Federal_police Federal_police

Federal police - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Agent, Amanuensis, Clerk, Detective, Factor, Fed, Functionary

Federal police are the police of a federal government charged with enforcing and investigating the violations of federal laws. Federal police tend to be plainclothes detective agencies while uniformed federal police tend to be Security police forces. Some examples of federal police would be the FBI, FPS, DEA and Australian Federal Police. Although they may have nationwide jurisdiction for certain duties they usually do not have general police powers and cannot enforce local laws. Unique in its being both a federal police and a National police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Example Usage of Federal
ryancmcbride: RT @DennyBurk: Amendnent to ban Federal funding for abortions passes, 240-194. Good news indeed. // Amen.
gyakuzuki: RT @hokie121: The Federal Govt has for yrs almost entirely failed to protect the lives & property of the people #hcr ~ thank the republicans
NotAndySere: Only 4 out of 50 states, but Democrat Bloggers think that Federal funding of abortion is a winner with mainstream voters.
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