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The Major Investigation Department was a large office that served as the base of operations for the Investigative Team, a specially-assigned task force that, under the direction of the Director of Magical Security, reported directly to the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America.

It was charged with the containment of magical emergencies of such a magnitude as to be outside the remit of regular Aurors, such as investigating incidents that infringed upon the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy or otherwise threatened the security of the entire wizarding community of America as a whole.[1]

Description[]

Found deep within the headquarters of the Magical Congress of the United States of America, the office of the Major Investigation Department was a large, official-looking room that stood in stark contrast of the cramped, airless, windowless basement room in which Tina Goldstein worked during her time at the Wand Permit Office. Its walls, which was of a Gothic style of panelling with several ornate golden columns, was lined with wooden cabinets filled with past investigation files whose drawers were subject to stringent magical security measures.[2]

Beside the detailed maps of both the city of New York and the United States of America featuring the various crime hotspots and areas of conjuration that were dressed onto a large meeting table surrounded by wooden chairs, which was where the Investigative Team would gather for briefings and to discuss ongoing investigations, the meeting table was also the home to objects such as paperweights, ledgers and books on magical law, such as one regarding Rappaport's Law.

The table with the department was also overflowing with reams of paperwork, such as crime reports, finger print sheets and spell recordings of the witches and wizards on MACUSA's list of Most Wanted. In addition to a large meeting table, the office held various tools and equipment designed to track magical activity, as well as a bulletin board featuring a number of wanted posters the Investigative Team searched for.

Functions[]

The members of the department, collectively known as the Investigative Team, consisted of the Director of Magical Security and the highest-level Aurors in the organisation, with the occasional input of the President of the Magical Congress of the United States of America.[1][3] High-level MACUSA employees met to discuss ongoing threats to the safety of the wizarding community of America and resolve issues of magical security and the safety of the magical citizenry. The members of this department would occasionally run point when the organisation was called upon to tackle a particularly dangerous threat, such as during the Obscurial attack on New York in December of 1926, when the Major Investigation Department was charged with identifying, locating the source to the magical disturbances that was terrorising the city, and lead their fellow Aurors in the subsequent onslaught to neutralise the threat once the culprit had been cornered in the New York City Subway.[4]

History[]

In 1926, the Investigative Team had a meeting in the Major Investigation Department that included the participation of President Seraphina Picquery and highest Aurors and the Director of Magical Security, Percival Graves.[1][3]

On 6 December 1926, President Picquery and Percival Graves (actually Gellert Grindelwald in disguise) held a meeting in this department to discuss the strange events taking place in New York.[2]

On 7 December 1926, President Picquery met in the Major Investigation Department with top Aurors to track the destruction caused by the Obscurus of Credence Barebone.[5]

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

Magical Congress of the United States of America
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Presidents

Josiah Jackson (1693-?) · Charity Wilkinson · Thornton Harkaway (c. 1760) · Able Fleming · Elizabeth McGilliguddy (c. 1777) · Emily Rappaport (c. 1790) · Seraphina Picquery (1920-1928) · Unidentified President (c. 1987) · Samuel G. Quahog (c. 2014)

Aurors

Abraham Potter · Achilles Tolliver · Berthilde Roche · Carlos Lopez · Cas Carneirus · Cormac O'Brien · E. A. Limus · Gondulphus Graves · Helmut Weiss · M. L. Minus · M. P. Carneirus · Mary Jauncey · Mungo MacDuff · Percival Graves · Porpentina Goldstein · Robert Grimsditch · Saranna Wilkinson · Theodard Fontaine · Wilhelm Fischer · Unidentified Aurors

Other positions

Apparition Examiner · Auror Commissioner · Captain of Aurors · Chief Auror · Chief of Staff · Director of Magical Security · Executioner · Federal Identity Commissioner · Federal Wand Permit Officer · Keeper of Treasure and Dragots · Obliviator · Surveillor of Activity

Other employees

Abernathy · Albert Perschky · Aristotle Twelvetrees · Ben Copper · Bernadette · Beryl · E. A. Limus · F. Wakefield · Holly Blackbird · Irene Kneedander · J. Ward · L. O'Sullivan · Magali Crowe · Paloma Proudfoot · Queenie Goldstein · Red · Ruby · Sam · Unidentified executioner (I) · Unidentified executioner (II) · Unidentified guide · Y. Blishen

Departments

Body for Protection of Magical Species · Department of Aurors · Department of No-Maj Misinformation · Department of Unidentifiable Magical Objects · Department for Confiscated Items · Federal Bureau of Covert Vigilance and No-Maj Obliviation · MACUSA Communications Department · · MACUSA Department of Magical Law Enforcement · MACUSA Investigation Department · MACUSA Surveillance Wizarding Resources Department · Magical Cleaning Department · Major Investigation Department · Office for Magic Relations and Education · US Auror Divisions · Wand Permit Department · Wizarding Resources Department

Locations

Death Cell · Great Meeting Chamber · Lobby · No-Maj Fraternisation sub-division · Pentagram Office · Percival Graves' office · Register Office · Typing Pool · Wand Permit Office · Young Wizards Daycare Center

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