8:56 "The murder rate per capita in the US is still 30 times higher than in the UK" There's a lot of misinformation in this video, but this is one of the most egregious. Murder rate, US, 2020: 7.8 per 100,000 (this is a HUGE increase from just a few years ago; it was 4.44 in 2014 and 4.96 in 2018). Murder rate, UK, 2020: 1.0 per 100,000 (a significant drop; it was 1.2 in 2018) Obviously, 7.8 / 1.0 is not 30.
yeah, they also fail to mention the amount of illegal guns in the US and the major large criminal enterprises/organizations we have here as opposed to the UK.
There are actually several federal law enforcement agencies, each charged with enforcing different federal laws. The FBI handles political corruption, kidnapping and a sundry list of others. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives...well...that is fairly self-explanatory. The Secret Service handles counterfeiting (as well as protecting the president) and they are now part of the Department of Homeland Security. Other law enforcement agencies within DHS are the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Protective Service. If two or more agencies are involved, a lead agency will be assigned by the White House - though more often than not, it falls to the FBI. There are also the US Marshals, the Drug Enforcement Agency and just about every federal department has their own police (such as the Capitol Police to protect Congress) or investigators to deal with the mission of that agency. On the state level, there is usually just the state police. Counties have elected sheriffs and their deputies. Cities and larger towns usually have police departments. Often, you will find that even universities and colleges have their own police forces which may or may not be sworn certified police officers with the power to enforce laws in that state. In addition, there are state game and fish enforcement, environmental enforcement and probably a few I haven't covered. There is no shortage of law enforcement officers in America. Many of them have overlapping duties. Plus there may be several private agencies involved in security and quasi-law enforcement matters.
And out of all of those, country sheriffs and Customs and Border Patrol are the only ones that have any constitutional remit to exist. Literally every single one of the other agencies are unconstitutional.
There are 23 US States with higher populations than Ireland. In fact, New York City alone has a higher population than all of Ireland. Each city has its own police. There is also the FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the US Marshall's office. Each state has State police and Highway Patrol.
And each county has an elected Sheriff who has deputies. In total there are about 65 separate Federal law enforcement agencies and 27 offices of Inspector General, all able to carry firearms, and with the power to arrest people.
Technically the “national police force” is the FBI. Also, it’s a bit more complicated than just states having their own police forces. Each county in America has its own police force, and most cities have their own separate police forces. There is also the Army National Guard which acts like “State Police Special Forces”. They are usually used to quell large riots and other types of mass civil unrest.
And each branch of the US armed forces has a Military Police force , except for the Space Force wich relies upon the US Air Force for security . The entire US Coast Guard is technically a Law Enforcement of the US Department of Transportation and Homeland Security with global authority . There are the US Marshalls , Secret Security , and US Postal Police under Federal authority . I was in the US Navy for ten years . Two of those years I was a US Navy Military Policeman stationed in Japan . Under the SOFA ( Status Of Forces Agreement) with Japan I had limited authority to detain and question Japanese citizens when necessary . I also patrolled on Japanese soil with a shotgun in my vehicle , while the only Japanese National Policeman carrying a handgun was the Watch Sergeant .
@@victorwaddell6530 The Coast Guard used to be part of DOT, until after 9/11, when they got put into DHS. Amusingly, the Secret Service used to be a special detail for the Department of Treasury, but they also got lumped into Department of Homeland Security. Something I've always been amused about with the Coast Guard; they're the only agency outside of the Department of Defense that uses the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) as a 'disciplinary tool' (I imagine since they would have a need to make mutiny punishable).
His history is misleading. First US cops were the military such as the US Cavalry. Most towns in the early US had a judge/magistrate (1700's) who relied on local men to do policing and bring in alleged criminals for trial. Daniel Boone was one such example as was Judge Roy Bean in Texas. US Marshalls began in 1789 and helped in areas where there was no local Sheriff. Texas Rangers started in 1823. Pinkerton Agency, a private, non-governmental group started in 1850. Other states started their own units like the Arizona Rangers in 1901. Now most states have police on the state, county, township, and city levels, either three or four levels. The national level is mostly covered by the FBI, ATF. DEA. Immigration, and US Marshall while all US Departments (including Agriculture) have their own police and SWAT units. Selling illegal, unpasteurized bad milk? Yes, the USDA cops will be a callin' on you. Stealing mail? Yes, the Postal Office has cops with guns and badges too.
Old joke: "Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. H@ll is where the cooks are British, the police are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians."
In college I was delivering a pizza in fancy hotel and the guy at the room grabbed it, slammed the door, refused to answer, and pay me. I went to the lobby at reported it to the manager. She motioned with her hand, pointing and said "Joe". Joe was an off duty, very muscular local cop doing security for the hotel. He went up to the room, me behind him, pulled out a very large, real gold badge while obviously holding his black 9mm pistol on the ready. My money came forth in mere, awkward seconds along with a substantial tip and apology. Thank you, Joe!
