"Detective Maggie Sawyer, NCPD Science Division. We handle all cases involving aliens and things that go bump in the night."

—Maggie Sawyer to Alex Danvers^[src]

The Science Police is a division of the National City Police Department.

History

Following an assassination attempt on President Olivia Marsdin, Maggie Sawyer began collecting evidence at the airport when Alex Danvers, who claimed to work for the "Secret Service", approached her and asked what she was doing at the crime scene. Maggie pointed out that she was from N.C.P.D.'s Science Police and her work is to investigate everything regarding aliens.^[1]

Known members

Current members

• Maggie Sawyer

Appearances

Supergirl

Season 2 "Welcome to Earth" (Maggie Sawyer) "Survivors" (Maggie Sawyer) "Crossfire" (Maggie Sawyer) "Changing" (Maggie Sawyer) "The Darkest Place" (Maggie Sawyer) "Medusa" (Maggie Sawyer) "Supergirl Lives" (Maggie Sawyer) "We Can Be Heroes" (Maggie Sawyer) "The Martian Chronicles" (Maggie Sawyer) "Luthors" (Maggie Sawyer) "Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk" (Maggie Sawyer) "Homecoming" (Maggie Sawyer) "Exodus" (Maggie Sawyer) "Star-Crossed" (Maggie Sawyer) "Distant Sun" (Maggie Sawyer) Season 3 "Girl of Steel" (Maggie Sawyer) "Triggers" (Maggie Sawyer) "Far From the Tree" (Maggie Sawyer) "The Faithful" (Maggie Sawyer) "Damage" (Maggie Sawyer)

Behind the scenes

• In the DC comics, the Science Police is a law enforcement agency from the 21st, 30th and 31st centuries respectively. It debuted in Adventure Comics #300 (September, 1962).
  • A similar organization from the future, called the "Time Police", is mentioned/later appears in these episode/s: Supergirl Season 6 - "Back From the Future - Part One"/"Back From the Future - Part Two", DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 "Knocked Down, Knocked Up", and the EARTH-PRIME issue "Booster's Day Out".

References