SecPat Charter
In the 16th Volcanic century, overcrowding in Stolc led to the creation of a small-scale residence-sharing program with night shift workers. Several decades later when the program was extended to the entire city, some discontented day citizens formed a vigilante group with the intent of harassing members of the night shift.
Calling themselves the Security Patrol, they wandered the city after sunset and accosted workers, demanding proof of legitimate occupation. Threats escalated into violence, touching off three days and night of riots. This ended in a tense truce, during which the city's Worthies met as the first Cooperative Council to settle the animosity between the shifts. Among their decrees was the surprising and controversial decision to formally establish the Security Patrol as a public safety unit.
Not all members of the patrol had participated in the fighting. The Council's leader had observed instances of patrollers stepping in to provide help, and recognized a drive to protect that she wanted to encourage. The Council drew up a charter defining the duties and limitations of the patrol. Key to the public's acceptance were two provisions: that the night shift would have its own chapter of the patrol, and the communal morning and evening cross-hours during which night and day shifts could socialize and evaluate each other.
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