Each city has their own police department. There are also county police, sheriffs departments, some rural counties have Constables that assist, and each state has State Police. There is no national police. Although the FBI might be considered that.The reason that our police carry guns is because everyone else has access to guns also. Thanks for sharing this D. Take care! ❤️U☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸
I was raised in a small Michigan town which has a large university, as well a Chippewa reservation just outside of town. It is also a county seat, and has a state police post. So there are city police, county sheriffs deputies, state troopers, tribal police, and campus police -- ALL in one small town.
L S :"The reason that our police carry guns is because everyone else has access to guns also." What matters is not whether most people have access but whether they have to deal with criminals who would murder them. Most European police carry guns even though few people in those countries have access. The U.K. is an outlier among Europe.
@@fsilber330 I think it does matter. Can you tell who the criminals are by looking at people or whether or not they’re carrying a weapon? Few people doesn’t mean all people. There’s also other weapons that are considered deadly such as knives.
Teddy Roosevelt, a guy you need to do a video on, started his career Police Commissioner of New York City. He reformed the NYPD and issued copper police badges to the officers. That is why they are called “coppers” or “cops” today. Also if you had a Teddy Bear as a child, that was named after Teddy Roosevelt. There was a famous story involving him and a bear when he was President.
Hello Diane ! There are many layers of police departments in America , from Federal , State , County , City , private , and some others you wouldn't expect . US Military forces have Military Policeman units . American railroad companies have private police forces . The US Postal Service has a police force . Every state has a Division of Game and Wildlife police force to catch poachers and illegal fishermen . The US Food and Drug Administration has a police force . Nearly every college and university has a campus police force . Hospitals and medical clinics have some form of police or security . American Public Schools K-12 don't usually have a police force Per Se , but many have a local police officer on campus . Some stores might employ a local police officer to moonlight as security off-duty . American pawn shops and gun stores allow their employees to open carry while at work . Many personally owned convenience stores allow their staff to carry concealed .
I visited Ireland back in 2019 for a wedding and stayed in Dingle. One of the nights I went out to a bar/club, and no one would leave the bar at 3 am when they were closing. The bar called the police to kick everyone out. As soon as the police arrived, everyone there started cursing/yelling at the cops. I was legit scared for my life lol, thinking the cops would start beating the shit out of people like here in the US. Cops ended up being super cool and even let us hang outside on the street for another 30 minutes to drink and party. Definitely an eye opener lol.
An Garda have to be some of the nicest police I have ever dealt with. I was busking back in 1978. A crowd of about 30 or 40 people had gathered, waiting for the light to change and two Garda moved through the group to advice me I couldn't solicit funds and then left. I was in shock.
8:21 I know this looks shocking, but you have to remember the population difference between each nation. If I did the math right, per 1000 people the UK is higher with a 7.438 per 1000 while US is at 0.003 per 1000.
When any of the laws of the state are broken a highly organization swings into action. "They maybe called the state militia, state police ,or the highway patrol!"
Diane, Harris County, which is Houston Texas, has 58 separate police departments. County, several cities, each school district has a PD, each district in the county (8) has a PD.
Interesting that following a sudden exit from Ireland Diane is now studying more about the police forces of the UK and US. One has to wonder exactly what ED did back in Ireland that she is still on the run from.
A large police cruiser is colloquially called a "paddy wagon". There is an Irish connection. Once upon a time, there were a lot of Irish cops in the United States, and the Irish cop stereotype still exists today.
Ms Jennings, what you have to remember is that the differences between Ireland and the US is we are a couple of 500 times the size of Ireland are 99% different. We have state police, county Sheriffs and municipal police. Each has a specific job. Yes, each has many common law enforcement duties but each jurisdiction has it's own special laws.
IDK about southern Spain, but the cops in Barcelona carry military style automatic firearms - G36 assault rifles, I believe. As a US citizen, that caught me off guard... On the flip side, Spanish police are extremely good looking!
COPS recently returned to television after a couple years hiatus. There's a show in the states centered around body cam footage. It's intense. There's the fbi which the investigative body of national policing and there's the u.s. marshalls that arrest of criminals crossing state lines. In my state, there's a county sheriff who brings viewers on patrol every Friday night (sometimes random other times). While he and his partner sometimes have to do a car chase or some other cop work. Mostly they are going around and talking to people in the communities of the county.
