Editing The Constables

<blockquote>{{Character|image1 = constablehat.png|caption1 = Stop in the name of the law! Art from Fallen London.|location = Concord Square, [[Fallen London]]|allegiance = The Chief Constable (officially)|alias = "Coppers" (disparagingly)|relationships = The Ministry of Public Decency<br>

<blockquote>''"Were you aware that the human finger, when it touches something, leaves a unique pattern of oils corresponding to the ridges on the fingertip? And this 'finger-print' can be matched later to its owner! Science is marvellous!"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Learn_cutting-edge_scientific_techniques|Learn cutting-edge scientific techniques|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>After the Fall of London, its Constables were quickly taken over and reorganized by [[the Masters]]. The organization as a whole is officially presided over by '''the Chief Constable''', who is also a noted member of the Parthenaeum Club,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Have_a_little_word_with_the_Chief_Constable|Have a little word with the Chief Constable|Fallen London|}}</ref> and their main headquarters is '''Concord Square''' in [[Ladybones Road]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Making_Your_Name:_the_records_office_in_Concord_Square|Making Your Name: the records office in Concord Square|Fallen London|}}</ref> The Constables use their trusty cudgels to deal with the physical,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Last_Constable%27s_Cudgel|The Last Constable's Cudgel|Fallen London|}}</ref> and they use cutting-edge technology and London's foremost detectives to deal with the more enigmatic.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Learn_cutting-edge_scientific_techniques|Learn cutting-edge scientific techniques|Fallen London|}}</ref>

{{Spoiler}}<blockquote>''"It's days before you're trusted enough to be allowed near the offices of senior staff. Once you are, however, you quickly identify a trail of paperwork indicating a network of spies and informants. Much of their intelligence is speculation, and at least three are suspected double-agents. But together, the material represents a forensic overview of the running of the Constabulary, including their secret departments, and how and which of each are controlled by the Ministry."''<ref name="choose2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Choose_a_Target:_The_Jovial_Contrarian%27s_Campaign_2|Choose a Target: The Jovial Contrarian's Campaign 2|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>''""The city changed... We deal with the things that honest Londoners shouldn't need to know about. Wells, red honey, fire-letters. Or I do. The others concentrate on the Ministry's work.""''<ref name="talk">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Talk_about_the_other_Special_Constables|Talk about the other Special Constables|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Specialconstable.png|thumb|A Special Constable.]]

It goes without saying that the Constables are more enigmatic, and perhaps more corrupt, than they initially let on. Lower-ranking officers are often prone to extreme bouts of violence, and the Constables have agents that [[Death|permanently murder people]] to get rid of them once and for all.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_about_the_boots|Ask about the boots|Fallen London|}}</ref> While they are very tightly-knit, they also have serious compunctions against reporting or implicating corrupt officers, which means that many of them are quite dirty.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Report_a_corrupt_officer_to_the_Gazette|Report a corrupt officer to the Gazette|Fallen London|}}</ref>

The Constables are also at least partially controlled by '''the Ministry of Public Decency''', London's censorship organization that operates under the command of [[Mr Pages]].<ref name = "choose2"/> The Ministry employs individuals known as '''Special Constables''' that are specifically assigned to deal with and neutralize extremely dangerous threats to public society such as [[Prisoner's Honey|red honey]] and [[the Correspondence|unwarranted Correspondence]],<ref name = "talk">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Talk_about_the_other_Special_Constables|Talk about the other Special Constables|Fallen London|}}</ref> and they also occasionally serve as bodyguards for the Masters.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sunless_Skies|Sunless Skies|Fallen London|}}</ref>

<blockquote>''""If you're getting nowhere, just keep snooping around the suspects and wait for someone's nerve to crack. That one's resolved more cases than I care to admit.""''<ref name="lesson">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Attend_a_class_given_by_the_Implacable_Detective|Attend a class given by the Implacable Detective|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>[[File:Detective.png|thumb|The Implacable Detective]]

The Implacable Detective ran for [[Mayor of London]] in 1895, using the slogan '''''"The Only Logical Choice."'''''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Implacable_Detective|The Implacable Detective|Fallen London|}}</ref> Naturally for a detective, all of her campaign patrons and managers underwent thorough background checks and scrutiny, and she laid the preparations for what her campaign called ''''The Great Prosecution'''', which was probably exactly what it sounded like. While she did enjoy moderate public support, her tough policies against crime and corruption led to many Constables defecting to her competitors, especially [[Feducci]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Implacable_Detective%27s_Campaign_1|The Implacable Detective's Campaign 1|Fallen London|}} ''"The numbers of Constables in her ranks have halved. Some have defected to Feducci's campaign, while more have been dismissed by the Detective herself."''</ref> The Detective also employed the help of certain individuals she was indebted to, known as '''The Stereoscopists''', who had a strange affinity for [[Parabola|mirrors]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Choose_a_Target:_The_Implacable_Detective%27s_Campaign|Choose a Target: The Implacable Detective's Campaign|Fallen London|}}</ref>