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[[File:Macharian Vigilite enforcer.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Enforcer of the [[Macharian Vigilites]].{{Fn|7}}]]
'''Enforcers''' are an [[Imperial]] [[Planetary Governor]]'s heavily armed security forces, which are charged with maintaining law and order on their homeworld.{{Fn|1}}

They will rarely act in the pursuit of justice, though, and are far more often an extension of their Governor's will. In order to keep the Imperium's grip on a world secure, Enforcers will discipline, capture and execute those who go against the Governor's proclamations, using a heavy hand to crush any rebellions or seditious elements they learn of. They are distinct and separate from the forces of the [[Adeptus Arbites]], however, who are concerned with any violations of the [[Lex Imperialis]]. Enforcers, meanwhile, only have as much authority as they are granted by their [[Planetary Governor]].{{Fn|1}}

Local Enforcers will gather suspected [[Rogue Psyker]]s in specialised prisons where they are held until the [[psyker]]s are harvested by a visiting [[League of Black Ships|Black Ship]].{{Fn|8a}}

The [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] has its own version of Enforcers, known as the [[Astynomia]].{{Fn|2}}

===Known Enforcer Security Forces===
[[File:Enforcers Rogue Trader Book Event.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Enforcers in an Imperial settlement.{{Fn|6}}]]
*The [[Palanite Enforcers]] of the [[Hive World]] [[Necromunda (planet)|Necromunda]]
*The [[Praecental Guard]] of [[Ultramar]].
*The [[Varangantuan Enforcers‎]] of the [[Hive World]] [[Alecto (Hive World)|Alecto]]
*The [[Astynomia]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
*The [[Hyperezia]] of [[Legio Metalica]]
*The [[Macharian Vigilites]]
*The [[Magistratum Enforcers]] of [[Hive Tertium]]
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===Images===
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Tertium Enforcers.jpg|[[Magistratum Enforcers]] of [[Hive Tertium]]{{Fn|5}}
Enforcer Bir Siduro (WG Dark Tides).jpg|[[Detective]] [[Bir Siduro|Siduro]] of the Hive Aidon Enforcers on [[Charybdion]]{{Fn|8b}}
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====Miniatures====
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Enforcers2004b.jpeg|Necromunda Enforcer Precinct Squad ([[Necromunda (game)|Necromunda]] 2nd edition){{Fn|4}}
PalatineEnforcers.jpg|[[Palanite Enforcers]] Squad ([[Necromunda (game)|Necromunda]] 3rd edition){{Fn|3}}
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===See also===
*[[Planetary Defence Forces]]

===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook]], pg. 413
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Flesh and Steel (Novel)]], Chapter 1
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/31/revealed-at-the-uk-games-expo-2019gw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community: REVEALED at the UK Games Expo 2019 (posted 31/05/2019)] ''(last accessed 27 September 2020)''
*{{Endn|4}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20230319161210/https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/02/10/adeptus-arbites-exaction-squads-are-simply-too-good-for-regular-police-work/ Warhammer Community: Adeptus Arbites Exaction Squads Are Simply Too Good for Regular Police Work (posted 10/02/2023)] ''(saved archive)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Darktide]], Commodore's Vestures
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]], Book Event - Imperial Justice
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Imperium Maledictum: The Blazing Seraph]], pg. 45
*8: [[Wrath & Glory: Dark Tides]]:
**{{Endn|8a}}: pg. 4
**{{Endn|8b}}: pg. 56 

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