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Revision as of 22:25, 4 September 2022
The purpose of this document is to outline and define the colony regulations and injunctions that all employees and visitors must abide by. These regulations apply across the board on any property owned by the White Belt administration, be it colony, station, ship or outpost.
100: Low Level Infractions
100.1 Minor Offenses and Officer Leeway
Officers are allowed to give out official warnings for first time low level infractions, but repeat offenders are expected to be properly sentenced. Officers are expected to exercise judgment when handing out warnings. They are not obligated to hand out a warning for a first time offense, especially if the individual they are dealing with is hostile or uncooperative.
100.2 Appropriate Sentencing
Low level infractions are, if necessary, a sentence X in the Colony jail, including a fine of up to Y credits. Officers are encouraged to use their best judgment when sentencing individuals.
No. | Offense | Description |
i101 | Loitering | Lingering or hanging around in a public place or business where one has no particular legal purpose. Loitering may also be charged if an officer issues a warning to disperse and it is not obeyed. |
i102 | Trespassing | Entering another person’s property without permission of the owner or legal authority. |
i103 | Obstruction of Justice | Willfully interfering with the process of justice or law, especially by harming, influencing, threatening, or impeding a witness, potential witness, judicial or legal officer or by furnishing false information in or otherwise impeding an investigation or legal process. |
i104 | Petty Theft | Taking someone else’s property without consent and with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of that property. For theft of items or credits over 10,000 see i208 Grand Theft. |
i105 | Battery | To have harmful or unwanted physical contact without another person’s consent, even where that contact is not physically violent. |
i106 | Indecent Exposure | Intentionally exposing one’s genitalia or secondary sex characteristics in a place where such exposure is likely to be an offense against the generally accepted standards of decency. |
i107 | Breach of the Peace | Engaging in unruly public behavior, such as fighting, yelling or screaming in public spaces, or causing excessively loud noise. |
i108 | Vandalism | Deliberately damaging or defacing property without malicious consent, such as disassembling basic equipment, spraying graffiti on walls or superficial damage to colony infrastructure. For more serious and malicious attempts to damage the colony, see i213 Sabotage. |
i109 | Threat of Murder or Serious Injury | Threatening to murder or seriously injure an individual coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause said harm. |
i110 | Animal Cruelty | Inflicting physical pain, suffering, or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous the animal has suffered, died, or been put in imminent danger of death. |
i111 | Resisting Arrest | Intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting a legal, authorized arrest of himself or another person. |
200. Medium Level Infractions
200.1 Medium Offenses
Medium level offenses represent a more serious breach of peace and the public trust and as such are not applicable for warnings under any circumstances. Individuals guilty of medium level offenses should be handcuffed and secured at all times. No requests for light security or accommodations should be allowed. Ensure that until being placed in their cell, the individual is restrained and secured.
200.2 Appropriate Sentencing
Medium level infractions are, if necessary, a sentence of up to X in the colony jail, including a fine of up to Y credits. Officers are encouraged to use their best judgment when sentencing individuals.
No. | Offense | Description |
i201 | Assault | Inflicting offensive physical contact or bodily harm that puts the person in immediate danger of such harm or contact. |
i202 | Fraud | Intentional misrepresentation of material existing facts for the purpose of inducing another person to act. Fake documentation, identity theft and impersonation fall under this category. |
i203 | Abduction | Taking away of a person by either persuasion, fraud, or open force or violence. |
i204 | Rioting | An act or acts of violence by one or more persons of an assemblage having gathered in protest or as a result of an unlawful gathering. |
i205 | Grand Theft | Taking someone else’s property of a value greater than 10,000 credits without consent and with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of that property. |
i206 | Sedition | Engaging in conduct, speech, or actions that could potentially incite a riot or attempting to rally individuals against the authority of the White Belt administration or Corporate partner. |
i207 | Sparking a Manhunt | Causing the system authority to mobilize a manhunt or search party as a result of fleeing, evading arrest or hiding from arrest. |
i208 | Escaping from Confinement | To escape from confinement or a legally applied sentence, including fleeing from or escaping custody even before sentencing has been carried out. |
i209 | Infiltration | Entering secure government or colony property without permission of the government or legal authority. |
i210 | Sabotage | Deliberately damaging or destroying colony systems or equipment with malicious intent, such as damaging or destroying atmospherics systems, power systems, security systems, or necessary equipment for the safe and secure running of the colony. |
i211 | Extortion | Acquiring property, money or anything of demonstrably material value by any kind of force or threat of violence, property damage, harm to reputation or unfavorable government action. |
i212 | Robbery | The direct taking of property, money, or goods from a person through force, threat, or intimidation. |
300: High Level Infractions
300.1 Serious Offenses
High level offenses represent the most serious breach of peace and the public trust and as such are not applicable for warnings or deferred judgment under any circumstances. Individuals guilty of high level offenses should under no circumstances ever be uncuffed, unsecured, or otherwise unbound at any time prior to them being placed in a cell. They will not be given anything but the most basic and necessary accommodations.
