NetWatch

NetWatch is a policing organization designed to patrol the Net looking for illegal activity. Governments, individual corporations and other large groups contribute money, equipment and their best Netrunners to the NetWatch organization. The NetCops are equipped with very powerful software and move freely through the Net, patrolling a specific "beat" that may cover a city, Region or even a continent.

NetCops (Wolves, Weasels, The Icemen) are equipped with very powerful tracking programs, as well as "arrest" programs that can freeze a cyberdeck in a "loop" and hold the Netrunner frozen, unable to jack out until released. While arrest and imprisonment are the goal of the NetCops, they have been known to use black programs to kill or maim their opposition.