Police Force.

### Chief Inspector

* Nathan Spring (former) - Spring was a man who distrusted the modern techniques of computer analysis to solve crimes and tended to use his gut instinct instead. He fell out numerous times with his Commander over interference in his cases, and lack of support when he felt further investigation was necessary. Spring's final case was hijacked by his Commander and he was given no choice but to take up the position of Commander of the ISPF.
* Brian Lincoln - Lincoln was formerly an inspector who worked underneath Spring. He helped on numerous cases, including the drowning case. Even though it was solved primarily by Spring, it was credited to him in an attempt to force Spring to take another position. To make this decision harder (or easier) for Spring, Brian Lincoln was promoted to Chief Inspector, giving Spring no job to fall back on, should he refuse.
* Colin Devis - Devis was a brutish, bigoted and regularly crude man who had no ability to empathise with his victims. When Spring's partner Lee Jones was brutally murdered, Devis was assigned to the case, much to Spring's fury. Devis warned Spring to stay clear of the case, but was soon fired when he made numerous errors. Despite this, Spring gave Devis a job as an inspector for the ISPF.

### Inspector

* Hanson - an inspector who worked beneath Nathan Spring.
* Langley - an inspector who worked beneath Nathan Spring.

### Sergeant

* Cormant - during the Lee Jones murder case, Sergeant Corman worked alongside Inspector Devis. She was tasked with locating Spring, and correctly guessed he would be at their regular restaurant, the Lotus Garden. She was removed from her duties when it was discovered that she was part of the conspiracy that led to Jones' death.