To put it bluntly, although Arthur hasn't been promoted, his position has indeed risen.
Because the core responsibilities of the Home Office are now firmly in his grasp.
If you exclude the police department, the remaining functions of the Home Office, frankly speaking, can no longer be firmly controlled by a few assistant undersecretaries of the Home Office like in the past.
Prison affairs and the law and order system have always been inseparable, and now they must obey unified scheduling even more.
The execution of the exile system and the preliminary review of death penalty pardons are increasingly dependent on police investigation reports.
Epidemic prevention and control, local unrest, and emergency fire response often require the police to be deployed to maintain order.
Registration of foreign nationals, monitoring of exiles, and even the preliminary screening of domestic security intelligence cannot be done without the assistance of the Police Intelligence Department.
