Inter-Stellar Space Police / ISSP

A Brief History of the Inter-Stellar Space Police
The Inter-Stellar Space Police is an outsourced organization that was created by taking benefit of UEE federal grants set aside for security measures in medium and low security areas. The basis for the ISSP was conceived as a fusion of the military police, the local police, and the federal police. Strictly speaking, however, authorization for creation was given to the ISSP based on one major criteria: local crimes were handled by the local police forces of each station/planet while larger crimes were handled by the federal forces or even the UEE forces itself. The ISSP was created to fill the gap between these two forces and allow a greater control of security in low-sec space.

Originally founded by former UEE Military Police members, the ISSP was created to insure order for Citizens who may venture from high security areas. As local and federal police forces may not fully encompass these areas, there was a noticeable gap in protection for miners, explorers, traders, and other Citizens who pursue dangerous duties in low security space. Over time, their duties expanded to handle other regulations and objectives set forth by the UEE governing body. While the ISSP is military in origins, they to ultimately answer to federal guidelines rather than military.

The ISSP has a lengthy history of insuring safety for UEE Citizens and often participates in both local and federal security councils. Many operational guidelines are determined by where a police force is stationed and, as such, the priorities of police officers may change. Officers assigned to new colonies have often found that Vanduul raiders are not the greatest danger present.