Sentient Protection Bureau

The Sentient Protection Bureau (SPB) was a department initially of the Galactic Republic's Ministry of Exploration and later a sub-department of the Ministry of Social Services. The duty of the SPB was to protect sentient beings that were frequently poached by other sentients. This excluded cases where the victim is killed as a result of crime, war, or accident, and only applied to sentient species who were intentionally targeted by dedicated hunters. The bureau was formed c. 400 BBY in response to the rise of the sentient hunting market, dominated by Trandoshans and Mandalorians. The most commonly targeted species included Ewoks (for their meat), Wookiees (for their durable hides and claws; Trandoshan religion was centered around hunting Wookiees and similar creatures for sport), and Twi'leks (most were captured as slaves, though slaves who failed to perform efficiently were let loose and hunted by slave-owners for sport).

Around 30 BBY, several species' rights activists sued the SPB for their inefficiency in defeating the poaching market, though the lawsuit was aborted. In 19 BBY, the SPB was abolished throughout the Imperial era though was later restored in 5 ABY under the New Republic.

SPB Police
The Sentient Protection Bureau maintained its own law enforcement agency whose agents actively traveled across the galaxy tracking down poachers and setting up parameters on common hunting grounds, often in cooperation with Sector Rangers or Judicial Forces.

SPB police officers had very similar uniforms to Judicial Forces troopers, though with a green-colored armband with the Ministry of Social Services symbol and a distinct ranking insignia system. They were usually only equipped with low-quality holdout blasters for self-defense, and had to rely on allied agencies for support during combat situations or public disarray.

Duties and locations
Apart from physically protecting certain sentient beings from poachers, SPB officers also provided disaster relief to Outer Rim worlds by providing supplies and medical aid, though hundreds of other organizations (both federal and private) also provided disaster relief, and it was thus a secondary role of the SPB.

The SPB's main office, like all other federal organizations, was located in the Senate District on Coruscant. While they did not have their own outposts, SPB officers were found in Judicial Forces outposts on worlds that were common hunting grounds; these included Kashyyyk, Ryloth, and the moon of Endor.