D.3. Limitations

The Judicial Enforcement Service shall not carry out general law enforcement. It exists to protect the integrity of the Judicial Branch and the Rights of those interacting with it.

Directors, Sub-Directors, Officers, and Deputies of the service are barred from conducting investigations, except for the legitimate activities of the Observation Division, as outlined here. They may arrest or detain individuals only when acting under a signed judicial warrant, or when responding to a clear and immediate threat to life, physical safety, or the integrity of Judicial facilities. In the case of clear and immediate threats, such arrests must be publicly reviewed by a judge who was not involved in the matter, randomly selected from a standing panel of District and Provincial Judges approved in advance by the Chief Justice. This review must occur within three (3) days to ensure that sufficient grounds existed for the arrest.Any person arrested without a warrant in this way is to be remanded to Executive Branch law enforcement within twenty-four (24) hours.

The Service and its members are similarly constrained in the case of searches. As noted in the Civil Rights enumerated in this Charter, they may only search or seize property with a properly executed and signed warrant and upon presentation under oath of Probable Cause to believe that a crime or evasion of a court-ordered remedy has been or is in the process of being committed or violated.