On one end of the department you can find the work areas for MLES, Aurors and Security employees. Most don't spend too much time at their desks as they are likely out on assignment and even patrol duty. Each of the division's heads have an office with a door that they can close so they can be uninterrupted. If you do not see who it is you are looking for, seek assistance from the reception desk.

During major investigations the area is flooded with employees and perhaps even witnesses who have been brought in to wait. On one wall there are many pictures and documents pinned to it with those of current in the process investigations. Another wall and above many of the desks are moving posters of the most wanted criminals of the Wizarding World. When they are caught they are magically marked with a large red X.

Every Auror, Hit Wizard and MLES Officer has their own desk here. It's slightly different for the Security employees. The Head of Security, the Event Security Liaison Officers, and the Internal Investigations Liaisons have their own permanent desks, while the Ministry Sentinels, Security Officers and Wand Weighers work between this office and the Security post in the atrium, and do not have a personal desk of their own.

Please be aware of your surroundings in this area. No one likes a snoop. Or you just might find yourself in question if items go missing!

On the opposite end of the department is an even larger work area with wide open spaces and lots of what looks like natural light. The windows have a beautiful view that changes from time to time, as it is charmed to look the way it is. There are the divisions in separate areas but not too far of a distance from one another. A table or two with a few chairs around them also is throughout this end of the department.

Each of the division's heads have an office with a door that they can close so they can be uninterrupted. Every member of the MMAO, CMEC, and IUMO have their own permanent desks. However the Wizengamot are based here but spend much of their time down in the courtrooms. However, they each have their own secure locker and you may on occasion find one or two of them working at a spare desk or going through a stack of court files and case histories.

The Forensics lab, a large storage room, The Evidence and Pensieve rooms, as well as the direct floo access aren't all too far from here. However, the conference room, Department head's office are a bit more of a walk. Make sure to keep a map on hand in case you lose your way the first few times in this department. It's been known people have wandered in and not seen for a few days. But they could have been just enjoying the scenery at the window or grabbing a hot cup of coffee from the instant coffee station.