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[]
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (First appearance)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Case of Beasts: Explore the Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, page 86
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 24
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 201
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