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  2. Law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In accordance with the federal structure of the United States government, the national (federal) government is not authorized to execute general police powers by the Constitution of the United States. The power to have a police force is given to each of the United States' 50 federated states. The Constitution gives the federal government the ...

  3. Police ranks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. [1] [2] A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps is used to help identify an officer's seniority. [2] [3]

  4. State police (United States) - Wikipedia

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    ] WVSP is the 4th oldest State Police agency in the United States of America. Governor John Jacob Cornwell was insistent upon having a State Police force which he said, "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the ...

  5. United States Capitol Police - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Capitol Police has the authority to enforce the laws of the United States in any area of the United States and has the power to effect warrantless arrests for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States upon probable cause, in the performance of ...

  6. Organization of the New York City Police Department

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    Famed US cyclist Mile-a-Minute Murphy claimed to be the first police officer able to fly a plane in the US (possibly the entire world) as of 1914 as a member of the NYPD. He envisioned the use of airplanes to fight crime around the same time, though the Aviation Unit came into being 11 years after Murphy retired.

  7. Largest US police force is using drones to curb a Central ...

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    The largest police force in the nation is planning to use a fleet of autonomous drones to combat an alarming surge in robberies and assaults in Central Park, the world's most iconic public green ...

  8. Federal law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers going aboard a ship to examine cargo. The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.

  9. Calls for move away from police structure designed in the ...

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    Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens told a conference in Westminster there are too many decision makers in the current structure of 43 geographical forces in England ...