With the current threat of terrorism and other dangers to the United States.?

Question

Should the United States combine all the police agencies into one national police organization? If you did consolidate the police, would you have to do the same to the criminal justice system?

Points to include in your answer:

The role of police in US society involves jurisdictional issues, duplication of laws between state and federal statutes, local control of police function, traning and education of officers issues, discretion issues and corruption issues.

I want to know you opinion and how you feel about this situation.

Please only positive answers.

Answer 1

Leave the system as it is. In NJ, none of the police forces cooperate, they would NEVER agree to this. Police get very territorial over jurisdiction and sharing information, so I don't see any benefits of consolidating the forces. Anything important enough is relayed to the FBI or some other government agency, and the local police forces control their backyard.

Answer 2

The current justice system is quite capable of dealing with any national threats. The Deparment of Homeland Security has made many advances in coordinating local, state and national policing agencies. Many people forget that the F.B.I. is a national police force and has juridiction in all matters that are national. There have been and will continue to be disputes over juridiction, but there is much more cooperation between police forces than has ever existed.
Federal law is not a duplication of state law. State law deals with issues within a particular state, while federal law involves hat which happens in more than one state or on federal land.
There is little controversy between the local and state authorities and federal law enforcement. In fact, the F.B.I. is the source of fingerprint and D.N.A. matching, relieving states and citties of having to duplicate expensive investigative laboratories.