Talk:Qrow Branwen/@comment-26100685-20151105234226/@comment-26397825-20151113033637

There are at the very least police or detectives, because they were on the scene in the second volume, around the time Sun was introduced. Two fellows, weilding generic weapons and wearing whit and black uniforms, inspecting a crime scene, which was a Dust robbery.

To rely on Hunters and military, who are the main line of defense against Grimm, to police the streets and sort out every little infraction such as trespassing and petty theft would be a bit ridiculous.

Though we have seen Hunters can work with the police, the fact that Sun and Neptune said that they were working with the Vale Sheriff Department at the end of volume 2, before RWBY went to Mountain Glenn heavily implies the presence of a proper police force.