Federal Law Enforcement

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Terrorist and/or Terrorist crimes should only be prosecuted by federal law enforcement. Local law enforcement may help retrieve a terrorist [if a person is believed to be a terrorist], but only at the federal government’s discretion. For instance, if a person known to be a terrorist is about to leave the country, local law enforcement may be able to react faster in retrieval of the terrorist since federal law enforcement is not as wide spread as local law enforcement. With the issue of illegal immigration, local law enforcement may be able to play a hand in the ground work of these crimes. As the goal of local law enforcement is to uphold the law and protect the local community, they should not concentrate on issues such as illegal immigration.…show more content…
Multiple branches of law enforcement means more specialized personnel in specific fields. It also means more local jobs for the community. Safety would also be more affective in numbers like these, and with numbers comes with a quicker response time for emergencies. A study from The Journal of Management Research revealed that regional law enforcement is a bad idea. In this study the performance of 23 regional police agencies in Taiwan were tested for their efficiency. The study found that many agencies within a high population density presented administrative inefficiency. Lower population density agencies were also found to have administrative inefficiencies, but not to the extent as the higher population density agencies. This result implies that the manner in which scarce resources are allocated will lead to the differences among the regions, especially when there is a limited budget (Hu, 2011). If the government were to try to influence the people to vote for regional law enforcement, it would never pass. The community would not feel safe enough if they were not able to know the police are ready and waiting for their…show more content…
One key attribute to joining the ranks of federal law enforcement is to have at least a bachelor’s degree. This is the minimum educational requirement for many federal law enforcement jobs, however many agents have advanced degrees required for their position. The field of criminal justice is a common topic of study among prospective law enforcement agents (Tennessee Federal Law Enforcement Jobs, 2015). Using the ATF as an example job, we will examine what is expected, required, and given for employment at a Tennessee federal agency. An open position within the ATF as a mechanical piping designer [a.k.a Eng II- Mech] posted as of 04/27/2015 describes the position as follows: * Assists project team in developing bids, proposals, scopes of work, scope changes, correspondence, estimates, schedules, material lists, design concepts, design drawings and other project
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