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divisions have their own leadership and structure within the parent organisation and are defined by organisational charts and law.","purpose":"Let an agent explain divisions as organisational subdivisions with a focus on police districts and regions, describe how they are structured and governed, identify specific divisions with sources, and separate other senses of division.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Part of a parent body","Own leadership","Territorial or functional scope","Multiple senses"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a division is.","layers":[{"id":"concept","name":"Concept","description":"Concept and senses.","findings":[{"id":"concept-finding","name":"Concept","description":"Concept.","questions":[{"text":"What is an organisational division, and how does it differ from a military division, a sports division or arithmetic division?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which sense is meant here?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"police","name":"Police","description":"Police districts and regions.","findings":[{"id":"police-finding","name":"Police","description":"Police.","questions":[{"text":"How are police forces divided into districts, precincts and regions in countries such as Norway, Malta and Israel?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits a specific police district?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"structure","name":"Structure","description":"Structure and governance.","layers":[{"id":"design","name":"Design","description":"Designing divisions.","findings":[{"id":"design-finding","name":"Design","description":"Design.","questions":[{"text":"How are organisations divided by territory, function or product, and what are the trade-offs?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits organisational design?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"leadership","name":"Leadership","description":"Leadership and accountability.","findings":[{"id":"leadership-finding","name":"Leadership","description":"Leadership.","questions":[{"text":"How are divisions led and held accountable within the parent organisation?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits management?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"identify","name":"Identify","description":"Specific divisions.","layers":[{"id":"lookup","name":"Lookup","description":"Finding a division.","findings":[{"id":"lookup-finding","name":"Lookup","description":"Lookup.","questions":[{"text":"Which police district or organisational division covers this place or function, according to official sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits it?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"records","name":"Records","description":"Recording divisions.","findings":[{"id":"records-finding","name":"Records","description":"Records.","questions":[{"text":"How should organisational divisions be recorded in data?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which misconceptions arise?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"learn","name":"Learn","description":"History and teaching.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did police districting and organisational divisions develop?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"teach","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","findings":[{"id":"teach-finding","name":"Teach","description":"Teaching.","questions":[{"text":"How can organisational structure be taught?","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which entry fits public administration?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe a division's name, area, function and parent body from official sources.","Route enquiries to the correct division, such as the police district covering an address."],"mustNot":["Present an outdated organisational structure as current.","Confuse a police district with a local government district or another sense of division.","Claim to act on behalf of a division without its authority.","Publish personal details of a division's staff beyond what the body itself makes public."],"requiresHuman":["Reporting a matter to a police division on someone's behalf.","Restructuring or merging divisions inside an organisation."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["People need to reach the right unit; wrong routing can delay help in emergencies.","Reorganisations affect staff jobs and the communities a division serves."],"affectedParties":["Residents of the area served","Staff of the division","People seeking help"]},"owners":{"steward":"The parent organisation, such as the police service, company or ministry, that sets up the division.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Official directories of the parent organisation"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q9261468","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"organizational subdivision","type":"related","note":"category"},{"target":"corps","type":"related","note":"military formations"},{"target":"county commission","type":"related","note":"local government bodies"},{"target":"board of directors","type":"related","note":"corporate governance"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.division-q334453","Wikidata: Q334453 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334453)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Subunit of a larger organisation","Territorial or functional","A military division is a formation; arithmetic division is another sense","Not physical; units on organisational charts and maps."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain organisational divisions","describe police districts","identify specific divisions","separate other senses"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing senses of division","Outdated organisational structures","Confusing police districts with local government districts"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Police organisation laws","Corporate and public administration organisation rules","No general regulation of the concept"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Subdivisions of organisations.","police districts, precincts and regions","corporate divisions","government department divisions","university divisions","sports and other organisational divisions"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q334453: division","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334453","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Division (business)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_%28business%29","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should police districts be a separate entry?","How should organisational charts be linked?","How should other senses be split?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q334453/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q334453/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T01:42:35Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"interaction.properties":"Plane SOC: no invented physical properties."},"score":1.0}}