Doshin

The doshin are the lowest ranking samurai working for a magistrate. These samurai usually serve under a specific Yoriki, for whom they patrol their assigned areas. They are often skilled at intimidation, and groups of doshin are generally effective deterents to crime. In theory, doshin have the power to arrest, detain, and question anyone they suspect of a crime, but in reality a suspect of much higher rank than the doshin will be treated with respect due his station, if the doshin does not simply inform his superior of his suspicions, avoiding a public scene entirely