The SJS or Special Judicial Service, in the fictional Judge Dredd universe created by 2000 AD, are sometimes referred to as the Judges of the Judges. They could be considered comparable to an internal affairs division, with significant secret police attributes as well. Judge Dredd, drawn by Mike McMahon for the first ever story Judge Joseph Joe Dredd is the main character of the longest-running strip in the British comic 2000 AD, having been featured there since its second issue in 1977. ... Note: This is an article about the British comic book 2000 AD, rather than the year 2000 2000 AD logo 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ... Not to be confused with the real-world office of judge, please. ... The internal affairs division of a police agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. ...

The SJS acts as an espionage element of the justice system. References to their activities can be found in the comic strip Black Atlantic, where SJS Judge Vix accompanies several judges, including Judge Dredd, and a Dr. Hellerman. Out of this entire taskforce assigned to retrieve the Warchild, only SJS Judge Vix and Dredd survived. Judge Dredd, drawn by Mike McMahon for the first ever story Judge Joseph Joe Dredd is the main character of the longest-running strip in the British comic 2000 AD, having been featured there since its second issue in 1977. ...

The SJS is despised by other Judges due to their extreme methods which include random searches and the torture of Judges during interrogations. Insane Judge Cal controlled the SJS prior to his series of assassinations which gained him the position of Chief Judge, further enhancing their notoriety. The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was a famous torture device Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ...