Interpol in T2K

[pmulcahy11b]

Since I am in lust with Padget Brewster's character of Emily Prentiss in Criminal Minds, it got me wondering - what would Interpol be doing in Twilight?

[Legbreaker]

Falling apart would be my guess. My (admittedly rather limited) understanding of Interpol is that they rely heavily on communications to do their job. With the nukes those communications networks are gone, therefore is Interpol's method of doing business.
Also without functioning civilian governments interested in more than the area they can eyeball, who's going to be all that keen on hunting down and prosecuting criminals who's crimes were committed in another area, possibly even in enemy held areas?

[LT. Ox]

Interpol was formed much for the same reason as our FBI, back in the day if you went across a state line here you could not be followed or apprehended as the jurisdiction laws were very strict.
The reason for that was very basic very few agencies trusted another to be as professional in their operations as their own. Smile.
Now put that on an international scale and you see the problem. Then the smuggling of drugs took on proportions that just could not be handled by any one nation alone. Also the ability to communicate improved; don’t laugh learning about each other made a hell of a difference.
Now take away the ability to communicate, immediate and discrete communications, and take away or lower the priority on drugs and similar smuggling, you have lost the desire to spend resources on a very expensive proposition that returns little in the current scheme of things.
My two cents.

[.45cultist]

It seems that countering smuggling up until the bomb falls is a safe assumption. The war would increase the illicit movement of people and goods.

[rcaf_777]

Interpol is more international Police association than an international police force its main goal is to assistance members countries battle crime, it does this by share information on crimes, wanted criminals ect.

Contrary to what you see in the movies and TV Interpol does not have field agents to quote the web site directly

"Approximately 800 staff members from 100 different countries are employed at the INTERPOL General Secretariat, Regional Bureaus and Liaison offices, working in any of the organization’s four official languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish. A third of these are either seconded or detached by their national law enforcement administrations in INTERPOL’s 190 member countries; the remaining are international civil servants hired under contract directly by the organization."

So while you man work Interpol your still a member of your national police force, and you only assist local law enforcement.

Interpol HQ is in Lyon France, is it still intact?

[Legbreaker]

Well France did sit out the war (obviously to avoid the necessity of surrendering to somebody like Luxembourg or Monaco), but as has been discussed in earlier threads, was likely hit by nukes from both sides of the conflict...
Was Lyon one of those targets? My guess - probably, if only due to it's industries, transportation and general wealth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon#Economy

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

Interpol HQ is in Lyon France, is it still intact?

I would think it would have more of a chance of being intact than most civilized places. Are there any military targets?