Science Police

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sortkey = PAGENAMEThe Science Police is a fictional police force in the DC Comics universe. It serves as the police force of the United Planets in the 30th century, and it has had various relations to the Legion of Super-Heroes throughout the publishing history of the team.

History

Several Legionnaires have been SP cadets before joining the Legion. In the Legion's original continuity, Colossal Boy was training on Mars when he gained his power; in the post-"Zero Hour" continuity, Saturn Girl met Legion co-founders Garth Ranzz and Rokk Krinn while traveling from Titan to Earth to begin training at the Science Police headquarters in Metropolis.

Other Legionnaires have joined the Science Police when they were no longer able to serve in the Legion, most notably the depowered Dyrk Magz and Kinetix following the disbanding of the Legion in the post-"Zero Hour" run of the series.

Legion Liaison Shvaughn Erin, while nonpowered, has played a large role on the team in the original and post-"Zero Hour" continuities, to the point that she has sometimes been referred to as "Liaison Lass."

At the beginning of the "Threeboot" Legion continuity, relations between the Science Police and the Legion were antagonistic, though things have cooled a bit since the Legion was officially recognized by the United Planets.

In Silver Age continuity, the police force of Superman's home planet Krypton was also called the Science Police. The Science Police continued to patrol the bottle city of Kandor after Krypton was destroyed.

Recently in "52", Metropolis PD has established a Science Police division.

In "Superman" # 677, the Science Police concept as been adopted by the federal government of the United States, with divisions established in Metropolis and Midway City.

What makes the Science Police different from regular police has yet to be established.

In other media

The Science Police have appeared in the "Legion of Super Heroes" animated series. They are shown to consider the Legion as "freaks", and resent their interference in police business.