Quote:That's not true.  They regularly coordinate with federal law enforcement, and utilize federal systems as law enforcement tools for local policing.  Local police departments do not operate in some sort of vacuum. 

 

The role of local police is what's a debate here. Are they an extension of the military and the federal branch or public servants working for a community? The local police department should be working as a part of the local community not an extension of the feds.

 

Policy's like a Federal "war on drugs" however create the need for federal funding to fight said war. Eliminate the "war on drugs" and you'd be amazed how much more time and funding your local police department would have to actually police communities.

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