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Posted: 3/20/2016 5:36:25 PM EDT
Tell me why a national police force, similar to the Irish Garda, would be a bad idea here.
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inb4 jackboots
But in my opinion the way our nation is comprised of states with their own sets of laws doesn't really lend to a national force. That and i don't think it would be viewed too favorably by the general population compared to state/municipal/county agencies. |
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Federal system. General law enforcement, like education, is the purview of the states. You'd need a constitutional amendment to authorize a national police force.
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We've already got FBI and US Marshals - how exactly do we not have federal police already?
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They wouldn't know the community they were assigned to serve, the local laws would be an incomprehensible tangle that would take a year of retraining every time they were reassigned, and their nearest accountability for misbehavior would be 500 miles away.
Other than that? Great idea, good plan, let's do it. |
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Hmmm
ATF treasury NPS BP DHS ALL national cops Probably others too Oh yeah IRS |
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We have one. The FBI. Professionals enforcing Federal laws. Not the laws of individual States.
Unless you were thinking more along the lines of the Federales in Mexico. Guys standing on street corners with MP5's? I don't think we're there yet. Yet.............. |
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the police people are most likely to interact with should be local so there's (hopefully) more oversight and a better chance for the locals to make changes in leadership
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Don't forget Forest Service Law Enforcement.
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Wait so these agencies aren't enough?
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Office of Inspector General (USDAOIG) United States Forest Service (USFS) U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations (USFSLEI) Department of Commerce (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Institute of Standards and Technology Police (NIST Police) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement (OLE) Department of Commerce Office of Security (DOCOS) Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (DOCOIG) Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODOIG) Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) United States Pentagon Police (USPPD) Department of Defense Police Defense Logistics Agency Police (DLA) National Security Agency Police (NSA) Defense Intelligence Agency Police (DIA) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Police (NGA) Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Department of the Army United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) United States Army Military Police Corps Department of the Army Civilian Police United States Army Corrections Command Army Counterintelligence (CI), United States Army Intelligence and Security Command Department of the Navy Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMC CID) Department of the Navy Police (civilian police) Marine Corps Provost Marshal's Office (military police) United States Marine Corps Police (civilian police) US Navy Master-at-arms (military police) Department of the Air Force Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC) Air Force Security Forces (military police) Department of the Air Force Police (civilian police) Department of Education Office of the Inspector General (EDOIG) Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Inspector General (DOEOIG) Office of Health, Safety and Security (DOEHSS) Office of Secure Transportation (OST) Department of Health and Human Services United States Food and Drug Administration (HHSFDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institutes of Health Police (NIH Police) Office of Inspector General (HHSOIG) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents at a ceremony in 2007 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) National Protection and Programs Directorate Federal Protective Service (FPS) United States Coast Guard (USCG) Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine (OAM) Office of Border Patrol (OBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Office of Intelligence Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) United States Secret Service (USSS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (OLE/FAMS) Office of Inspection (OI) Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHSOIG) Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD/OIG) [1][5] Protective Service Division (HUDPSD) Department of the Interior (USDI) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Indian Affairs Police (BIA Police) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement (BLM Rangers and Special Agents) Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Bureau of Reclamation Office of Law Enforcement (BOR Rangers) Hoover Dam Police aka Bureau of Reclamation Police National Park Service (NPS) Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services (U.S. Park Rangers-Law Enforcement) United States Park Police Office of Inspector General (DOIOIG) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Office of Law Enforcement Division of Refuge Law Enforcement Department of Justice (USDOJ) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (since 1973) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal Bureau of Investigation Police (FBI Police) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Office of Inspector General (DOJOIG) United States Marshals Service (USMS) Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOLOIG) Department of State (DoS) Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Office of Foreign Missions Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Inspector General (DOTOIG) United States Merchant Marine Academy Department of Public Safety (USMMADPS) Office of Odometer Fraud Investigation - NHTSA (OFI) Department of the Treasury A Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police (BEP) patrol car. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police (BEP Police) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) Office of Inspector General (TREASOIG) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) United States Mint Police (USMP) Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VAOIG) Veterans Affairs Police View Quote |
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We are a representative republic, not a nation state.
The local governments know what is needed in their area far more than any national figure. Contrary to what the FBI & ATF think. |
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Every notice how they send National Guard troops from up north down south when things go bad? They don't want the forces commanded by the federal government to have loyalties to the local folks they may have to force to do something or go somewhere they won't agree with.
If there was a national police force some kid in Utah would get hired and they'd ship him off to New Jersey to work. Probably every few years they'd make them move around so they wouldn't build up strong friendships or loyalties to locals. |
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Tell me why a national police force, similar to the Irish Garda, would be a bad idea here. View Quote Because it would be as cost efficient, honest and trustworthy as o'slama care. We all know we need more federal government in our lives. Ruby Ridge, Waco, Oregon, N.Y, Chicago, Detroit, D.C., L.A. Ferguson, MO. are all pretty much run by the feds via consent decrees and that is working out real well for crime control, gun violence, felons control, illegals and high moral standards. Go back to your Sanders rally and wave the hammer & sickle. |
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Congress was not given the authority to raise a national police. Sum sorta Amendment in the Bill o' Rites held that those powers not delegated to the Federal government are reserved for the states and local government.
