|
I never said anything about replacing Municipal, county, and state police forces. I just think a national force similar to those above or the RCMP would be rather redundant. That being said, I also think you might be on to something something, but I prefer it be on top of existing federal law enforcement agencies. Like I said earlier, essentially a land based equivalent to the coast guard. We need something more capable than civilian police to patrol the more lawless areas of the border (especially with Mexican army moonlighting for the drug cartels) and for special circumstances. This service must serve the dual role of reinforcing law enforcement in peacetime and the Army in war time. Another role of this service should be both providing units for peacekeeping and training Army and Marine Corps units deployed for that task.
Merging the Border Patrol, Secret service, and Park police into this agency would be problematic. First off, the secret service's main role is not executive protection, that's just the face we see. Its main role is investigating counterfeit currency. Second, even among a service that is not mainly combat focused like the Coast Guard, there is a completely different atmosphere. Merging the Coast Guard would also be problematic as it is a Maritime service. The idea of using them for a single Military police force though is intriguing, for the main purpose of them being outside the unit chain of command.
__________________
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: The Honda Accord of fighters.
|