GU-series Guardian police droid

The GU-series Guardian police droid, also known as the Coruscant police model, was a model of police droid utilized by the Coruscant Security Force on the capital planet of Coruscant in the later years of the Galactic Republic. The Guardian police droid was ideally suited to patrol the vast cityscape of Galactic City since it could not be affected by corruption and fatigue and was thereby able to greatly supplement the work of sentient police officers. Programmed for law enforcement tasks, the droid was able to use force against sentients if certain perimeters were met such as the possible harm occurring to citizens or if laws are broken. For this, the droid was armed with an SS-410 Police Special blaster pistol and a baton. However, the rather rigid thinking of the droid also meant it could be outsmarted. Painted in a blue-gray color scheme, the police droid had a humanoid shape. The head formed a cylindrical helmet with a vocabulator below a pair of photoreceptors.

Police droids were mostly stationed on Coruscant's upper levels and while they could be at times found on a few of the top tier levels of the Coruscant Underworld, the planet's lowest and most violent levels were firmly the domain of the underworld police division. Police droids largely performed the function of patrol officers such as conducting routine checks of their assigned areas to deter criminal activity and they would respond to emergency calls either on foot or in BARC speeders and Panther police interceptors. Once on scene, the police droids took initial steps and created perimeters, detained suspects, and questioned witnesses. In depth investigations were handed over to sentient police investigators who the droids would assist by collecting evidence and performing crowd management. During the Clone Wars, the Guardian police droids assisted in investigating the kidnapping of Che Amanwe and Chi Eekway, the daughters of Chairman Papanoida of Pantora. They also assisted Police Lieutenant Tan Divo during the homicide investigation of Rodia Senator Onaconda Farr. They collected evidence, secured the crime scene, and assisted in arresting the murderer. By the end of the Republic, the police droids were largely phased out and their functions taken over by stormtroopers.

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