law enforcement+jurisdictions?

Question

What are the different jurisdictions in law enforcement?

Answer 1

Federal law enforcement is broken into several agencies assigned to enforce different parts of federal law.

State police/state highway patrol agencies tend to do general law enforcement or traffic enforcement depending on the state. Like the feds, state law enforcement can consist of several different agencies with different missions.

In Texas, we have counties, cities and special districts as I call them. Texas has DPS, which primarily handles laws concerning traffic. The Texas Rangers are like the FBI for Texas. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Enforcement enforces alcohol laws. These are a few examples.

Each Texas county has a sheriff, the chief lawman of the county, and usually at least one constable, who enforces civil laws but can enforce criminal as well. The sheriff has the duty of operating the jail and providing court security in addition to anything else that is needed in the county.

Cities either have their own police department or contract with the county sheriff to provide general law enforcement.

Several school districts and colleges in Texas have their own police department. Their job is to keep all campuses safe and provide after-hours security to the facilities. They have jurisdiction at all their facilities and one mile outside of each facility. They have FULL police powers. (Excluding security guards, those are different.)

Some hospital districts have their own police department. They work the same way as school police.

These are just a few examples of the many types of jurisdictions there are out there.

Answer 2

Most people think city cops have no jurisdiction outside their city, but that is wrong. We were given deputy cards by the Sheriff to assist deputies anywhere in the county.
The city police normally handle municipal law enforcement, the Sheriff's Dept. handles the county and the State Police or Highway Patrol have jurisdiction all over a given state.
Federal law enforcement has jurisdiction all over the U.S. except for some special limited agencies like the Veterans Administration Police, or the Federal Protective Service which only have authority on their property.

Answer 3

Federal- (has jurisdiction in the entire country) i.e. FBI, CIA, ATF, DEA, US MARSHAL, SECRET SERVICE.

State- (has jurisdiction in the entire state)- Usually Highway patrol which have jurisdiction all over the state but usually just enforce traffic laws and work wrecks, and like the state law enforcement division which investigates crimes against the state and helps the small cities.

County- (has jurisdiction in the entire county) Which means we can enforce the law in any city in our county but do not respond to calls in the cities unless asked for assistance.

City- (has jurisdiction in the city the work for only) depending on state law the cities can go a certain distance into the county in "hot pursuit" i.e. if you see a car run a stop light in the city and it by the time you catch up to it you are in the county you can still stop that vehicle. In my state they have jurisdiction up to 3 miles outside their city. (unless they are in "hot pursuit"

Answer 4

Federal, State, City. County, Village.

Answer 5

City, Township, County, State, Federal

Answer 6

The varies from state to state. In most cases, law enforcement does not issue "citations" on private property unless the infraction was committed on public land. However, traffic crimes such as driving under the influence are enforced on private property. Cops can go on to private property if they have probable cause to think a crime is being committed.

Answer 7

there are different jurisdictions, but a police officer is certified by the the state

Answer 8

city boundaries, county lines or state boarders???
this is a vague question!!!!