DO-DoJ-04-25

Department of Justice Resolution 003/2025

Issued by terak on 13th of February, 2025

TO: All Department of Justice Employees
FROM: Office of the Attorney General
DATE: 13.02.2025
SUBJECT: Department of Justice Resolution 003/2025

Purpose

This comprehensive Department of Justice administrative resolution serves to outline the Department of Justice reformed policy set, covering hiring, operational, and internal procedures to ensure the strict adherence to the President orders for an efficient and operational Department of Justice. This resolution shall cover the operations of the Department of Justice as a whole (Office of the Attorney General, State Attorney’s Office, SimDem Bureau of Investigation, Office of Homeland Security and Administrative Staff) to ensure compliance with legal standards, public policy goals and maintain ethical integrity across all divisions.

Office of the Attorney General

The office of the Attorney General shall be recognized as its own office within the Department of Justice to better fit its responsibilities overseeing the State Attorney’s Office (See III), SimDem Bureau of Investigation (See IV) and the Office of Homeland Security (See V). As such It’ll recognize key administrative positions not recognized or prescribed by law.

§1. The office of the Attorney General shall recognize the position of Deputy Attorney General.

§1.1. The Deputy Attorney General shall serve an acting role when the Attorney General is temporarily unavailable.

§1.2. The Deputy Attorney General shall serve an administrative role otherwise alongside their standard duties in the State Attorneys’ Office (See III.)

§2. The Director of the SimDem Bureau of Investigation (SDBI) shall be part of the office of the Attorney General.

§2.1. The Director of the SDBI shall report directly to the Attorney General for all investigations and related operations.

§3. The Attorney General withholds the right to hire or fire any staff member of the Department of Justice, with due cause and reasoning.

§4. The Office of Investigations shall be created for high level Operations that necessitate a high level of confidentiality. The President, Vice President and Members of the Office of Attorney General shall be made aware of the operations of the Office.

§4.1. The Attorney General shall add all people that require knowledge of the operations and add all personal required to carry out the operations of the Office.

§4.2. All matters related too and produced by the Office of Investigations shall be classified as Subject Matter Material (Classification Level 1) by Default. After each given Operation has concluded, the Office of the Attorney General shall produce a plan for eventual declassification of the Material wherever possible.

State Attorneys’ Office

The state attorney’s office shall be recognized as its own office of the Department of Justice representing the prosecutorial branch of the Department of Justice, composed of the State Attorneys’ and legal assistants.

§1. State Attorneys’ shall be classified as either Senior or Junior based on their experience.

§1.1. The Deputy Attorney General shall serve as a Senior Attorney under this classification.

§2. Senior State Attorneys’ shall have the authority to take on cases by themselves as authorized by either the Attorney General or Acting Attorney General.

§2.1. Junior State Attorneys’ shall have the responsibility to assist Senior State Attorneys’ in their cases and investigations.

§3. Junior State Attorneys’ shall be promoted under the discretion of the office of the Attorney General.

§4. State Attorneys' Office Case Procedure shall be at the discretion of the office of the Attorney General.

§4.1. In the case of no explicit standard procedure being presented by the office of the Attorney General, see Appendix I

§5. State Attorneys shall be hired exclusively from BAR membership and be run through an interview conducted by either the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General.

§5.1. The standardized interview questions may be seen in Appendix II

SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation

The SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation shall form an integral part of the Department of Justice as the enforcement and investigative branch of the department, composed by the rank and file of the SDBI.

§1. The SDBI shall be organized under the following rank structure;

§1.1. Director of the SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation

§1.2. Deputy Director of the SDBI

§1.3. SDBI Lieutenant

§1.4. SDBI Detective

§1.5. SDBI Agent

§1.6. SDBI Cadet

§2. Cadets shall be promoted to full agent status after they have demonstrated full knowledge of the Department's operating procedure and have taken on a case by themselves.

§2.1. Agents shall rank up to higher positions in the SDBI after completing a certain number of cases by themselves to the standards of the Department. The number necessary shall be set by the Director of the SDBI.

§3. The SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation standard procedure shall be at the discretion of the office of the Attorney General.

§3.1. In the case of no explicit standard procedure being presented by the Office of the Attorney General, see Appendix I

§4. The SDBI shall have an attached legal office to consult over legal inquiries arising from their day to day operations.

§4.1. This legal office shall be staffed by Junior State Attorneys from the State Attorneys’ Office.

§5. Any investigations opened and conducted by the SDBI must be informed to the office of the Attorney General in a maximum time period of two (2) days.

§6. Any Member of the Department of Justice that, in the conduct of their Office, becomes aware of possible crimes, have to inform the SDBI without due delay.

Office of Homeland Security

§1. The Office of Homeland Security (OHS) is established within the Department of Justice and under jurisdiction of the Attorney General's Office.

§2. The Office of Homeland Security shall conduct all investigations necessary to reveal any plots or actions by foreign entities, meant to harm SimDemocracy or its connected and recognised territories. For that purpose, it shall carry out all necessary Investigations and is empowered to carry out enforcement action against recent aliens and foreign aliens and groups only. The Office of Attorney General has to be notified of any change in Wick Settings enacted by the Director of the Office of Homeland Security.