300.2 Appropriate Sentencing
High level infractions are, if necessary, a sentence of up to X in the colony jail, including a fine of up to Y credits. Officers are encouraged to use their best judgment when sentencing individuals.
No. | Offense | Description |
i301 | Manslaughter | The unlawful killing of another person without premeditation, malice, or evil intent prior to the killing. |
i302 | Hostage Taking | Seizing or detaining an individual coupled with the threat of death, injury, or continuing to detain said individual in order to compel some third person or government organization to take action. |
i303 | Soliciation of Murder for Hire | Hiring or attempting to hire another individual to commit murder on your behalf or on the behalf of a third party. |
i304 | Arson | The malicious and intentional burning of a structure, domicile, vehicle, spacecraft or aircraft. |
i305 | Money Laundering | Processing of criminal proceeds to disguise their illegal origin or the ownership or control of the assets, or promoting an illegal activity with illicit or legal source funds. |
i306 | Armed Robbery | The direct taking of property, money, or goods from a person through force, threat, or intimidation while armed with a firearm or other weapon that causes the apprehension of serious bodily harm. |
i307 | Aggravated Assault | Inflicting offensive physical contact or bodily harm that puts the person in immediate danger of such harm or contact, especially while armed with a firearm or other weapon that causes grievous bodily harm. |
i308 | Sexual Assault | Illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent. |
i309 | Assaulting a Government Official | Inflicting offensive physical contact or bodily harm that puts the person in immediate danger of such harm or contact, especially if the individual is a member of the White Belt Administration or associated government body. |
i310 | Corporate Espionage | The illegal and unethical theft of White Belt Administration business trade secrets, government documents, or the assisting of anti-Corporate elements to provide an unfair advantage to rival Corporations. |
400: Black Level Infractions
400.1 Extreme Offenses
Black level offenses are utterly reprehensible crimes that go far beyond a breach of the public trust and endanger not only the colony but its denizens as well. All individuals who are being held on suspicion of black level offenses should be deprived of all but their basic rights and necessities and held pending Command or government intervention. Under no circumstances are they to be released beforehand.
400.2 Appropriate Sentencing
No. | Offense | Description |
i401 | Murder | The intentional and unlawful killing of an individual with malice aforethought and with no legal excuse or authority. |
i402 | Terrorism | The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce the government, the civilian populace, in furtherance of political or social objectives. |
i403 | High Treason | Attempting to overthrow or rebel against local government administration, providing aid or succor to enemies of the Corporation, spying on government officials for anti-Corporation elements, or attempting to assault or kill high-ranking members of the local government administration. |
i404 | Assassination | The intentional and unlawful killing of a prominent individual, usually high-ranking members of the local government administration, for the sole purpose of political, ideological or social reasons. |
i405 | Abduction of a Government Official | Taking away of a person, especially a high-ranking member of the local government administration, by either persuasion, fraud, or open force or violence. |
i406 | Grand Sabotage | Deliberately damaging or destroying colony systems or equipment with malicious intent, especially in such a way that leaves the colony or its citizens at great risk of death; such as damaging or destroying the main reactor, atmospheric storage tanks, orbital tether, AI control system, orbital computation systems or any damage to FTL gates. |
500: Modifiers & Special Situations
500.1 Sentencing Modifiers
When considering what sentence to apply to an individual, officers are expected to keep in mind the necessary modifiers to their time or fine amount. Individuals who willingly cooperate or surrender themselves should be allowed more leeway while others who commit serial crimes or are uncooperative should be given harsher sentences. As always, sentencing modifiers are typically up to the arresting officer’s judgment.
% | Modifier | Description |
-30% | Surrender | Willingly submitting one’s self to police custody, confessing to the crime, and taking the punishment. Not resisting while being arrested does not count as surrendering. You have to turn yourself in. |
-15% | Cooperation with Law Enforcement | Being helpful to officers or ongoing investigations by providing information, details, testimony, or providing names of accomplices. |
N/A | Self-Defense | Committing a crime such as assault or murder that can be justified as it was necessary to prevent the loss of life or grievous bodily harm. |
-10% | Attempted [...] | This reduction is added to any crime that was attempted, but not successfully committed. |
+15% | [...] of an Officer | This enhancement is added to any crime that was committed against a law enforcement officer. |
+10% | Conspiracy to Commit [...] | Planning, conspiring, or taking additional steps to secure the success of a crime, such as laying out a plan for a heist or planning a murder ahead of time. |
N/A | Aiding and Abetting | Assisting with, aiding, or taking part in some portion of a high level or black level offense can make you equally prosecutable for the same crimes. This includes sheltering or assisting a wanted criminal guilty of the aforementioned offenses escape custody or arrest. |
+300% | Mass [...] | This enhancement is added to any crime that an individual has committed said offense multiple times, resulting in the charges stacking. |