Department of Social Discipline

The Department of Social Discipline was a secret police organization of the Galactic Empire subordinated to the Imperial Security Bureau. One of the most secretive directorates of the ISB, the Department was responsible for eliminating republicans and other dissidents during the first two decades of Emperor Palpatine's rule. Trials and warrants were deemed unnecessary, with the Department of Social Discipline having authorization to make enemies of the state quietly disappear. Its personnel were known to have carried out medical experiments on dissidents as well, in the many labor camps run by the organization. No written records were kept of its activities due to the sensitive nature of its work.

Structure
Although it was one of the several branches of the ISB, the Department of Social Discipline had more independence than the rest, receiving the nickname "the Emperor's reach." It was led by a director and two deputy directors who answered directly to the sovereign. The central headquarters were located on Coruscant.

The organization was divided into three directorates, Directorates "A" (Aure), "B" (Besh), and "C" (Cresh). Directorate A was responsible for general duties, including monitoring and silencing dissidents, searching out for Rebel sympathizers, and working at the Department's regional offices. Directorate B managed the organization's vast system of labor camps and detention centers. Directorate C was a special forces unit designated for handling extreme situations.

Operatives of these three directorates fell under the authority of regional offices, which were located throughout the galaxy. Nearly every sector in the Core had one, while they were less common throughout the other galactic regions.