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It is Gestapo
A free country has the ability at the County and Town level to expose and fire bad apples. |
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Quoted: Tell me why a national police force, similar to the Irish Garda, would be a bad idea here. View Quote |
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The Constitution gives the federal government no authority over ordinary crime. Robbery, burglary, rape, theft, battery, et c. et c. do not generally have any federal nexus, even under Wickard vs Filburn.
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You seriously want to see the TSA idiots from the airports policing your hometown?
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You mean like that he one authorizing a standing army, an air force, the FBI, the CIA the NSA etc? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Federal system. General law enforcement, like education, is the purview of the states. You'd need a constitutional amendment to authorize a national police force. You mean like that he one authorizing a standing army, an air force, the FBI, the CIA the NSA etc? The Congress is specifically authorized to create a military by the Constitution, though funding for the army cannot exceed 2 years. |
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States rights and local control would suffer.
Also, there are already too many federal police, on the order of 80 or 100 thousand. The feds have substantial control over local police anyway, through grants and other goodies. |
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Having state police is already wasteful, redundant, and an overreach of government.
A national police force would be all that x 87. |
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Our founders were wise. They did not believe in consolidated power. Police are the fist of domestic power. Our system is separàte by design to have multiple layers of severability and oversight. It is all designed to limit corruption and power. The corrupt town miles away does not impact me. The county sheriff or state or federal will investigate them, but there is no one single top cop of the country. If there were, imagine what would happen if they were corrupt.
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Federal system. General law enforcement, like education, is the purview of the states. You'd need a constitutional amendment to authorize a national police force. View Quote Not with Chief Justice Roberts Humpty Dumpty on the bench: The Constitution means just what I want it to mean, neither more nor less! |
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Every notice how they send National Guard troops from up north down south when things go bad? They don't want the forces commanded by the federal government to have loyalties to the local folks they may have to force to do something or go somewhere they won't agree with. If there was a national police force some kid in Utah would get hired and they'd ship him off to New Jersey to work. Probably every few years they'd make them move around so they wouldn't build up strong friendships or loyalties to locals. View Quote Do you know what status (title 10 v. title 32) those folks are going down for those missions are in? |
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Our founders were wise. They did not believe in consolidated power. Police are the fist of domestic power. Our system is separàte by design to have multiple layers of severability and oversight. It is all designed to limit corruption and power. The corrupt town miles away does not impact me. The county sheriff or state or federal will investigate them, but there is no one single top cop of the country. If there were, imagine what would happen if they were corrupt. View Quote That unfortunately doesn't take a lot of thought to come up with. |
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I wouldn't be against state police agencies. Alaska does well.
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Tell me why a national police force, similar to the Irish Garda, would be a bad idea here. View Quote The left was literally waiting and ready for an excuse to kick off an attempt at nationalizing local PD's; Ferguson was what they decided to run with, hence all the backing for BLM nonsense and throwing cops under the bus wholesale. I'm guessing they started walking it back once they got in idea of how it was polling. If who is pushing for it doesn't tell you why it's a bad idea, then I don't know what else to tell you. It's pretty obvious. |
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The left was literally waiting and ready for an excuse to kick off an attempt at nationalizing local PD's; Ferguson was what they decided to run with, hence all the backing for BLM nonsense and throwing cops under the bus wholesale. I'm guessing they started walking it back once they got in idea of how it was polling. If who is pushing for it doesn't tell you why it's a bad idea, then I don't know what else to tell you. It's pretty obvious. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Tell me why a national police force, similar to the Irish Garda, would be a bad idea here. The left was literally waiting and ready for an excuse to kick off an attempt at nationalizing local PD's; Ferguson was what they decided to run with, hence all the backing for BLM nonsense and throwing cops under the bus wholesale. I'm guessing they started walking it back once they got in idea of how it was polling. If who is pushing for it doesn't tell you why it's a bad idea, then I don't know what else to tell you. It's pretty obvious. That last line is spot on. I didn't get as much time as I wanted to speak with Garda officers when I was in Ireland, but the times I did was interesting. I would've loved to compare the differences between our two countries more with them, and I think they would've as well. Ireland, UK, Colombia etc are much smaller areas and have much smaller population than the US. I think that helps when it comes to managing a national police force. Obviously bureaucracy can be a PITA no matter how small, but it would be such a colossal mess if it were tried in the US. We don't have good track records when it comes to bureaucracies. Given the recent IRS attacks against conservatives and EPA attacks against gun owners (via lead bullets), I'd hate to think what kind of agenda they'd try to push with a national police force of 1 million + enforcers. |
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Are there states without a state agency? Here is is a "Highway Patrol" but the name does not really matter that much. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I wouldn't be against state police agencies. Alaska does well. Are there states without a state agency? Here is is a "Highway Patrol" but the name does not really matter that much. Probably not but I'm talking about them being the primary law enforcement agency in a place. |
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