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* ''Literature/Area51'': Artad was leader of a Kortad detachment (the Airlia police) who came on a space ship to arrest Aspasia, Earth's commander, as he had gone rogue, disobeying orders from their government. Both of them were cut off from the wider Airlia and fought a millennia-long war with each other, throughout which the Kortad on Earth remained loyal to Artad.



** In the Literature/XWingSeries, part of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', one of the pilots was on the Corellian Security Force, essentially the police of the Corellian system. Corellia's Jedi tended to work pretty closely with them. Largely the CSF stayed within the system. The Jedi had a saying - "There is no luck, only the Force", and the CSF liked to modify it to tell criminals who chalked up being caught to bad luck - "There is no luck, only the Corellian Security Force".
** ''Literature/{{Tarkin}}'' details how the title character started in the Outland Regions Security Force, the militia policing the Greater Seswenna, and later transferred to the Judicial Forces that (in theory) operate in the entire Galactic Republic. His stint in the ORSF is notable for how he managed to capture the previously unbeatable [[SpacePirates pirate queen Qa'nah]] and [[HurlItIntoTheSun put her and her crew into a container into a slowly decaying orbit over a sun]] while broadcasting their plight and shooting down anyone who tried to rescue them, starting his habit of [[MakeAnExampleOfThem using terrifying shows of power to scare criminals and rebels into submission]] that would culminate with the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]].

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** In the Literature/XWingSeries, part of ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', one of the pilots was on the Corellian Security Force, essentially the police of the Corellian system. Corellia's Jedi tended to work pretty closely with them. Some Jedi were even partners with CSF officers. Largely the CSF stayed within the system. The Jedi had a saying - "There is no luck, only the Force", and the CSF liked to modify it to tell criminals who chalked up being caught to bad luck - "There is no luck, only the Corellian Security Force".
** ''Literature/{{Tarkin}}'' details how the title character started in the Outland Regions Security Force, the militia policing the Greater Seswenna, and later transferred to the Judicial Forces that (in theory) operate in the entire Galactic Republic. His stint in the ORSF is notable for how he managed to capture the previously unbeatable [[SpacePirates pirate pirate]] [[PirateGirl queen Qa'nah]] and [[HurlItIntoTheSun put her and her crew into a container into a slowly decaying orbit over a sun]] while broadcasting their plight and shooting down anyone who tried to rescue them, starting his habit of [[MakeAnExampleOfThem using terrifying shows of power to scare criminals and rebels into submission]] that would culminate with the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]].
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Where they get that jurisdiction from, though, is often different. They're more likely to be part of a huge, galaxy-spanning organization, and are often more of an elite force than just regular policemen. They may not even answer to the government. They might even have superpowers or gadgetry that is more advanced than that of Earth.

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Where they get that jurisdiction from, though, is often different. They're more likely to be part of a huge, galaxy-spanning organization, and are often more of an elite force than just regular policemen. [[NGOSuperpower They may not even answer to the government.government]]. They might even have superpowers or gadgetry that is more advanced than that of Earth.
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* The Keyblade wielders from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' qualify as their job is to keep other worlds safe from threats such as The Heartless, Nobodies, The Unversed, and Organization XIII while attempting to maintain the status quo of the worlds although they do fight any evil villains in those worlds as well. Although some keyblade wielders become corrupted by the powers of darkness and abuse it, there are some keyblade wielders who side on the light to keep darkness at bay. What makes them count is that the universe of the series does not really have planets and they are replaced with worlds that are either based on Disney films, only have a single town, or are completely infested with the threats of darkness as used as a base of operations by the antagonists. Outside of these worlds is just a dimension that is very similar to outer space and wielders are required to travel from world to world through use of a Gummi ship or through their ability to transform their keyboards into vehicles.

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* The Keyblade wielders from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' qualify as their job is to keep other worlds safe from threats such as The Heartless, Nobodies, The Unversed, and Organization XIII while attempting to maintain the status quo of the worlds although they do fight any evil villains in those worlds as well. Although some keyblade Keyblade wielders become corrupted by the powers of darkness and abuse it, there are some keyblade Keyblade wielders who side on the light to keep darkness at bay. What makes them count is that the universe of the series does not really have planets and they are replaced with worlds that are either based on Disney films, only have a single town, or are completely infested with the threats of darkness as used as a base of operations by the antagonists. Outside of these worlds is just a dimension that is very similar to outer space and wielders are required to travel from world to world through use of a Gummi ship or through their ability to transform their keyboards Keyblades into vehicles.
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** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in their helmets.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]'' also has the Blue Senturion/Signalman, either a policeman from an alternate timeline or an actual space cop.

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** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in their helmets.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]'' also has
helmets. Also applies to the Blue Senturion/Signalman, either Western version ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''
** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'': Signalman is
a policeman from an alternate timeline or an actual space cop.cop from the planet Polis that tends to butt heads with the Carrangers due to his headstrong personality and the fact he views the Carrangers as vigilantes. His western counterpart in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' is drastically different. While he is still a space cop, he is also a time traveler who comes from a completely different time period, and unlike in Super Sentai, he actually gets along with the rangers.
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* The Space Patrol in several of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's short stories (and one novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'').

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* The Space Patrol in several of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's short stories (and one novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'').''Literature/{{Space Cadet|Heinlein}}'').
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* The narrator of the short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel is a space customs agent.

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* The narrator of the short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel Creator/DesmondWarzel is a space customs agent.
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* The eponymous organisation in the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' novels, which does pretty much what it says on the tin - a space police corps with jurisdiction over crimes that take place in space, or on space stations or anywhere else that isn't actually a planet.

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* The eponymous organisation in the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' ''Literature/Spaceforce2012'' novels, which does pretty much what it says on the tin - a space police corps with jurisdiction over crimes that take place in space, or on space stations or anywhere else that isn't actually a planet.
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** The ProudWarriorRaceGuy [[BirdPeople turians]] tend to act as this for the galactic community at large. The majority of C-Sec officers and Spectres are turian, making up over 50% of the total police force. Additionally they have the largest fleet of warships in the galaxy, making them the official peacekeepers of Citadel space. In fact, their FirstContact War with humanity was the result of them responding to humans [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace illegally activating a mass relay]] and PoorCommunicationKills.
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* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', G.A.L.A.K.T.I.K. is an alien law-enforcement group that arrests and incarcerates interstellar criminals. They resemble TheGreys wearing [[TheMenInBlack black suits]].
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* Part of the series premise of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' is that the title character is an intergalactic police officer.

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* Part of the series premise of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' is that the title character is an intergalactic police officer.
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* For the record, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 stipulates that objects and people launched into space are under the jurisdiction of the country that launched them. And yes, this means that different modules on the International Space Station are under the jurisdiction of different countries. However, no country has ever seen fit to create an actual enforcement mechanism, presumably due to the limited number of people in space and the fact that those people are usually subjected to rigorous background checks anyway. As of TheNewTwenties, no one has ever been charged with committing a crime in space.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' Starfleet Security is shown explicitly performing roles akin to those of the FBI and US Marshals.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' Starfleet Security is shown explicitly performing roles akin to those of the FBI and US Marshals. Starfleet as a whole is also mentioned to broadly fill the role of law enforcement within space.
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* The Planetary Defense Organization from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', with the title character being assigned to Earth to prevent illegal exports of [[AliensStealCable entertainment media]]. She later remarks that they sometimes get backup from [[{{Series/Ultraman}} the Land of Light]].

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* The Planetary Defense Organization from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', with the title character being assigned to Earth to prevent illegal exports of [[AliensStealCable entertainment media]]. She later remarks that they sometimes get backup from [[{{Series/Ultraman}} the Land of Light]].
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* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'': Immorta is an officer of the Galactic Federation Police pursuing both the GEATHJERK Federation and the SpacePirate Prince Vorkken. Since GEATHJERK decimated the Galactic Federation on their way to attacking Earth, she's the only one who appears.
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** It's been suggested that the Corps were based on the Lensmen, but the creators denied having read the stories. Later writers, however, included [[ShoutOUt shout-outs]] such as Green Lanterns named Arisia and Eddore, after the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Godlike alien empires]] of the Lensman novels.

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** It's been suggested that the Corps were based on the Lensmen, but the creators denied having read the stories. Later writers, however, included [[ShoutOUt [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] such as Green Lanterns named Arisia and Eddore, after the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Godlike alien empires]] of the Lensman novels.



* The Nova Corps from the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film.

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* The Nova Corps from the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' film.''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''.



* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the end of the fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.

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* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': ''Series/Babylon5'': By the end of the fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.



* Parodied in the third season of ''Series/SlingsAndArrows,'' where [[spoiler:Ellen]]'s new job is on a show where she plays a hard edged cop... [[RecycledInSpace IN SPAAAACE!]]

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* Parodied in the third season of ''Series/SlingsAndArrows,'' where [[spoiler:Ellen]]'s new job is on a show where she plays a hard edged cop... [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPAAAACE!]]



* Shooty and Bang-Bang in ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', who are in pursuit of Zaphod for stealing the Heart of Gold. They're not the sort of cops who enjoy gratuitously shooting people, although they do so anyway.

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* Shooty and Bang-Bang in ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', who are in pursuit of Zaphod for stealing the Heart of Gold. They're not the sort of cops who enjoy gratuitously shooting people, although they do so anyway.



** The Adeptus Arbites, on the other hand, are closer to the standard understanding of what police can and must do, although they're still noticeably darker than usual and have more limited jurisdiction -- that is, they enforce only general Imperial laws, of which there are few, leaving most to the local police. In short, they are FBI [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]], with a healthy dose of ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' ShoutOut.

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** The Adeptus Arbites, on the other hand, are closer to the standard understanding of what police can and must do, although they're still noticeably darker than usual and have more limited jurisdiction -- that is, they enforce only general Imperial laws, of which there are few, leaving most to the local police. In short, they are FBI [[RecycledINSPACE [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]], with a healthy dose of ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' ShoutOut.



* In ''Videogame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', you play as a Space Police with [[LegacyCharacter R-11B Peace Maker]], an aircraft which fires [[BeamSpam homing laser beam]], the said craft makes a return in ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final]]''.

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* In ''Videogame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', ''VideoGame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', you play as a Space Police with [[LegacyCharacter R-11B Peace Maker]], an aircraft which fires [[BeamSpam homing laser beam]], the said craft makes a return in ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final]]''.



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* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Rocket Squad"', a ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' spoof set [[RecycledINSPACE in space]].

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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'s'' Peacekeepers were initially created to act as a neutral peacekeeping force by powerful aliens in the far distant past. A planetary ruler can hire the Peacekeepers to protect their planet, but they can also hire them to enforce their will on your own people. So the Peacekeepers run an empire by proxy, while ostensibly protecting everyone.

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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'s'' Peacekeepers were initially created to act as a neutral peacekeeping force by powerful aliens in the far distant past. A planetary ruler can hire the Peacekeepers to protect their planet, but they can also hire them to enforce their will on your their own people. So the Peacekeepers run an empire by proxy, while ostensibly protecting everyone.

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* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'': Jethro Walts, who works for an organisation called the US Colonial Marshalls and seems to have a similar job description to Sean Connery's character in ''Film/{{Outland}}''. Notably he appears to be one of the few people on Sevastopol Station who isn't answerable to its corporate owners and can even overrule them where matters of federal law or public safety are concerned, which is just as well because [[IncompetenceInc Seegson]] screw over their employees as badly if not worse through carelessness then [[EvilInc Weyland-Yutani]] did the crew of the ''Nostromo'' with malice aforethought.



* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has this with the "Galactic Federation Police." The [[AllThereInTheManual original game's manual]] specified that the Federation government created the organization to battle the threat to interstellar shipping posed by SpacePirates, and it was mentioned again in the ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' instruction manual. After that, it seemed like it had been retconned out of existence when the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' games seemingly replaced it with the [[SpaceMarine Galactic Federation Marine Corps]] until ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' specifically mentioned the Police again in its intro. The line between Police and military seems to be thin, as it is mentioned that the Police have worked with the Federation Army jointly (in ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission's'' manual) and both ''Metroid II'' and ''Samus Returns'' call the Police's operatives [[InsistentTerminology "soldiers"]] (which may make them more akin to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmerie gendarmerie]] as opposed to traditional civilian police). Series heroine Samus Aran was established to have had a previous service history with the Police as an elite operative in both the early [[ComicBook/NintendoComicsSystem Captain N: The Game Master comic series]] and then again in the [[Manga/MetroidManga manga prequel]] before she eventually quit the service and became an independent bounty hunter.



* This is the best description for IRPO (Inter-Regional Patrol Organization) in ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' (even though it's remarkably unclear what a "Region" actually ''is''). Their job is to monitor and police the various Regions, acting as effectively "Space Interpol". Because the heroes are constantly hopping from Region to Region in pursuit of their quests, IRPO frequently intercedes in their affairs, with IRPO agent Fuse being a recurring character (and in the Remastered version, the eighth main hero).



* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' has a DownplayedTrope variation: Enforcers are a population job that reduce crime, generate Unity and spawn [[HomeGuard Planetary Defense Armies]] on the planets they work from. And the upcoming Nemesis DLC would make them more effective through the creation of a cooperative Gal Pol initiative (Interpol RecycledInSPACE). The regular military would still be called for [[SpacePirates Piracy Suppression or Trade Protection]].








* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' has a DownplayedTrope variation: Enforcers are a population job that reduce crime, generate Unity and spawn [[HomeGuard Planetary Defense Armies]] on the planets they work from. And the upcoming Nemesis DLC would make them more effective through the creation of a cooperative Gal Pol initiative (Interpol RecycledInSPACE). The regular military would still be called for [[SpacePirates Piracy Suppression or Trade Protection]].
* This is the best description for IRPO (Inter-Regional Patrol Organization) in ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' (even though it's remarkably unclear what a "Region" actually ''is''). Their job is to monitor and police the various Regions, acting as effectively "Space Interpol". Because the heroes are constantly hopping from Region to Region in pursuit of their quests, IRPO frequently intercedes in their affairs, with IRPO agent Fuse being a recurring character (and in the Remastered version, the eighth main hero).
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has this with the "Galactic Federation Police." The [[AllThereInTheManual original game's manual]] specified that the Federation government created the organization to battle the threat to interstellar shipping posed by SpacePirates, and it was mentioned again in the ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' instruction manual. After that, it seemed like it had been retconned out of existence when the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' games seemingly replaced it with the [[SpaceMarine Galactic Federation Marine Corps]] until ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' specifically mentioned the Police again in its intro. The line between Police and military seems to be thin, as it is mentioned that the Police have worked with the Federation Army jointly (in ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission's'' manual) and both ''Metroid II'' and ''Samus Returns'' call the Police's operatives [[InsistentTerminology "soldiers"]] (which may make them more akin to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmerie gendarmerie]] as opposed to traditional civilian police). Series heroine Samus Aran was established to have had a previous service history with the Police as an elite operative in both the early [[ComicBook/NintendoComicsSystem Captain N: The Game Master comic series]] and then again in the [[Manga/MetroidManga manga prequel]] before she eventually quit the service and became an independent bounty hunter.
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'': Jethro Walts, who works for an organisation called the US Colonial Marshalls and seems to have a similar job description to Sean Connery's character in ''Film/{{Outland}}''. Notably he appears to be one of the few people on Sevastopol Station who isn't answerable to its corporate owners and can even overrule them where matters of federal law or public safety are concerned, which is just as well because [[IncompetenceInc Seegson]] screw over their employees as badly if not worse through carelessness then [[EvilInc Weyland-Yutani]] did the crew of the ''Nostromo'' with malice aforethought.



* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' has to deal with the Triple-I, a [[PoliceAreUseless ridiculously under-budget police force]] that can't even be bothered to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ provide space suits for inmates cleaning the outside of their station.]]



* Webcomic/CommanderKitty has to deal with the Triple-I, a [[PoliceAreUseless ridiculously under-budget police force]] that can't even be bothered to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ provide space suits for inmates cleaning the outside of their station.]]
* Webcomic/ZeeraTheSpacePirate tried to go straight and become a cop once, but quickly concluded that the Space Police were so corrupt that she was better off just going back to being a pirate.

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* Webcomic/CommanderKitty has to deal with the Triple-I, a [[PoliceAreUseless ridiculously under-budget police force]] that can't even be bothered to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ provide space suits for inmates cleaning the outside of their station.]]
* Webcomic/ZeeraTheSpacePirate
''Webcomic/ZeeraTheSpacePirate'' tried to go straight and become a cop once, but quickly concluded that the Space Police were so corrupt that she was better off just going back to being a pirate.



* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Rocket Squad"', a ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' spoof set [[RecycledINSPACE in space]].



