#my s2 rewrite is part blurbs like this part endless bullet points and absolutely zero organization lols

[tvckerwash]

okay hear me out: in an alt season two following the memorial attack what if the general public began to scrutinize the enforcers? the late sheriff was in silco's pocket, and considering the security that was present at the memorial it's only logical for people to assume others must be corrupt and disloyal to the safety and security of piltover as well since renni and her goons were either in the crowd or impersonating enforcers.

having the public question the security of piltover and it's policing force in such turbulent times is BadTM, so jayce, as the head of the council, decides to establish a task force (led by caitlyn) to investigate and remove any compromised enforcers from duty. the number of officers that were corrupt ends up being higher than originally anticipated (omg no way, what a surprise /s), and what was already an underfunded, minimally staffed force (piltover/zaun is the least militarized region in runeterra so I'm taking some creative liberties) has been completely decimated, and absolutely no one wants to sign up for the job because jinx has been murdering and/or severely injuring enforcers left and right with no one to hold her back.

with the situation getting worse by the day, drastic measures need to be taken. ambessa proposes that jayce and mel (the only two councilors to survive jinx's attack) enact martial law and initiate some sort of draft, and volunteers to have her troops take over policing duties while citizens are drafted and trained. jayce refuses a draft because he doesn't want to force anyone into being an enforcer if they don't want to be one, and mel refuses to let ambessa and the noxian soldiers take over policing because she doesn't want her to have any power in piltover. they debate for a while and eventually come to the consensus that they will let the soldiers temporarily take over, but they'll report to and be commanded by someone of jayce and mel's choosing (maybe mel herself? with caitlyn as a second in command? listen if they wanted to make mel a combatant there are way more natural, organic ways to do it than making her a mage out of nowhere. she IS a noxian and considering she was already engineering a theoretical puppet regime as a child I'm sure commanding an army is something she could do with relative ease, and it makes way more sense for fired rookie cop caitlyn to learn the ropes from someone instead of being given the role of piltover’s supreme military leader). they also decide to run a recruitment campaign for the enforcers and use the face of the man of progress for the ads (yay defender of tomorrow jayce! you go glamorize and romanticize the military industrial complex for the masses and be the propagandic heroic figure you're literally designed to be!)