Booklet 01 · FBIIn the set
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Who the FBI is, what it is legally charged to do, how it is organized, what its agents are paid, what it reports about its own work, and your rights when the FBI makes contact.
File 02 · Protectors & Community
Know who protects you.
The Saint Maicol Portal is a library of plain-language public information booklets. Each one covers who an agency is, what the law charges it to do, how it’s organized and paid, what it reports about its own work, and what rights you have when it makes contact.
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The Saint Maicol Portal is run by Rev. Michael Paula through C-Force Ministry. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any police department or government agency, and the seal is original artwork. These pages and booklets are general public information. They are not legal advice, and reading them does not create an attorney–client relationship. Laws, policies and phone numbers change, so check them before you rely on them.
Last reviewed: October 2026. Spot an error? Email Michael@mrmichaelpaula.cloud and we will check it.
Last reviewed: October 2026. Spot an error? Email Michael@mrmichaelpaula.cloud and we will check it.
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The Saint Maicol Portal series
Every figure comes from an official or highly reputable public source, listed by number on each booklet’s Sources page. Where a figure isn’t public, the booklet says so. Nothing has been estimated. Facts are current as of October 2026.
Booklet 02 · ATFIn the set
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
ATF’s legal mandate, structure, and pay, its own reported numbers, and the rights of gun owners, licensed dealers, and the public when ATF makes contact.
Booklet 03 · DEAIn the set
Drug Enforcement Administration
The DEA’s mandate, structure, and pay, what it reports about its own work, and your rights, including when cash or property is seized.
Booklet 04 · USMSIn the set
U.S. Marshals Service
What the law charges the Marshals to do, how the agency is organized and paid, and your rights when deputies or task forces serve a warrant.
Booklet 05 · USSSIn the set
U.S. Secret Service
The Secret Service’s mission, structure, and pay, and your rights near protected officials, at protests, and when recording.
Booklet 06 · CBPIn the set
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
CBP, including the Border Patrol and the Office of Field Operations: its structure, pay, FY 2020–2025 statistics, and your rights at the border, ports of entry, and checkpoints.
Booklet 07 · ICEIn the set
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE, including ERO and HSI: its structure, pay, FY 2020–2025 statistics, inspector general findings, and your rights during encounters at home, at work, and on the street.
Booklet 08 · TSAIn the set
Transportation Security Administration
Airport screening and air marshals: TSA’s structure, pay, FY 2020–2025 statistics, your rights at the checkpoint, and where to file a complaint.
Booklet 09 · DHSIn the set
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The parent department of CBP, ICE, TSA, and the Secret Service: its components, leadership, top officials’ pay, FY 2020–2025 budget and workforce figures, and how the public can use its oversight channels.
Booklet 10 · INTELIn the set
Intelligence: CIA, NSA and DIA
Who leads the three agencies and what the directors are paid, what each one does, the legal limits on their activity inside the U.S., published budget totals and the budget-secrecy laws, oversight, and your rights.
Booklet 11 · LOCALIn the set
Your Local Police Department
How departments are organized and paid (LAPD and NYPD as examples), what they report, your rights when an officer stops, questions, or searches you, and how to hold an officer accountable. Includes the pocket rights card.
Booklet 12 · LAPDIn the set
Los Angeles Police Department
Who leads the LAPD, how it is organized, what its officers and chief are paid, who oversees it, what its own reports show for 2020–2025, and which California laws give you specific rights.
Booklet 13 · NYPDIn the set
New York City Police Department
Who leads the NYPD, how it is organized, what its officers and commissioner are paid, its four layers of outside oversight, what the city’s reports show for 2020–2025, and which New York laws give you specific rights.
Booklet 14 · ACADIn the set
Police Training Academies
How long recruits train and what they are taught, who sets the standards, de-escalation, crisis and field training, decertification, academy cost and pay, and what the public can request.
Bonus · includedIn the set
Master Agency List
One page covering 33 agencies, from the FBI to the National Reconnaissance Office: parent department, what each one does, and how much public data exists, with a link to every official source.
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Your rights are free, always. The plain-language guide to your rights, including the pocket card, lives on Know Your Rights at no cost. Free: Know Your Rights booklet (PDF, 10 pages), free to share and not part of the $20 set.
Field notesComing soon
The blog
Reflections from Saint Maicol on protectors, community, and the bridge between them.
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Agency news
Verified news from the agencies that protect the country, with the source linked on every item.
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