* Mandora the Evil-Chaser from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}''
* The Space Rangers in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper]] and the Angels'' is a Creator/HannaBarbera series from 1979 in which the Friendly Ghost befriends two female space police officers named Maxie and Minnie.

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* Mandora the Evil-Chaser from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}''
* The Space Rangers Galactic Guardians in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost Casper]] and
''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' protect the Angels'' is a Creator/HannaBarbera series universe from 1979 in which the Friendly Ghost befriends two female space police officers named Maxie all manner of intergalactic crime and Minnie.villainy.



* ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr''. Granted, he's only one, but even the blurb for the movie said [[OneRiotOneRanger one man is enough]].
* The Space Rangers in ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.
* ''WesternAnimation/CasperAndTheAngels'' is a Creator/HannaBarbera series from 1979 in which the Friendly Ghost befriends two female space police officers named Maxie and Minnie.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Rocket Squad"', a ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' spoof set [[RecycledINSPACE in space]].
* The Omega Confederation armed forces -- their members have however ''bona-fide'' armadas -- in ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Space]]'' are described as a police force with tasks as patrolling space or humanitarian missions instead of a navy, even if later in the series build considerably more powerful warships.[[note]]The series was known in Japan as ''Ginga Patrol PJ'' (''Galaxy Patrol PJ'').[[/note]]
* Meap from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' works for the Space Police.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverhawks}}''



* The Virus Warriors of ''WesternAnimation/SuperNoobs''. They protect the universe from the virus, which is a man made pathogen designed to turn organisms into monsters. They have superpowers that come from battle balls and can arrest those affiliated with the virus creators.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy'' the 3 protagonists enforce the law throughout the stars as space marshals.



* The Galactic Guardians in ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' protect the universe from all manner of intergalactic crime and villainy.
* Meap from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' works for the Space Police.
* In WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy the 3 protagonists enforce the law throughout the stars as space marshals.
* The Virus Warriors of ''WesternAnimation/SuperNoobs''. They protect the universe from the virus, which is a man made pathogen designed to turn organisms into monsters. They have superpowers that come from battle balls and can arrest those affiliated with the virus creators.
* The Omega Confederation armed forces -- their members have however ''bona-fide'' armadas -- in ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Space]]'' are described as a police force with tasks as patrolling space or humanitarian missions instead of a navy, even if later in the series build considerably more powerful warships.[[note]]The series was known in Japan as ''Ginga Patrol PJ'' (''Galaxy Patrol PJ'').[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr''. Granted, he's only one, but even the blurb for the movie said [[OneRiotOneRanger one man is enough]].

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* The Galactic Guardians in ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' protect Mandora the universe Evil-Chaser from all manner of intergalactic crime and villainy.
* Meap from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' works for the Space Police.
* In WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy the 3 protagonists enforce the law throughout the stars as space marshals.
* The Virus Warriors of ''WesternAnimation/SuperNoobs''. They protect the universe from the virus, which is a man made pathogen designed to turn organisms into monsters. They have superpowers that come from battle balls and can arrest those affiliated with the virus creators.
* The Omega Confederation armed forces -- their members have however ''bona-fide'' armadas -- in ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Space]]'' are described as a police force with tasks as patrolling space or humanitarian missions instead of a navy, even if later in the series build considerably more powerful warships.[[note]]The series was known in Japan as ''Ginga Patrol PJ'' (''Galaxy Patrol PJ'').[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BraveStarr''. Granted, he's only one, but even the blurb for the movie said [[OneRiotOneRanger one man is enough]].
''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''.

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* The robotic "Space Filth" in ''Series/RedDwarf'' ("filth" is a derogatory name for police in the UK).
* In the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', the Space Garrison that the titular heroes belong to fits the bill with the addition that all of the organization's members are armored giants that mostly deal with rampaging kaiju and their evil extraterrestrial masters.
* ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' was a reworking of a pilot Gerry Anderson had produced about ten years before hand called ''Space Police'', the title was changed upon learning that Lego had a toyline called Space Police. The series didn't have a lot to do with this trope anyway, aside from the title; it was a fairly standard cop show [[RecycledInSpace With TACKED-ON CYBERPUNK ELEMENTS!]]
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'s'' Peacekeepers were initially created to act as a neutral peacekeeping force by powerful aliens in the far distant past. A planetary ruler can hire the Peacekeepers to protect their planet, but they can also hire them to enforce their will on your own people. So the Peacekeepers run an empire by proxy, while ostensibly protecting everyone.
* The series ''Series/{{Space Rangers|1993}}''. The premise was a 'Texas Rangers' type organization operating in space.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in their helmets.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]'' also has the Blue Senturion/Signalman, either a policeman from an alternate timeline or an actual space cop.
* ''Series/StarCops'' was short-lived British 'hard' sci-fi series about the International Space Police Force -- nicknamed the "Star Cops" -- who provide law enforcement for the newly developing colonies of the Solar System.

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* The robotic "Space Filth" in ''Series/RedDwarf'' ("filth" is a derogatory name for police in ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the UK).
* In the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', the Space Garrison that the titular heroes belong to fits the bill with the addition that all
end of the organization's fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members are armored giants that mostly deal with rampaging kaiju of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their evil extraterrestrial masters.
* ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' was
borders are being threatened by a reworking of a pilot Gerry Anderson had produced about ten years before hand called ''Space Police'', new undetectable enemy]], and the title was changed upon learning that Lego had a toyline called Space Police. The series didn't have a lot first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to do with this trope anyway, aside be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the title; it was a fairly standard cop show [[RecycledInSpace With TACKED-ON CYBERPUNK ELEMENTS!]]
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'s'' Peacekeepers were initially created to act as a neutral peacekeeping force by powerful aliens in
purpose of the far distant past. A planetary ruler can hire Rangers is more to create the Peacekeepers to protect their planet, but they can also hire them peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their will on your own people. So direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Peacekeepers run an empire by proxy, while ostensibly protecting everyone.
* The series ''Series/{{Space Rangers|1993}}''. The premise was
Drakh, and if a 'Texas Rangers' type organization operating in space.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are
world is being victimized or planning a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in war of conquest against their helmets.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]'' also has
neighbours, the Blue Senturion/Signalman, either a policeman from an alternate timeline or an actual space cop.
* ''Series/StarCops'' was short-lived British 'hard' sci-fi series
Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about the International Space Police Force -- nicknamed the "Star Cops" -- who provide law enforcement for the newly developing colonies of the Solar System.it.



** "The Eleventh Hour" gives us the [[StarfishAliens considerably weirder]] but even more callous Atraxi, who threatened to torch the entire planet Earth to prevent Prisoner Zero's escape.

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** "The Eleventh Hour" gives us "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" features the [[StarfishAliens considerably weirder]] but even more callous Atraxi, who threatened Space Security Service or "SSS": a military force whose purpose was to torch gather intelligence on behalf of the entire planet Earth Solar System and when necessary, eliminate threats to prevent Prisoner Zero's escape.that safety.



* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' Starfleet Security is shown explicitly performing roles akin to those of the FBI and US Marshals.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' Starfleet Security is shown explicitly performing roles akin to those of ** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E1TheTimeWarrior The Time Warrior]]", the FBI Third Doctor describes the Time Lords:
-->''And my people are very keen to stamp out unlicensed time travel. You can look upon them as galactic ticket inspectors, if you like.''
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]" gives us the [[StarfishAliens considerably weirder]] but even more callous Atraxi, who threatened to torch the entire planet Earth to prevent Prisoner Zero's escape.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'s'' Peacekeepers were initially created to act as a neutral peacekeeping force by powerful aliens in the far distant past. A planetary ruler can hire the Peacekeepers to protect their planet, but they can also hire them to enforce their will on your own people. So the Peacekeepers run an empire by proxy, while ostensibly protecting everyone.
* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' 'verse has two versions of this: the Federal Marshals ("Feds")
and US Marshals.the Interplanetary Police ("Interpol"). The [[AllThereInTheManual RPG sourcebook]] goes into more detail than the show had time to. Interpol concentrates on tracking suspects and investigating crimes (e.g. the Alliance cruiser ''Dortmunder'' alerts them to ''Serenity's'' illegal salvage operation in the pilot), while the Feds enforce Alliance national laws and pursue criminals across interplanetary borders (they're the cops hunting Simon and River).



* The robotic "Space Filth" in ''Series/RedDwarf'' ("filth" is a derogatory name for police in the UK).



* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' 'verse has two versions of this: the Federal Marshals ("Feds") and the Interplanetary Police ("Interpol"). The [[AllThereInTheManual RPG sourcebook]] goes into more detail than the show had time to. Interpol concentrates on tracking suspects and investigating crimes (e.g. the Alliance cruiser ''Dortmunder'' alerts them to ''Serenity's'' illegal salvage operation in the pilot), while the Feds enforce Alliance national laws and pursue criminals across interplanetary borders (they're the cops hunting Simon and River).
* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the end of the fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.

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* ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' was a reworking of a pilot Gerry Anderson had produced about ten years before hand called ''Space Police'', the title was changed upon learning that Lego had a toyline called Space Police. The series didn't have a lot to do with this trope anyway, aside from the title; it was a fairly standard cop show [[RecycledInSpace With TACKED-ON CYBERPUNK ELEMENTS!]]
* The ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' 'verse has two versions of this: series ''Series/{{Space Rangers|1993}}''. The premise was a 'Texas Rangers' type organization operating in space.
* ''Series/StarCops'' was short-lived British 'hard' sci-fi series about
the Federal Marshals ("Feds") and the Interplanetary International Space Police ("Interpol"). The [[AllThereInTheManual RPG sourcebook]] goes into more detail than Force -- nicknamed the show had time to. Interpol concentrates on tracking suspects and investigating crimes (e.g. "Star Cops" -- who provide law enforcement for the Alliance cruiser ''Dortmunder'' alerts them to ''Serenity's'' illegal salvage operation in the pilot), while the Feds enforce Alliance national laws and pursue criminals across interplanetary borders (they're the cops hunting Simon and River).
* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the end
newly developing colonies of the fourth season, Solar System.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries:'' Starfleet Security is shown explicitly performing roles akin to those of
the Rangers have begun FBI and US Marshals.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down
to fill this role, helping to keep lightbars in their helmets.
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''/''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]'' also has
the peace between Blue Senturion/Signalman, either a policeman from an alternate timeline or an actual space cop.
* In
the different ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', the Space Garrison that the titular heroes belong to fits the bill with the addition that all of the organization's members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds are armored giants that mostly deal with rampaging kaiju and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.evil extraterrestrial masters.



* The 1952 radio show ''Space Patrol'' features a futuristic police force that keeps the solar system safe from planet-hopping criminals (and, in the pilot, a space/time anomaly).
* Shooty and Bang-Bang in ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', who are in pursuit of Zaphod for stealing the Heart of Gold. They're not the sort of cops who enjoy gratutiously shooting people, although they do so anyway.

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* The 1952 radio show ''Space Patrol'' features a futuristic police force that keeps the solar system safe from planet-hopping criminals (and, in the pilot, a space/time anomaly).
* Shooty and Bang-Bang in ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', who are in pursuit of Zaphod for stealing the Heart of Gold. They're not the sort of cops who enjoy gratutiously gratuitously shooting people, although they do so anyway.anyway.
* The 1952 radio show ''Radio/SpacePatrol'' features a futuristic police force that keeps the solar system safe from planet-hopping criminals (and, in the pilot, a space/time anomaly).



* In ''Videogame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', you play as a Space Police with [[LegacyCharacter R-11B Peace Maker]], an aircraft which fires [[BeamSpam homing laser beam]], the said craft makes a return in ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final]]''.
* Given the state things are with every space travel capable race flocking to the last remaining star of the universe, the militaristic SpaceMarine Peacekeepers from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' also basically function to some degree as law enforcers of the last solar system.



* ''VideoGame/EveOnline'':
** The CONCORD Assembly is an independent body formed by consent of the four empires. They use their own powerful proprietary technology to keep order in secure systems. Their jurisdiction is limited however, leaving most of the galaxy lawless and rather dangerous.
** Some corporations and vigilantes attempt to enforce their own brand of justice outside Concord-secured space, as well. Given that non-secured space is one of the most brutal free-for-alls in all of video game history, the actual effectiveness of their efforts is debatable.
** With the release of the Police Pursuit Comet (a Gallente frigate with police paint and blue and red lights), some players are quite literally policing the borders. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwY28rpyKDE Quite often, it's done with a snippet of Permaband's HTFU playing on repeat in the background.]]



* In ''VideoGame/InfinityTheQuestForEarth'' they exist to provide safe areas called "cores".
* The Keyblade wielders from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' qualify as their job is to keep other worlds safe from threats such as The Heartless, Nobodies, The Unversed, and Organization XIII while attempting to maintain the status quo of the worlds although they do fight any evil villains in those worlds as well. Although some keyblade wielders become corrupted by the powers of darkness and abuse it, there are some keyblade wielders who side on the light to keep darkness at bay. What makes them count is that the universe of the series does not really have planets and they are replaced with worlds that are either based on Disney films, only have a single town, or are completely infested with the threats of darkness as used as a base of operations by the antagonists. Outside of these worlds is just a dimension that is very similar to outer space and wielders are required to travel from world to world through use of a Gummi ship or through their ability to transform their keyboards into vehicles.
* In ''[[VideoGame/MagicalVacation Magical Starsign]]'', there really IS a "Space Police" in this game, but they are [[spoiler:almost completely controlled by the head villain of the game.]] Plus, the officers tend to prefer paperwork over, well, real work, and are usually pushovers in battle (or in one case, living stools for one of the bosses).



* ''VideoGame/EveOnline'':
** The CONCORD Assembly is an independent body formed by consent of the four empires. They use their own powerful proprietary technology to keep order in secure systems. Their jurisdiction is limited however, leaving most of the galaxy lawless and rather dangerous.
** Some corporations and vigilantes attempt to enforce their own brand of justice outside Concord-secured space, as well. Given that non-secured space is one of the most brutal free-for-alls in all of video game history, the actual effectiveness of their efforts is debatable.
** With the release of the Police Pursuit Comet (a Gallente frigate with police paint and blue and red lights), some players are quite literally policing the borders. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwY28rpyKDE Quite often, it's done with a snippet of Permaband's HTFU playing on repeat in the background.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/MagicalVacation Magical Starsign]]'', there really IS a "Space Police" in this game, but they are [[spoiler:almost completely controlled by the head villain of the game.]] Plus, the officers tend to prefer paperwork over, well, real work, and are usually pushovers in battle (or in one case, living stools for one of the bosses).
* In ''VideoGame/InfinityTheQuestForEarth'' they exist to provide safe areas called "cores".
* ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' has the Sexy Space Police.

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* ''VideoGame/EveOnline'':
** The CONCORD Assembly
Shooting at {{Space Station}}s and starships in ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' is an independent body formed by consent of the four empires. They use a surefire way to get these launched and hawking on you. Destroying them gives you [[GlobalCurrency Units,]] but affects their own powerful proprietary technology to keep order in secure systems. Their jurisdiction is limited however, leaving most of the galaxy lawless and rather dangerous.
** Some corporations and vigilantes attempt to enforce their own brand of justice outside Concord-secured space, as well. Given that non-secured space is one of the most brutal free-for-alls in all of video game history, the actual effectiveness of their efforts is debatable.
** With the release of the Police Pursuit Comet (a Gallente frigate
standing with police paint and blue and red lights), some players are quite literally policing the borders. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwY28rpyKDE Quite often, it's done with a snippet of Permaband's HTFU playing you on repeat in the background.]]
* In ''[[VideoGame/MagicalVacation Magical Starsign]]'', there really IS a "Space Police" in this game, but they are [[spoiler:almost completely controlled by the head villain of the game.]] Plus, the officers tend
your (unseen) AllianceMeter, making them more likely to prefer paperwork over, well, real work, and are usually pushovers in battle (or in one case, living stools for one of the bosses).
* In ''VideoGame/InfinityTheQuestForEarth'' they exist to provide safe areas called "cores".
* ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' has the Sexy Space Police.
shoot at you on sight later.



* Terran Colonial Authority in ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening''. It's a human police force in space, presumably answering to the [[TheGovernment New Earth Government]]. They can also call in the [[SpaceMarine Marines]] if things go out of hand.

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* Terran Colonial Authority Referenced in ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening''. It's a human police force in space, presumably answering to ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', where the [[TheGovernment New Earth Government]]. They can also call in [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Space]] [[TalkativeLoon Core]] warns the [[SpaceMarine Marines]] if things go out player to "Play it cool, here come the space cops".
** "Help me, space cops. Space cops, help."
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' has various forms
of hand.this such as the Galactic Rangers for the Solana Galaxy and the Polaris Defense Force for Polaris.
* ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' has the Sexy Space Police.



