A Federal Police Force?
With Al Sharpton it's nearly always garbage in, garbage out, so I don't pay much attention when he suggests a national police force would be a good thing. Except he's not the only one that feels that way.
Over at Reason magazine, Ed Krayewski suggests it's not a good idea. He points out that federal involvement with local police departments has already created a situation we're now needing to fix:
"Tying federal grants to "best practices" is a slippery slope because that term is vague and hard to define, and federal grants have done a lot to create today's untenable situation in the first place. Aggressively waging the drug war was once a "best practice" the feds encouraged local police departments to adopt. How can the feds try to provide operating guidelines for local law enforcement agencies to respect civil rights when federal law enforcement agencies often operate in a way that disregards those rights?"
Good point, but to me it's even simpler. It's kinda like a wise man who once said, When you give the government the power to give you everything you want, you also give it the power to take it all away.
What if a federal police force ends up just as bad, or worse, than your local police force? There's nowhere to move to get away from it then. You may be happy with it when your political party is in power. How are you going to feel when it's not? Best to keep things as local as possible.
posted by Fred Mangels @ 2:19 PM
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Isn't the National Guard already the de facto police force as they are called to action in civil disturbances?
Posse Commitatus prohibits, or is supposed to prohibit, the military from getting involved in local law enforcement operations. At least one exception being drug enforcement.
They can be used in emergencies such as the L.A. Riots. I forget the particulars, but was down at the L.A. Riots myself when in the National Guard. We were federalized a week or so after getting there.
Between the provocateur riots to justify Al's so called declaration, & the article 4 convention promoting, they sure are trying desperately to rid our county sheriffs who are the main protectors of our constitution, a good constitutional sheriff is their main obstacle.
Pretty much explains all the cop bashing in the media, the hired goons on the depts, doesn't it.
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