§3. If directed to do so, the Office may take proactive steps to protect SimDemocracy from foreign entities while adhering to the Laws of SimDemocracy.

§4. The OHS has to inform the Attorney General of all investigations opened or operations started without delay.

§5. Upon conclusion of an Investigation, all gathered Intelligence and evidence as well as a record of all actions taken is to be turned over to the Attorney General for review. The Attorney General may declassify them to allow a formal investigation or to allow charges to be pressed.

§6. The Director of the Office of Homeland Security may appoint members to the Office of Homeland Security with the approval of the Attorney General. These members shall be able to attain the following ranks upon promotion by the Director of the Office of Homeland Security:

§6.1. OHS Recruit

§6.2. OHS Agent

Department of Justice

§1. The Department of Justice retains the ability to open new offices under the discretion of the office of the Attorney General with consent from the President.

§2. The Department of Justice may have a treasury clerk which shall handle the economic aspect of the DoJ, from salaries to any bonuses and other economic aspects that matter to the DoJ. If no treasury clerk is in office, the Department of Treasury shall appoint a Treasury Liaison to ensure all members of the Department of the Justice are paid on time.

§3. The Attorney General may hire additional administrative staff to facilitate the duties of the Department.

Other

§1 Department of Justice Resolutions 001/2025 and 002/2025 are rescinded.

Appendix I

In the absence of explicitly stated procedures, the following shall serve as the standard protocols for the State Attorneys’ Office and the SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation.

State Attorneys’ Office Standard Case Procedure

Firstly receive a request for formal prosecution from the SDBI or office of the Attorney General, in order for the State to pursue a criminal case against anyone, a formal request must be submitted by either office. The request shall include gathered evidence from the preliminary investigation by either office, the name of Accused, the criminal code offence committed alongside the specific C.C. articles, and finally the date of offence. After receiving a request the assigned State Attorney shall draft a criminal complaint including, their name, date of criminal complaint, name of accused, offence, date of offence, specific C.C. articles, evidence, sentencing information, and State’s recommended sentence. Once the criminal complaint has been drafted the State Attorney must notify and copy the complaint to the office of the Attorney General whereby it shall be approved or disapproved with proper reasoning. Once approved the State Attorney must notify the accused of the criminal complaint privately, providing a copy, negotiating for a plea deal and discovering if they may need a public defender. After notifying the accused the State Attorney must then notify the courts by submitting the Criminal Complaint to reddit and sending a copy to #court-case-request alongside linking the reddit post. Finally notify the office of the Attorney General of having completed this so the administrative staff may update DoJ records. In the case a private citizen reports a crime and requests prosecution the State Attorneys’ Office shall conduct an investigation into the report and shall follow the procedure detailed here.

SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation Standard Case Procedure

When initiating an investigation the SDBI must either have reasonable suspicion of criminal activity or have a direct order from the office of the Attorney General. When either condition is met a case file may be opened and the office of the Attorney General must be notified. For the preliminary investigation, agents shall gather and document preliminary evidence, screenshots, message links, and other circumstantial evidence, if necessary, agents may seek judicial approval for a warrant of arrest if the subject is continuing the criminal activity or alternatively seek a subpoena. Upon completing the preliminary investigation, agents shall assess whether sufficient evidence exists to proceed with formal prosecution with the legal office of the SDBI, if sufficient evidence exists they shall request formal prosecution at the State Attorneys’ office, The submission shall include all gathered evidence, investigative findings, and a recommendation regarding prosecution. SDBI agents shall remain available for consultation with the assigned State Attorney, providing clarification, additional investigation, or expert testimony as needed. If the State Attorneys’ office declined prosecution, agents shall review the decision and determine if further investigative steps are warranted. If prosecution proceeds, agents shall assist in trial preparation, including testifying in court if required. Following trial conclusion, the SDBI shall ensure all case records are properly archived. If no further action is required, the case shall be officially closed, and all parties notified accordingly.

Appendix II

This section of the document includes the standard interview questions for the hiring of new State Attorneys.

Q1 - What is your username?

Q2 - Do you have a criminal Record?

Q3 - Have you previously held government office or are you doing so currently?

Q4 - A State Attorney is a member of which branch of government?

Q5 - A state attorney works to uphold which rules?

Q6 - The criminal code can be separated into which broad parts?

Q7 - What's the difference between procedural and material law?

Q8 - Standard criminal proceedings consist of what parts?

Q9 - Which characteristics should a State Attorney exhibit to be suited for office?

Q10 - What is the purpose of punishing a criminal offender?

Q11 - Describe the reason for the criminal code structure in parts 6-12?

Q12 - Assuming someone were to write the n-word in general. Which Charge(s) would you pursue?

Q13 - Are State Attorneys bound by precedent when pursuing charges? Pick one position and make arguments.

Signed

Terak / u/TerakforSimDem - Attorney General