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* The Divine Order in the series ''[[Lexx]]'' and its TV Movies had such a force, but as their society was a more traditional theocracy, they were more or less the same as the League of 20,000 Planet's regular military (Priests, however, were sometimes shown and more frequently implied to have some kind of police-like authority, though we mostly saw them tending to His Divine Shadow).

* The ''[[Sliders]]'' ran afoul of several of these in their [[Alternate Universe]]-hopping adventures. Of particular note was an Earth where America was controlled by a fundamentalist religious group that outlawed modern technology and science, and employed a network of police and spies to confiscate advanced technology.

** "Nobody expects [[The Spanish Inquisition]]!"

** There is also The Bishop, a crimefighter who stops clergymen from being murdered... or at least he would [[The Cavalry Arrives Late|if he ever got there in time]].

* ''[[Farscape]]'' has The Nebari Establishment, another example of a totalitarian society where service to the State is the State Religion, employs agents who will do anything to advance the Establishment's goals, including "Mind-Cleansing" other species and rebellious members of their own kind. Their behavior regarding "the greater good" borders on religious reverence. In their case, the "salvation" (re-integration) of non-comformists is a matter of [[Mind Control]] technology. Of course, the Nebari are a race of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]], with the few Nebari encountered away from their homeworld being either ruthless government agents like Varla or rouge non-conformists like Chiana.