Imperial Committee of Public Safety

The Imperial Committee of Public Safety (abbreviated ICPS) was the political police of the and later the, taking the role of the defunct. It was initially established before the reign of, although by 130 ABY the Committee was directed by his appointee, Commissioner Oscar Saint-Just. Officially the Committee's role was limited to law enforcement and counter-intelligence, but unofficially the agency functioned as a and carried out a number of other tasks, including intelligence gathering and psychological operations. The role of the ICPS expanded as much of sided with  and the  following his coup.