T.A.F. Marshals Services Body of PowersThe T.A.F. Marshals Service is an extremely taxing duty, involving challenging laws, bureaucracy, and fieldwork. While each territory has special ordinances that contradict some Marshal authority, the below are some of the major rites that Marshals have which most law enforcement does not.
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to carry legal or registered weapons in public
*T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to search any civilian class person
*T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to hold any person of questioning for up to 72 hours
*T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to question any civilian class suspect
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to stop and search civilian class vehicles, including land, water, air, and space vessels
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to deputize any civilians that may be able to aid in apprehending or investigating in any current case. This deputizing can be from anywhere to an hour or until the Marshal retires. Any deputy who is registered and on staff for at least 30 days receives a federal base salary from the Marshal commissions offices.
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to allow their deputies to carry legal or registered weapons in public
* T.A.F. Marshals must take responsibility for any actions undertaken by their deputies as if the Marshal themselves has carried it out
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to order the Dutiful Admissions legislation. This piece of Terran Alliance legislation entitles the Marshal power to command a law offender to turn themselves into the nearest authorities without supervision of the Marshal, upon pain of further “Evading the Law” charges if disobeyed. This allows Marshals to enforce law against petty criminals without straying from any investigation or manhunt that may be underway
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to commandeer any evidence that may be pertinent to their current case or manhunt so long as they receive permission from administering authorities (IE: T.A.F. Police, Prometheus Security Division, House of Veneration Empyrean Legion)
* T.A.F. Marshals reserve the rite to turn in any wanted criminal to local jurisdiction. Upon proper identification of the criminal, T.A.F. Marshals receive a commission of half the due reward (other half going to the department of Federal Space Marshals). T.A.F. Marshals may divvy this profit up anyway they see fit between deputies they may have under their jurisdiction
Along with the many bodies of power a Marshal receives to aid in their duties, there are several strict rules that T.A.F. Marshals may not break, upon subject of trial and stripping of title.
*T.A.F. Marshals may not withhold information from other T.A.F. Marshals
* T.A.F. Marshals may not enter legal private property without proof of permission
* T.A.F. Marshals may not keep a suspect for more than 72 hours or re-incarcerate the suspect without proper evidence or probable cause
* T.A.F. Marshals may not detain T.A.F., Prometheus, or H.O.V. officials without proper warrants (this includes law enforcement, congressional title holders, diplomats)
* T.A.F. Marshals may not use illegal equipment or contraband during their investigations
* T.A.F. Marshals may not administer a trial, judicial hearing, or sentence to any suspect or criminal. This duty is only reserved for T.A.F., Prometheus, or H.O.V. judicial branches