* Referenced in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', where the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Space]] [[TalkativeLoon Core]] warns the player to "Play it cool, here come the space cops".
** "Help me, space cops. Space cops, help."

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* Referenced Terran Colonial Authority in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', where ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening''. It's a human police force in space, presumably answering to the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Space]] [[TalkativeLoon Core]] warns [[TheGovernment New Earth Government]]. They can also call in the player to "Play it cool, here come the space cops".
** "Help me, space cops. Space cops, help."
[[SpaceMarine Marines]] if things go out of hand.



* Shooting at {{Space Station}}s and starships in ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' is a surefire way to get these launched and hawking on you. Destroying them gives you [[GlobalCurrency Units,]] but affects their standing with you on your (unseen) AllianceMeter, making them more likely to shoot at you on sight later.
* In ''Videogame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', you play as a Space Police with [[LegacyCharacter R-11B Peace Maker]], an aircraft which fires [[BeamSpam homing laser beam]], the said craft makes a return in ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final]]''.
* The Keyblade wielders from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' qualify as their job is to keep other worlds safe from threats such as The Heartless, Nobodies, The Unversed, and Organization XIII while attempting to maintain the status quo of the worlds although they do fight any evil villains in those worlds as well. Although some keyblade wielders become corrupted by the powers of darkness and abuse it, there are some keyblade wielders who side on the light to keep darkness at bay. What makes them count is that the universe of the series does not really have planets and they are replaced with worlds that are either based on Disney films, only have a single town, or are completely infested with the threats of darkness as used as a base of operations by the antagonists. Outside of these worlds is just a dimension that is very similar to outer space and wielders are required to travel from world to world through use of a Gummi ship or through their ability to transform their keyboards into vehicles.
* Given the state things are with every space travel capable race flocking to the last remaining star of the universe, the militaristic SpaceMarine Peacekeepers from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' also basically function to some degree as law enforcers of the last solar system.
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' has various forms of this such as the Galactic Rangers for the Solana Galaxy and the Polaris Defense Force for Polaris.

to:

* Shooting at {{Space Station}}s and starships in ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' is a surefire way to get these launched and hawking on you. Destroying them gives you [[GlobalCurrency Units,]] but affects their standing with you on your (unseen) AllianceMeter, making them more likely to shoot at you on sight later.
* In ''Videogame/ArmoredPoliceUnitGallop'', you play as a Space Police with [[LegacyCharacter R-11B Peace Maker]], an aircraft which fires [[BeamSpam homing laser beam]], the said craft makes a return in ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final]]''.
* The Keyblade wielders from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' qualify as their job is to keep other worlds safe from threats such as The Heartless, Nobodies, The Unversed, and Organization XIII while attempting to maintain the status quo of the worlds although they do fight any evil villains in those worlds as well. Although some keyblade wielders become corrupted by the powers of darkness and abuse it, there are some keyblade wielders who side on the light to keep darkness at bay. What makes them count is that the universe of the series does not really have planets and they are replaced with worlds that are either based on Disney films, only have a single town, or are completely infested with the threats of darkness as used as a base of operations by the antagonists. Outside of these worlds is just a dimension that is very similar to outer space and wielders are required to travel from world to world through use of a Gummi ship or through their ability to transform their keyboards into vehicles.
* Given the state things are with every space travel capable race flocking to the last remaining star of the universe, the militaristic SpaceMarine Peacekeepers from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' also basically function to some degree as law enforcers of the last solar system.
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' has various forms of this such as the Galactic Rangers for the Solana Galaxy and the Polaris Defense Force for Polaris.




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* The Galaxy Police in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' series. They've got their jurisdiction from the [[TheFederation Galaxy Union]]. It's a loose alliance of the most influential nations around, mainly humans (in the form of a couple of rival empires) and wau -- a race of large anthropomorphic felines. It should be noted that the Galaxy Police are also the galactic Postal Service as well. In fact, it's their main source of income.
* Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' claims to be a member of some interstellar peacekeeping organization apparently looking for someone, but it's doubtful any agency would approve of her other activities.

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* The Galaxy Police in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' series. They've got their jurisdiction from the [[TheFederation Galaxy Union]]. It's a loose alliance Part of the most influential nations around, mainly humans (in the form series premise of a couple of rival empires) and wau -- a race of large anthropomorphic felines. It should be noted ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' is that the Galaxy Police are also title character is an intergalactic police officer.
* Many of
the galactic Postal Service as well. In fact, it's their main source of income.
* Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' claims
earlier ''Anime/BraveSeries''' HumongousMecha belonged to be a member of some interstellar peacekeeping organization apparently looking for someone, but it's doubtful any agency would approve kind of her other activities.space police force.



* The Universe Patrol Squad in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. They also have a TimePolice division.
* Haruko from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' claims to be a member of some interstellar peacekeeping organization apparently looking for someone, but it's doubtful any agency would approve of her other activities.
* The Galaxy Police in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' series. They've got their jurisdiction from the [[TheFederation Galaxy Union]]. It's a loose alliance of the most influential nations around, mainly humans (in the form of a couple of rival empires) and wau -- a race of large anthropomorphic felines. It should be noted that the Galaxy Police are also the galactic Postal Service as well. In fact, it's their main source of income.
* Unified Public Security Agency, [[spoiler:Ryouko's organization]], in ''Magna/KemekoDeluxe'' is similar to TSAB.



* Unified Public Security Agency, [[spoiler:Ryouko's organization]], in ''Magna/KemekoDeluxe'' is similar to TSAB.
* Many of the earlier ''Anime/BraveSeries''' HumongousMecha belonged to some kind of space police force.
* Part of the series premise of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' is that the title character is an intergalactic police officer.

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* Unified Public Security Agency, [[spoiler:Ryouko's organization]], in ''Magna/KemekoDeluxe'' is similar to TSAB.
* Many of the earlier ''Anime/BraveSeries''' HumongousMecha belonged to some kind of space police force.
* Part of the series premise of ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' is that
The Planetary Defense Organization from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', with the title character is an intergalactic police officer.being assigned to Earth to prevent illegal exports of [[AliensStealCable entertainment media]]. She later remarks that they sometimes get backup from [[{{Series/Ultraman}} the Land of Light]].



* The Universe Patrol Squad in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. They also have a TimePolice division.
* The Planetary Defense Organization from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', with the title character being assigned to Earth to prevent illegal exports of [[AliensStealCable entertainment media]]. She later remarks that they sometimes get backup from [[{{Series/Ultraman}} the Land of Light]].

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* The Universe title characters from ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs''.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The Keronians [[TheEmpire readily conquer worlds]], but are still beholden to some kind of intergalactic authority enforced by space cops. The ones we see are Poyon and Poyan, two humanoid aliens with antenna, who have a PortalNetwork at their disposal.
* The Galaxy
Patrol Squad in ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. They also have a TimePolice division.
of ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' (ineffectively) opposes the Pirate Guild and enforces laws against drug smuggling, kidnapping, etc. Agent Dominique Royal occasionally recruits Cobra to take down Guild operations.
* The Planetary Defense Organization from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', with Space Patrol in ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco''. All the title character being assigned to main characters work for the Ogikubo Branch (a city on Earth to prevent illegal exports of [[AliensStealCable entertainment media]]. She later remarks that they sometimes get backup from [[{{Series/Ultraman}} the Land of Light]].where humans and aliens live together).
* The Galactic Patrol in ''Anime/SpacePirateMito''.



* The Space Patrol in ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco''. All the main characters work for the Ogikubo Branch (a city on Earth where humans and aliens live together).
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The Keronians [[TheEmpire readily conquer worlds]], but are still beholden to some kind of intergalactic authority enforced by space cops. The ones we see are Poyon and Poyan, two humanoid aliens with antenna, who have a PortalNetwork at their disposal.
* The title characters from ''Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs''.
* The Galaxy Patrol of ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' (ineffectively) opposes the Pirate Guild and enforces laws against drug smuggling, kidnapping, etc. Agent Dominique Royal occasionally recruits Cobra to take down Guild operations.
* The Galactic Patrol in ''Anime/SpacePirateMito''.



* Subverted in Marvel's ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}. We have a group of intergalactic super-beings with the same costume and powers, which is usually the case with this trope when it applies to comics. It's subverted in that, instead of cops, they're actually SpacePirates.
* The ComicBook/{{Darkstars}} were also formed to pick up the slack when the GLC disbanded, and included a number of former Lanterns in their ranks, but their ranks slowly dwindled and the last remaining members gave their lives in a fight against an evil PhysicalGod called Starbreaker. Their name and equipment have since been appropriated by the zombie-like servants of another evil space-deity, Lady Styx.
* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'': Stormy Tempest is an Interplanetary Police Officer sent from the 26th century to the present to prevent a corrupt system from taking over planets.



