Judgment

Judgment (風紀委員 (ジャッジメント) ) is a term used to refer to Academy City's student-based disciplinary committee. They are composed of students of varying grade levels and power, and along with Anti-Skill, they are tasked to maintain peace-and-order within the school system. Judgment members can be recognized by the armbands they wear over their right sleeves, which are green with white stripes and which have a shield symbol.

Duties
As most of the city population are students, it is the duty of Judgment to catch those delinquents misusing their powers along with other offenders and protect the students. They can arrest criminals, though only Anti-Skills can formally take them into custody.

In the event of a situation that Judgment members cannot handle, their superiors and the city's security forces, the Anti-Skills will take over. Overall, the role of a Judgment officer is more like a part-time civilian patrol officer and are often used in community services, such as cleaning garbage from the streets (when cleaning bots are unavailable), helping locate lost objects, traffic duty, etc.

Their authority is normally limited to their school grounds and districts; a Judgment member of another branch can request the Judgment branch that has control of an area to temporarily extend their jurisdiction in that area; also, they can only use their authority outside when ordered to by their superiors or in cases of emergency.

Moreover, it is also their duty to keep watch of Anti-Skill, and vice-vers. It is a checks and balances system that should prevent internal corruption in the two organizations.

Organization
Joining Judgment's ranks requires one only to be an Academy City student, though it is unknown what the minimum age required is, as elementary students are allowed to join the ranks. Also, recruits need to pass 13 kinds of tryouts and training (which includes going to Judgment Training Center to train) lasting for 4 months, and sign 9 contracts, before formally becoming a member of Judgment.

Younger members of Judgment are partnered with older members to patrol the city, though when one reaches a certain age, a member is allowed to patrol alone or form partners with other members of the same branch. During large-scale operations, several members of Judgment of the same branch can form a group for patrols.

There are at least 177 currently known Judgment branches in Academy City, each branch has it's own captain; Konori Mii is currently the head of Judgment 177 Branch Office.

Abilities
Other than the unique abilities of each individual, members of Judgment are trained on how to apply first aid. They are also probably trained in basic emergency situation responses, as well as basic physical training.

Clothing
All members of Judgment are required to wear their armband, which bears the Judgment symbol, during operations; however, they can also keep it hidden, when they want to be discreet and don't want to draw attention to themselves.

Safety gear
They can also utilize Anti-Skill's riot shields, as well as helmets.

Other equipment
Judgment members are equipped with handcuffs that are used for restraining criminals. They can also use signal flares, as to clear an area of civilians. Judgment has also access to a variety of equipment in analyzing a crime scene.

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Members of Judgment (especially the 177th Judgment Branch) and their exploits in Academy City are heavily featured in the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestory, as Shirai Kuroko and Uiharu Kazari are important characters in the storyline.

Level Upper Arc

 * Main article:Level Upper Arc

Members of Judgment become targets by the graviton bomber, and near the end of the graviton bombings have managed to injure nine of it's members. Later, afer discovering the existence of the Level Upper and it's link to previous cases, including the graviton bombings, branch 177 of Judgment discovers that Kiyama Harumi. A member of branch 177 of Judgment, Uiharu Kazari is held hostage by Harumi, but is later freed and becomes instrumental in helping revive the users of the Level Upper.

Big Spider Arc

 * Main article:Big Spider Arc

Konori Mii, the head of the 177th Branch of Judgment, reveals that she is a former member of Big Spider, a Skill-Out faction that has recently increased it's attacks on power users. With the aid of Misaka Mikoto and the former leader of Big Spider, Kurozuma Wataru, Judgment is able to take down the faction for good.

Poltergeist Arc

 * Main article:Poltergeist Arc

Judgment, Anti-Skill and Multi Active Rescue, have a coalition meeting in Anti-Skill District 7 Main Office to discuss about the true nature of the earthquakes that were occuring in the city, being an occurence of a large-scale RSPK Syndrome or Poltergeist.

Uiharu Kazari later discovers the true nature of MAR Leader, Therestina, who plans to use Haruue Erii and Kiyama Harumi's students in an experiment that would destroy Academy City. With the aid of Misaka Mikoto, Kongou Mitsuko, and Saten Ruiko; along with Shirai Kuroko and Konori Mii (members of the 177th Branch of Judgment); and the assistance of Anti-Skill, they were able to stop her before she could perform the experiment that would cause a massive Poltergeist occurence and destroy the city.

Silent Party Arc

 * Main article:Silent Party Arc

With Anti-Skill taken out of the picture due STUDY's manipulations, at least 20,000 Judgment members volunteer to participate in the battle to stop STUDY'S planned terrorist attack on the Academy City Research Exhibition Assembly using 20,000 powered suits. Using spear-like objects and shields as weapons, they try to buy Misaka Mikoto time as she tries to find STUDY's base.

Toaru Majutsu no Index
Judgment is seen from time-to-time in the main story, especially Shirai Kuroko, however they are not given as much focus in Toaru Majutsu no Index.

Kazakiri Hyouka Arc

 * Main article:Kazakiri Hyouka Arc

Judgment is later given a small focus during Sherry Cromwell's attack on Academy City. Here, Kuroko engages Sherry and nearly captures her, but is surprised by her use of magic, and later escapes from her after Misaka Mikoto destroys Sherry's diversion. Another member of Judgment is later seen, trying to telepathically tell Kamijou Touma to evacuate the School District 7 Underground Shopping Center, but he is however, unable to receive her message, she later tells Touma, along with Index and Kazakiri Hyouka to evacuate the mall as a terrorist(Sherry) has attacked it.

Kuroko along with Mikoto, later meet both Index and Hyouka, where she reveals to them that a terrorist has attacked the mall, and it is her job to evacuate civilians. She later opts to evacuate Index and Mikoto, after they are unable to come to a conclusion on who should stay with Touma. She returns later, trying to find Hyouka and Touma, but discovers that there are other civilians trapped in the mall and decides to evacuate them.

Tree Diagram Remnant Arc

 * Main article:Tree Diagram Remnant Arc

While Kuroko is treating the injuries she received from Musujime Awaki, Uiharu looks up information regarding Awaki's past. Uiharu is able to discover that there was an incident in Awaki's past that has traumatized her, and made her currently unable to proceed to becoming a Level 5 esper.

Academy City Invasion Arc

 * Main article:Academy City Invasion Arc

On September 30th, Kuroko and Uiharu are stuck taking care of paperwork. While they are eating dinner, they hear on the news that there is an intruder in Academy City. Unfortunately, the news caused Uiharu to feel aminosity towards the intruder which caused her to fall victim to Vento's Divine Punishment magic. It is unknown if Kuroko also fell victim to it as well. The curse would eventually be lifted after Touma defeated Vento.

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun OVA
At the beginning of the OVA, Uiharu appears in the 177th branch of Judgment helping Kuroko with a case. When Mikoto was being stalked, Kuroko and Uiharu went to their Judgment branch to search who might be doing this. Here, Kuroko figures out that only espers with electric-based powers felt like they were being watched by someone.Uiharu appears later when Kuroko and Mikoto were struck by a stun grenade. At the end of the OVA, Mikoto treats Kuroko, Uiharu and Saten to some desserts; a reward for their hard work.

Known Members

 * Shirai Kuroko
 * Uiharu Kazari
 * Konori Mii
 * Yanagisako Aomi
 * Yotsuba
 * Kihara Nayuta
 * Misaka Mikoto (Member for 1 day; provides help constantly)