Promoting police roleplay - separating Police and Military identity?

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Hi guys. You are probably aware than there are currently no dedicated police official factions in any house. Moreover, even unofficially, only a fraction of active players in any house seem to be playing police characters. Frankly, I don't remember the last time I saw a BPA or a KSP ship during my forays into Bretonia and Kusari, and Rheinland only has a few dedicated players for its unofficial police faction (KPR).

If we assume that this is a problem, what should be the solution?
I wanted to open a discussion about what could be the minimal amount of modification which may lead to more players focusing on police roleplay.

My own solution is as follows: change house military id lines from "Can enforce laws within House Space" to "Can attack ships breaking laws within House Space."
The idea behind this is simple: the military is a blunt tool with little training about civilian disputes and smuggling regulations. Their solution starts and ends with the application of force. So if you want more options when dealing with criminals (e.g. fines), and the ability to make inrp arrests, you fly on police ids. If anything too big comes calling, you ping the military for help and disengage until you have more support.

What do y'all think?

Ideas people put forward (sorted by my own opinion about ease of implementation):

• Add /nodock to indie police ids @Traxit @Levenna @"Max Morse" @Antonio @Tenshi @darkwind
  
• Change House law to give police more power @rwx
  
• Combine the military and police id @Czechmate @"Deucalion"
  
• Create fence-like sellpoints for confiscated commodities @Stewgar @rwx @"Deucalion" @darkwind
  
• Add salary for police based on trade lane patrol time @Saronsen @Czechmate
  
• Let police disable trade lanes and gates @Traxit @"Max Morse"
  
• Add valuable unlawful NPCs along patrol routes @Stewgar @Shimamori
  
• Improve the scanners used by the police @"Max Morse"
  
• Improve the cruise disruptors used by the police @"Max Morse" @Czechmate