* The current ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy has two amongst its rank:
** Star-Lord. Apparently there's only one Star-Lord, rather than a full police force. The post is currently held by Peter Quill, although the "Master of the Sun" who apparently bestows the title [[TheUnchosenOne wanted it to go to one of Quill's colleagues at NASA.]]
** Rocket Raccoon was a space cop as well before helping form the current Guardians.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'' has the Thanagarian Wingmen (originally called the Hawk-Police). ComicBook/GreenArrow often calls UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Hawks "alien cops".
* Another organization from Franchise/TheDCU, a modern-era precursor to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes called [[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N]]. (Licensed Extra-Governmental Interstellar Operatives Network), was founded to fill the gap left by the Green Lantern Corps after they disbanded for a short time in the late '80s. They're about halfway between a police force and a mercenary outfit, and bump heads with the Green Lanterns fairly often. They've also twice been taken over by villains (in the later issues of their regular book, and in a current miniseries), leading to the good guys becoming R.E.B.E.L.S..
* In the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comics, there were the Science Police, who wavered from allies to antagonists between adaptations.



* In the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comics, there were the Science Police, who wavered from allies to antagonists between adaptations.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Long before the Lantern Corps. made their debut Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls had a run in with the Golden Policewomen, who were part of a coalition to stop any universal oppressors. After a bit of miscomunication where the policewomen thought Wondy was allied with a group of green skinned fellows who were going around murdering the populations of other planets the two groups worked together to defeat the atomic weapon using villains and Diana gave them a formula for a green tinged spray that would work as a defense against such dangerous radiation.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': King Thor, a potential future version of the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comics, there were the Science Police, God of Thunder, is destined to at some point be a "god-cop" for Omnipotence City's Ministry of Inter-Deity Justice, who wavered from allies to antagonists between adaptations.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Long before the Lantern Corps. made their debut Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls had a run in with the Golden Policewomen, who were part of a coalition to stop any
goes around "Sun Precinct Prime" handling deities going against universal oppressors. After a bit laws.
* The protagonist
of miscomunication where the policewomen thought Wondy was allied with a group of green skinned fellows who were going around murdering ''ComicBook/MissileMouse'' comics works for the populations of other planets the two groups worked together to defeat the atomic weapon using villains and Diana gave them a formula for a green tinged spray that would work as a defense against such dangerous radiation.Galactic Security Agency.



* Another organization from Franchise/TheDCU, a modern-era precursor to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes called [[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N]]. (Licensed Extra-Governmental Interstellar Operatives Network), was founded to fill the gap left by the Green Lantern Corps after they disbanded for a short time in the late '80s. They're about halfway between a police force and a mercenary outfit, and bump heads with the Green Lanterns fairly often. They've also twice been taken over by villains (in the later issues of their regular book, and in a current miniseries), leading to the good guys becoming R.E.B.E.L.S..
* The ComicBook/{{Darkstars}} were also formed to pick up the slack when the GLC disbanded, and included a number of former Lanterns in their ranks, but their ranks slowly dwindled and the last remaining members gave their lives in a fight against an evil PhysicalGod called Starbreaker. Their name and equipment have since been appropriated by the zombie-like servants of another evil space-deity, Lady Styx.
* The 1990s ''Trinity'' miniseries (not to be confused with the more recent titles about [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] and [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]]) was essentially the G.L.C., L.E.G.I.O.N., and Darkstars in a jurisdiction dispute.



* The [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Thanagarian Wingmen]] (originally called the Hawk-Police). ComicBook/GreenArrow often calls UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Hawks "alien cops".
* Subverted in Marvel's ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}. We have a group of intergalactic super-beings with the same costume and powers, which is usually the case with this trope when it applies to comics. It's subverted in that, instead of cops, they're actually SpacePirates.
* The current ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy has two amongst its rank:
** Star-Lord. Apparently there's only one Star-Lord, rather than a full police force. The post is currently held by Peter Quill, although the "Master of the Sun" who apparently bestows the title [[TheUnchosenOne wanted it to go to one of Quill's colleagues at NASA.]]
** Rocket Raccoon was a space cop as well before helping form the current Guardians.
* The protagonist of the ''ComicBook/MissileMouse'' comics works for the Galactic Security Agency.
* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'': Stormy Tempest is an Interplanetary Police Officer sent from the 26th century to the present to prevent a corrupt system from taking over planets.
* King [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], a potential future version of the God of Thunder, is destined to at some point be a "god-cop" for Omnipotence City's Ministry of Inter-Deity Justice, who goes around "Sun Precinct Prime" handling deities going against universal laws.

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* The [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Thanagarian Wingmen]] (originally called 1990s ''Trinity'' miniseries (not to be confused with the Hawk-Police). ComicBook/GreenArrow often calls UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Hawks "alien cops".
* Subverted
more recent titles about [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] and [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]]) was essentially the G.L.C., L.E.G.I.O.N., and Darkstars in Marvel's ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}}. We have a jurisdiction dispute.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Long before the Lantern Corps. made their debut Wonder Woman and the Holliday Girls had a run in with the Golden Policewomen, who were part of a coalition to stop any universal oppressors. After a bit of miscomunication where the policewomen thought Wondy was allied with
a group of intergalactic super-beings with the same costume and powers, which is usually the case with this trope when it applies to comics. It's subverted in that, instead of cops, they're actually SpacePirates.
* The current ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy has two amongst its rank:
** Star-Lord. Apparently there's only one Star-Lord, rather than a full police force. The post is currently held by Peter Quill, although the "Master of the Sun"
green skinned fellows who apparently bestows the title [[TheUnchosenOne wanted it to go to one of Quill's colleagues at NASA.]]
** Rocket Raccoon was a space cop as well before helping form the current Guardians.
* The protagonist of the ''ComicBook/MissileMouse'' comics works for the Galactic Security Agency.
* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'': Stormy Tempest is an Interplanetary Police Officer sent from the 26th century to the present to prevent a corrupt system from taking over planets.
* King [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], a potential future version of the God of Thunder, is destined to at some point be a "god-cop" for Omnipotence City's Ministry of Inter-Deity Justice, who goes
were going around "Sun Precinct Prime" handling deities going murdering the populations of other planets the two groups worked together to defeat the atomic weapon using villains and Diana gave them a formula for a green tinged spray that would work as a defense against universal laws.such dangerous radiation.



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* The ''Finders'' in ''Film/AbraxasGuardianOfTheUniverse''.



* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Jedi Knights tend to have policing the galaxy as one of their regular duties, along with acting as ambassadors to political disputes and ridding the galaxy of the Sith.
* The bounty hunter in ''Film/PitchBlack'' leads the other crash-survivors to believe that he's a law-enforcement agent, although it's unclear whether he's pretending to be Space Police, or an officer of a planetary police force that sent him up to retrieve a fugitive.
* The ''Finders'' in ''Film/AbraxasGuardianOfTheUniverse''.
* The ''Film/MenInBlack'', though they are not in space as such and stay on Earth.
* Creator/SeanConnery's character in ''Film/{{Outland}}'' is a literal example: a US Marshal posted to a mining outpost on one of Jupiter's moons.



* The ''Film/MenInBlack'', though they are not in space as such and stay on Earth.
* Creator/SeanConnery's character in ''Film/{{Outland}}'' is a literal example: a US Marshal posted to a mining outpost on one of Jupiter's moons.
* The bounty hunter in ''Film/PitchBlack'' leads the other crash-survivors to believe that he's a law-enforcement agent, although it's unclear whether he's pretending to be Space Police, or an officer of a planetary police force that sent him up to retrieve a fugitive.



* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Jedi Knights tend to have policing the galaxy as one of their regular duties, along with acting as ambassadors to political disputes and ridding the galaxy of the Sith.



* The Panoply in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/ThePrefect''. They have habitat busting weapons, and high tech weaponry. However, they are severely limited in their jurisdiction; they can only enforce a person's right to vote and have a connection to the equivalent of the Internet. They have to petition the habitats to be allowed to use their weaponry, and they cannot interfere with the [[{{Cyborg}} Ultras]], who control the interstellar ships.

