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Yes, that particular explanation in inclusionary (any force that does is) rather than exclusionary (any force that doesn't isn't).

Perhaps I wasn't clear. Police forces who don't have a legal mandate to do so as part of their "charter" (For example 14 U.S.C. § 101 and 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4) for the USCG) would be doing so illegally. OTOH, it's quite clear that Starfleet can and does legally do so.

Some police forces might act as a de facto military force for defensive purposes but only within the domestic airspace/littoral zone, once you are authorised to conduct offensive operations outside of that zone then you're entering the "military" space not "law enforcement".

IMO, this is both absolutely true... and essentially irrelevant. As others have noted it is perfectly possible to be culturally, procedurally and even operationally "non-military" for everyday purposes, but if you are legally authorised to conduct armed expeditionary operations (particularly...

That would make sense, after all we can assume that both Astrometrics and Stellar Cartography would require similar power/data so at minimum them being in the same part of the ship would make sense and SC replacing the former is plausible.

11 is where rock begins to be "explosively disrupted" that's true, but anything from setting 6 and up is described as having "disruption effects" as it "penetrates organic and structural materials" and setting 8 apparently enough to cause a "cascade disruption that vaporises human organisms" so...

Given that Setting 8 is apparently where the "disrupt/vaporise" function kicks in, I'd be inclined to put the split there?

My assumption (and I've pretty sure I've seen before) is that the Relva induction were for some sort of accelerated program, possibly a fast-track Command School one that graduates you as a Lieutenant who can be immediately assigned as a Bridge Shift Duty Officer on a starship or OIC/pilot of a...

Was Data actually confirmed as being Second Officer in S1? I mean logically he probably should have been, but I sometimes thought that Yar was actually depicted as next-in-line after Riker.

Agreed. It never really made much sense that they were combined anyway. Tactical/Armory are engineers/technicians (unless you also separate out those roles), whereas Security are operators/specialists. Not in S1, but certainly by mid to late series as LaForge was. Voyager got it right with...

Which I always find hilarious, given that entire books where written by several different authors exclusively about the contradictions and other goofs of TOS, TNG and DS9.

The Bladnoch Lowland Malt has been associated with the IRL Scott family in the past, so that's a possibility, as is the Glasgow Lowland Malt. Based on his varied birthplaces/youth haunts, we could also add: Glen Garioch, GlenDronach, Fettercairn, Royal Lochnagar (Aberdeen); Glen Moray*, Glen...

Well, we have: Regulation 191 (Article 14): In a combat situation involving more than one ship, command fell to the vessel with tactical superiority, should there not be a higher ranking officer present. Given that Picard also has decades of experience as a commanding officer and has been...

True, though no more than one or at most two levels would be pretty unusual outside of explicitly temporary appointments in an emergency. Given that he was reporting to a three-pip Admiral and the only other example of someone who could be in that role who we see canonically is a Commodore...

There's a certain amount of ambiguity about the issue, but originally the organisation (or at least the management authority of it) was the Surgeon-General's Office, and a couple of the more specific references to "Starfleet Medical" in "BermanTrek" suggested that at least some of the time it...

Well, a version of the four-shift system may have endured, though it should be noted that only Alpha and Gamma shifts not Delta were actually mentioned and Jellico's Delta Shift ran from 15:00 to 23:00, giving an even more ridiculous start time of 23:00 for Alpha Shift (whereas Gamma Shift could...

And Jellico was the one who flouted the chain-of-command by dangerously and arrogantly assuming that he knew how to get the best out of a ship and crew that he had zero practical experience with and no interest in learning. Being given the opportunity to present their case and have it heard...

You do realise the next thing that happens after "being relieved from duty" for a senior officer like Riker who is in the bad books of a flag officer (Necheyev) unless it's reversed* is being dismissed from the service right or forced into retirement, right? That's very public and final. OTOH...

Which is why while Jellico was arguably right to ignore Riker's "demand" and I'd even go for a formal reprimand for his insubordinate way of presenting his opinion, relieving him of duty was inappropriate and over-the-top, particularly given that Jellico should have been violating enough...

My assumption has always been that Chakotay had the option to fully reinstated (for the same reason as Paris), but chose to accept a Provisional Commission instead out of solidarity with "his crew".