The United Outer Colonies Assembly hereby establishes as separate law enforcement agency from the Peacekeeper Forces in order to ensure the safety of its citizens in its cities; and its civilian areas of commerce from those that wish to do them harm either bodily or monetarily.
It shall be called: the U.O.C.E.A. or the United Outer Colonies Enforcement Agency and be granted the authority to arrest those that commit crimes; hold those suspected of crimes for 3 days for humane questioning; to search the homes, businesses, or property of those under suspicion of serious crimes; and to conduct operations that help ensure the safety of the United Outer Colonies cities and the well-being of its citizens.
The citizens of the UOC have the right to live without fear of their law enforcement agencies and government, if a member of the UOCEA stands accused of corruption, then the person accused shall be investigated by a smaller, separate division of the UOCEA that's sole jurisdiction is the lawful and humane operations of the UOCEA called: "Internal Relations". If the accused is found to be guilty, they shall be removed from service and punished accordingly to their crimes against the citizens of the UOC.
With the creation of the UOCEA will also be the creation of a Criminal
Court System also regulated by "Internal Affairs" for maintaining an honest and non-corrupt system.
Those accused of crimes have the right to:
1. Know why they are being arrested and what they are accused of;
2. Have the right to remain silent to prevent themselves from accidentally incriminating themselves for crimes they might or might not have committed;
3. Have the right to consult a lawyer before questioning;
4. Have the right to be questioned without fear of bodily harm to themselves or their families;
5. Have the right to ethical and humane treatment if imprisoned by the UOCEA- be provided clean living conditions, access to a toilet facility, provided clean food and water;
6. Have their personal effects returned to them that are not being held for evidence in criminal proceedings.
The UOCEA has the authority to:
1. Lawful search those that they have
Probable Cause of committing a crime;
2. Lawfully arrest those accused of crimes;
3. Lawfully question those that might have information about a crime;
4. Lawfully hold an accused (on suspicion for a crime) for 3 days without having further proof;
5. Conduct a criminal investigation of a place where a crime has been committed and seize anything on the property that might contain evidence;
6. Monitor and record conversations within a criminal detaining area or within a public area (i.e. courtrooms, on the street);
7. Monitor and record conversations on private communication lines of those that are accused of a serious crime with proper authorization from a judge;
8. Search an accused's personal residence for specific items that have been used in a crime with proper authorization from a judge and beyond reasonable suspicion of the officer;
9. Defend themselves and others from harm by any means necessary, both lethal and non-lethal.