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* The Panoply in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/ThePrefect''. They have habitat busting weapons, and high tech weaponry. However, they are severely limited in ''Literature/AgentOfVega'' series features assorted 'Galactic Agents', space-going Lone Rangers with super-cybernized spaceships as their jurisdiction; they can only enforce a person's right to vote faithful 'Silvers'. The Agents work for the Third Co-ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy and have a connection to no respect whatsoever for the equivalent AlienNonInterferenceClause.
* In "The Beacon to Elsewhere" by Creator/JamesHSchmitz, the Interstellar Police Authority play a similar role, but their jurisdiction also extends to Earth and other planets.
* The narrator
of the Internet. They short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel is a space customs agent.
* In Creator/JamesHSchmitz's standalone story "The Custodians", the System Police maintain order in the Solar System, but
have to petition no jurisdiction over Earth itself, which is riven by "miniwars".
* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': In ''Literature/TheRingsOfKether'', you play a Space DEA Agent investigating a leak in shipment of Space Drugs.
* The Galactic Police in ''Literature/FortunatelyTheMilk''.
* Creator/JackVance's ''Gaean Reach'' stories used
the habitats Interworld Police Coordination Company. It started as a private firm to be allowed exchange information about criminals between planetary jurisdictions, but eventually grew to use a level of authority where a senior IPCC representative felt himself justified in summarily executing several corrupt local cops.
* The Space Patrol in several of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's short stories (and one novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'').
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
** The Manticoran and Andermani navies serve as this in Silesian Confederacy space, enforcing the anti-piracy and anti-slavery laws that the Silesian navy is too weak, corrupt or ineffective (which one is the case depends on the exact system in question) to enforce on
their weaponry, and own.
** Per ''House of Steel'', the Grayson Space Navy began as the Grayson Space Guard, serving as a sort of orbital Coast Guard with little actual military capability, at least until the CivilWar started by [[TheFundamentalist the Faithful]]. Given that one of the Faithful's first moves in the war was to attack the orbital infrastructure with surface-to-space missiles, it surprised nobody to learn that the GSG decided to support the Moderate faction instead. Arguably,
they cannot interfere began the transition from Space Police to SpaceNavy when they [[TookALevelInBadass developed the capability]] to deploy [[OrbitalBombardment Kinetic Strikes]].
** In later books, the Solarian Office of Frontier Security and the Gendarme fill this role on paper, but the are far too corrupt (along
with the [[{{Cyborg}} Ultras]], who control rest of the interstellar ships.Solarian League) to serve as anything but imperialistic thugs.
** The ''Literature/ManticoreAscendant'' series gives us the Manticoran Patrol and Rescue Service, another Coast Guard analogue, which finds itself in an InterserviceRivalry with the Royal Manticoran Navy due to in-fighting between factions of Manticore's government. While their duties mostly involve search and rescue and similar missions, they do end up taking a more active role in the defense of the Manticore System as the threat of SpacePirates increases.



* Creator/JamesHSchmitz:
** His ''Literature/AgentOfVega'' series features assorted 'Galactic Agents', space-going Lone Rangers with super-cybernized spaceships as their faithful 'Silvers'. The Agents work for the Third Co-ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy and have no respect whatsoever for the AlienNonInterferenceClause.
** In the standalone story "The Custodians", the System Police maintain order in the Solar System, but have no jurisdiction over Earth itself, which is riven by "miniwars".
** In "The Beacon to Elsewhere", the Interstellar Police Authority play a similar role, but their jurisdiction also extends to Earth and other planets.
* The Monitor Corps from James White's ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' series. Paramilitary police with [[CoolShip Cool Ships]], to be sure, but at the end of they day they're still Gardai in space, and proud of it. (The Etlan War, for example, is described as a particularly widespread riot in Monitor Corps official documentation, and nobody ever uses lethal force. Ever.)
* The Special Corps from ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' consist of [[BoxedCrook former criminals who have been caught]] and are now used to catch other, more dangerous criminals or combat galaxy-spanning threats. They can call on military and government resources (usually by posing as powerful government officials with the help of forged documents). Their leader [[DaChief Inskipp]] (once a notorious criminal himself) is incensed to discover there's another secret and even more powerful organization, the Morality Corps (which enforces the moral code of humanity), and then yet ''another'' group: the [[TimePolice Time Corps]] (which protects the timeline).

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* Creator/JamesHSchmitz:
** His ''Literature/AgentOfVega'' series features assorted 'Galactic Agents', space-going Lone Rangers with super-cybernized spaceships as their faithful 'Silvers'. The Agents work for the Third Co-ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy and have no respect whatsoever for the AlienNonInterferenceClause.
** In the standalone story
Creator/HarryHarrison's "The Custodians", Man from P.I.G." describes the System challenges of space policing: every linear increase in humanity's spacefaring range means a cubic increase in the region of space to be patrolled. For one remote planet, this means that their sole law enforcement presence is a BunnyEarsLawyer hillbilly with a herd of [[BioAugmentation genetically engineered swine]] for backup.
* ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates'' has Mark encountering a Space Patrolman on the trail of a group of {{space pirates}}.
* In ''Literature/NationOfTheThirdEye'' by K.K. Savage, two of the protagonists initially work in the Astro
Police maintain order Department that operates from the dwarf planet Ceres. It is the main hub of the space mining activities in the Solar System, but have no jurisdiction over Earth itself, which is riven by "miniwars".
** In "The Beacon to Elsewhere", the Interstellar Police Authority play a similar role, but their jurisdiction also extends to Earth and other planets.
* The Monitor Corps from James White's ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' series. Paramilitary police with [[CoolShip Cool Ships]], to be sure, but at the end of they day they're still Gardai in space, and proud of it. (The Etlan War, for example, is described as a particularly widespread riot in Monitor Corps official documentation, and nobody ever uses lethal force. Ever.)
* The Special Corps from ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' consist of [[BoxedCrook former criminals who have been caught]] and are now used to catch other, more dangerous criminals
asteroid belt that often involve sabotage or combat galaxy-spanning threats. They can call on military and government resources (usually by posing as powerful government officials with the help of forged documents). Their leader [[DaChief Inskipp]] (once a notorious criminal himself) is incensed to discover there's another secret and even more powerful organization, the Morality Corps (which enforces the moral code of humanity), and then yet ''another'' group: the [[TimePolice Time Corps]] (which protects the timeline).deadly attacks by rival companies.



* The Space Patrol in several of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's short stories (and one novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'').

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* The Space Patrol Panoply in several Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/ThePrefect''. They have habitat busting weapons, and high tech weaponry. However, they are severely limited in their jurisdiction; they can only enforce a person's right to vote and have a connection to the equivalent of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's short stories (and one novel, ''Literature/SpaceCadet'').the Internet. They have to petition the habitats to be allowed to use their weaponry, and they cannot interfere with the [[{{Cyborg}} Ultras]], who control the interstellar ships.
* The Monitor Corps from James White's ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' series. Paramilitary police with [[CoolShip Cool Ships]], to be sure, but at the end of they day they're still Gardai in space, and proud of it. (The Etlan War, for example, is described as a particularly widespread riot in Monitor Corps official documentation, and nobody ever uses lethal force. Ever.)



* The Special Corps from ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' consist of [[BoxedCrook former criminals who have been caught]] and are now used to catch other, more dangerous criminals or combat galaxy-spanning threats. They can call on military and government resources (usually by posing as powerful government officials with the help of forged documents). Their leader [[DaChief Inskipp]] (once a notorious criminal himself) is incensed to discover there's another secret and even more powerful organization, the Morality Corps (which enforces the moral code of humanity), and then yet ''another'' group: the [[TimePolice Time Corps]] (which protects the timeline).



* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': In ''Literature/TheRingsOfKether'', you play a Space DEA Agent investigating a leak in shipment of Space Drugs.
* The narrator of the short story [[http://abyssandapex.com/201004-black.html "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi"]] by Desmond Warzel is a space customs agent.
* Creator/HarryHarrison's "The Man from P.I.G." describes the challenges of space policing: every linear increase in humanity's spacefaring range means a cubic increase in the region of space to be patrolled. For one remote planet, this means that their sole law enforcement presence is a BunnyEarsLawyer hillbilly with a herd of [[BioAugmentation genetically engineered swine]] for backup.
* Creator/JackVance's Gaean Reach stories used the Interworld Police Coordination Company. It started as a private firm to exchange information about criminals between planetary jurisdictions, but eventually grew to a level of authority where a senior IPCC representative felt himself justified in summarily executing several corrupt local cops.
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
** The Manticoran and Andermani navies serve as this in Silesian Confederacy space, enforcing the anti-piracy and anti-slavery laws that the Silesian navy is too weak, corrupt or ineffective (which one is the case depends on the exact system in question) to enforce on their own.
** Per ''House of Steel'', the Grayson Space Navy began as the Grayson Space Guard, serving as a sort of orbital Coast Guard with little actual military capability, at least until the CivilWar started by [[TheFundamentalist the Faithful]]. Given that one of the Faithful's first moves in the war was to attack the orbital infrastructure with surface-to-space missiles, it surprised nobody to learn that the GSG decided to support the Moderate faction instead. Arguably, they began the transition from Space Police to SpaceNavy when they [[TookALevelInBadass developed the capability]] to deploy [[OrbitalBombardment Kinetic Strikes]].
** In later books, the Solarian Office of Frontier Security and the Gendarme fill this role on paper, but the are far too corrupt (along with the rest of the Solarian League) to serve as anything but imperialistic thugs.
** The ''Literature/ManticoreAscendant'' series gives us the Manticoran Patrol and Rescue Service, another Coast Guard analogue, which finds itself in an InterserviceRivalry with the Royal Manticoran Navy due to in-fighting between factions of Manticore's government. While their duties mostly involve search and rescue and similar missions, they do end up taking a more active role in the defense of the Manticore System as the threat of SpacePirates increases.
* ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates'' has Mark encountering a Space Patrolman on the trail of a group of {{space pirates}}.
* In ''Literature/NationOfTheThirdEye'' by K.K. Savage, two of the protagonists initially work in the Astro Police Department that operates from the dwarf planet Ceres. It is the main hub of the space mining activities in the asteroid belt that often involve sabotage or even deadly attacks by rival companies.
* The Galactic Police in ''Literature/FortunatelyTheMilk''.
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** ''Literature/{{Tarkin}}'' details how the title character started in the Outland Regions Security Force, the militia policing the Greater Seswenna, and later transferred to the Judicial Forces that (in theory) operate in the entire Galactic Republic. His stint in the ORSF is notable for how he managed to capture the previously unbeatable [[SpacePirate pirate queen Qa'nah]] and [[HurlItIntoTheSun put her and her crew into a container into a slowly decaying orbit over a sun]] while broadcasting their plight and shooting down anyone who tried to rescue them, starting his habit of [[MakeAnExampleOfThem using terrifying shows of power to scare criminals and rebels into submission]] that would culminate with the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]].

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** ''Literature/{{Tarkin}}'' details how the title character started in the Outland Regions Security Force, the militia policing the Greater Seswenna, and later transferred to the Judicial Forces that (in theory) operate in the entire Galactic Republic. His stint in the ORSF is notable for how he managed to capture the previously unbeatable [[SpacePirate [[SpacePirates pirate queen Qa'nah]] and [[HurlItIntoTheSun put her and her crew into a container into a slowly decaying orbit over a sun]] while broadcasting their plight and shooting down anyone who tried to rescue them, starting his habit of [[MakeAnExampleOfThem using terrifying shows of power to scare criminals and rebels into submission]] that would culminate with the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Death Star]].



* ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates'' has Mark encountering a Space Patrolman on the trail of a group of [[SpacePirates space pirates]].

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* ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates'' has Mark encountering a Space Patrolman on the trail of a group of [[SpacePirates space pirates]].{{space pirates}}.
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* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the end of the fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, they can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.

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* ''{{Series/Babylon 5}}'': By the end of the fourth season, the Rangers have begun to fill this role, helping to keep the peace between the different members of the League of Nonaligned Worlds and later the Interstellar Alliance. Notably, they Sheridan can't even get the League races to ''agree'' to this arrangement without [[GenghisGambit convincing them their borders are being threatened by a new undetectable enemy]], and the first time war looms between Alliance members (with the Centauri, puppeted by the Drakh, launching disguised attacks on the others), the Rangers prove too thinly stretched to be able to stop both sides from shooting. However, as Delenn says, the purpose of the Rangers is more to create the peace than to enforce the peace. Most of their direct engagements are with [[SpacePirates Raiders]] or AlwaysChaoticEvil groups like the Drakh, and if a world is being victimized or planning a war of conquest against their neighbours, the Rangers make sure the whole galaxy knows about it.
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* Franchise/SuperSentai[=/=]Franchise/PowerRangers
** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]][=/=]Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in their helmets.

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''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Special Police Dekaranger]][=/=]Series/PowerRangersSPD'' Dekaranger]]''/''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' are a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version, right down to lightbars in their helmets.



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* ''{{Franchise/EXTRAPOWER}}'' Galaxystar, an officially US-sanctioned super hero who operates in Earth and Space. His activities have made him friends with the people of the Shakun Star and he was once involved in imprisoning Astro Gather in a black hole.

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* ''{{Franchise/EXTRAPOWER}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': Galaxystar, an officially US-sanctioned super hero superhero who operates in Earth and Space. His activities have made him friends with the people of the Shakun Star and he was once involved in imprisoning Astro Gather in a black hole.



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* ''WebComic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has the irresponsible spacecop Officer Zodboink as well as the somewhat more focused Officer Krelch.

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* ''WebComic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has the irresponsible spacecop Officer Zodboink as well as the somewhat more focused Officer Krelch.



* WebComic/CommanderKitty has to deal with the Triple-I, a [[PoliceAreUseless ridiculously under-budget police force]] that can't even be bothered to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ provide space suits for inmates cleaning the outside of their station.]]

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* WebComic/CommanderKitty Webcomic/CommanderKitty has to deal with the Triple-I, a [[PoliceAreUseless ridiculously under-budget police force]] that can't even be bothered to [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/10/11/is-a-failure-to-communicate/ provide space suits for inmates cleaning the outside of their station.]]



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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Centauri police arrive on Earth in pursuit of [[spoiler:Starfire's sister]].

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* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', Centauri police arrive on Earth in pursuit of [[spoiler:Starfire's sister]].



* The Omega Confederation armed forces -their members have however ''bona-fide'' armadas- in ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'' ''Space'' are described as a police force with tasks as patrolling space or humanitary missions instead of a navy, even if later in the series build considerably more powerful warships[[note]]The series was known in Japan as ''Ginga Patrol PJ'' (''Galaxy Patrol PJ'')[[/note]].

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* The Omega Confederation armed forces -their -- their members have however ''bona-fide'' armadas- armadas -- in ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'' ''Space'' ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Space]]'' are described as a police force with tasks as patrolling space or humanitary humanitarian missions instead of a navy, even if later in the series build considerably more powerful warships[[note]]The warships.[[note]]The series was known in Japan as ''Ginga Patrol PJ'' (''Galaxy Patrol PJ'')[[/note]].PJ'').[[/note]]
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* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Poyon and Poyan, with a PortalNetwork at their disposal.

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* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The Keronians [[TheEmpire readily conquer worlds]], but are still beholden to some kind of intergalactic authority enforced by space cops. The ones we see are Poyon and Poyan, two humanoid aliens with antenna, who have a PortalNetwork at their disposal.
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* King [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], a potential future version of the God of Thunder, is destined to at some point be a "god-cop" for Omnipotence City's Ministry of Inter-Deity Justice, who goes around "Sun Precinct Prime" handling deities going against universal laws.
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* ''VideoGame/DynaGear'': You assume the role of a space policeman named Roger, who's pursuing a super-criminal, Gustaf, before both of you crash-lands on a hostile planet where dinosaurs still exist. You spend the whole game battling dinosaurs while pursuing Gustaf.
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See also SuperCop, TimePolice, SpaceCadet and SuperheroesInSpace. For the military equivalent, see SpaceMarine. Also, SpacePirates are likely to be among the criminals that Space Cops pursue. CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth can be a parody of this trope.

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See also Also see SpaceCadet, SuperCop, TimePolice, SpaceCadet and SuperheroesInSpace. For the military equivalent, see SpaceMarine. Also, SpacePirates are likely to be among the criminals that Space Cops pursue. CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth can be a parody of this trope.
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* ''{{Franchise/EXTRAPOWER]]'' Galaxystar, an officially US-sanctioned super hero who operates in Earth and Space. His activities have made him friends with the people of the Shakun Star and he was once involved in imprisoning Astro Gather in a black hole.

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* ''{{Franchise/EXTRAPOWER]]'' ''{{Franchise/EXTRAPOWER}}'' Galaxystar, an officially US-sanctioned super hero who operates in Earth and Space. His activities have made him friends with the people of the Shakun Star and he was once involved in imprisoning Astro Gather in a black hole.

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