Federal police
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Federal police agencies are responsible for the enforcement of federal laws in countries with a federal constitution. Their exact role varies from country to country, but their work typically includes areas such as immigration control, investigating counterfeiting, policing of airports, and the protection of the head of state and of other members of federal institutions. They may also be responsible for the investigation and prevention of crimes which are not local to just one state or province; for example, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, and fraud. The provision of law enforcement on land and in buildings owned or controlled by the federal government will also usually be the responsibility of a federal police agency.
In most countries, federal police agencies have relatively narrow police powers, as the individual states or provinces will usually run their own police forces to enforce laws within their own boundaries. However, in some countries federal police agencies have the responsibility for local law enforcement in territories which are outside the jurisdiction of any particular state.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) operates in an unusual manner, in that in addition to acting as a federal police agency on a nationwide basis, and providing policing for the country's three territories, it also provides contractual policing to most of the country's provinces, even though the provinces are formally responsible for providing their own policing. This arrangement has been achieved by formal agreement between the provinces involved and the RCMP, and goes some way to avoid the necessity of having more than one police force operating in parallel in the same area.
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[edit] Examples of federal police agencies
[edit] United States
- Amtrak Police Department.
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police Force.
- Criminal Investigation Division, Internal Revenue Service
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Protective Service. Department of Homeland Security
- Government Printing Office Police
- Library of Congress Police
- National Zoological Park Police
- Office of Protective Services, Smithsonian Institution
- Office of Protective Services, National Gallery of Art
- Supreme Court Police.
- Federal Protective Service (FPS)
- United States Marshals Service (USMS)
- United States Park Police
- United States Postal Inspection Service
- United States Secret Service (USSS)
- Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
- United States Department of Defense Police
- Defense Protective Service, Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services
- Department of the Navy Police Division, Naval District Washington
- United States Police, Naval District Washington
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- United States Border Patrol (USBP)
- United States Capitol Police.
[edit] Argentina
- Policía Federal Argentina (PFA)
- Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (GNA)
- Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA)
[edit] Austria
- Bundeskriminalamt, or BKA
[edit] Australia
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Canadian Forces Military Police (MP)
- Canadian National Railway Police (CN Police)
[edit] Germany
[edit] India
[edit] Pakistan
- Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)