No national police force here. We do have separate forces for states, territories, city, town, special branches for state parks/beaches/etc, county, parish (non religious). We also have a constabulary that assists sheriffs and deputies as deliverers of process and court officials. It's a bit much.
the tv shows cops is about finding the most wild people and putting them on tv its one of the longest running series with high viewership. there's a movie called run ronnie run (2002) where a guy gets arrested a lot like the tv show cops. there's national guard for the whole U.S. each city has a police force, counties have sheriffs, each state has state troopers aka highway patrol. places that keep the most peace and good vibes are the best. Ireland sounds the best to me to be a cop if I was a cop. You did a good job on your video today, Diane I think it turned out well I did not notice loud background noises from the lawn mowers and kids playing in the swimming pool.
@@DianeJennings Right, sometimes you have to get your work done by a certain time so I can relate to that. Sending good vibes to you and the universe treat yourself and chewie to a good meal.
There are common jurisdictional disputes in the US due to frequent overlap between various law enforcement agencies (city, county, state, federal agencies, sometimes even military police).
I was stationed in the U.K. With the American Air Force in the 1980s. When you first got to any base, your had an orientation day, which almost always included a briefing by the local po po. The constable that briefed us told us not to be surprised that if we got pulled over and the officer realized he had a Yank on his hands gets very wary, as American GIs have a tendency to go “John Wayne” on unarmed police officers.
My dad was a cop so I’ve thought of this stuff a lot since immigrating southward. I’ve found the cops in Oz almost apologetic when they pull me up for something. Nothing like the objectivity or occasional smart-arse I’ve had in the US. I figure because of the smaller population the police down under think of their role more in the community context rather than their career.
I think it's the American Accent is why they're apologetic. They actually apologized to me and let me continue smoking on a train platform in Melbourne after I said "it's okay where do I put it out?" They just kept saying " No worries, continue mate" which left me kinda in shock after I seen they sent 2 of them out for me.
Yes and you like most are an intelligent person. But every single day, I get comments referring to me being British. I’ve never been British in my life 😖
Does Ireland have fewer police officers? Yes, there are more people in the Houston Metro area than there are people in Ireland. The murder rate in 2018 in the U.S. was 4.96 per 100,000, and the murder rate in the UK was 1.2 per 100,000. I don't know how they got 30 times greater. Last I saw, that was 4.13 times greater and not 30 times. That is the last year statistics for both countries. Ireland has about 0.86 per 100,000. That means that there was 43 murders in Ireland in 2018.
Hey Di, you got this one past the internet police. :)) Nice. I'll break down 🇨🇦 quick for you. RCMP are our national force which have jurisdiction just about every where but are typically found in smaller towns and my road systems. Larger city's have municipal police. Some provinces have their own force as well. Plus there are bylaw officers, boarder services, and fish and game. They all are packing heat and have the right to arrest or use lethal force. 🤔 I guess I feel pretty safe??? Thanks for the clip my dear. Most of us never deal with cops and 99% of my personal interactions have been favorable. Thanks again. 🇨🇦
In the USA - Each state has their own State Police. Each county has a County Sheriff (sheriffs are the only the only law enforcement elected by the voters) County Deputies are hired by the Sheriff. Each city has their own city police force.
4:32 The Pinkerton Detective Agency was the first private law enforcement agency in the United States. Every major railroad in the North America has its own police department. The Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is considered to be the first railroad police.
We do have State Police to monitor state highways and large expressways. We also then have town, or borough cops. And we have county sheriffs. All have different duties.
In the US, there are federal police who have certain jurisdictions or areas of responsibility and authority, there are have state police, which largely provide traffic policing between the various counties within each state, there are county sheriff departments that handle the county jails and often contract with small towns and unincorporated areas to provide policing, and finally there are individual police departments that serve cities and towns large enough (or ambitious/independent enough) to have their own police department.
In the US there are many federal agencies that take care of specific types of crime nationally. The most well known is likely the FBI. Each state has state highway patrol aka state troopers. Each county in each state has a county Sheriff's department. Cities may or may not have a city police force. My town is really small and rural so we don't have a city police force. The county Sheriff's department takes care of us.
There is a proverb that says "Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, and the politicians are German. Hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, and the politicians are French."
No National Police . But there are Federal agencies like FBI that perform some "police" work . Also , within States there are County police forces . In NY , there are many police forces throughout the state .
I'm somewhat early this time. Being American stationed in the UK (twice), there are some similarities but they are very different. Police in the UK can be seen just out and about in the town center to keep peace around the clubs. You don't see that much in the states. The FBI and US Marshalls are somewhat the "national" police force here
You have city police, county police, state police, then federal, FBI, ATF, ICE, there is alot. In the United States every state is self governoring. That is why every state has different laws.
Just throwing this out there. As a brown man from Mansfield TX (the last city to give up segregation in TX) ive always had a good experience with police.
As a brown woman from Texas, me and my black fiancé were repeatedly stopped and nearly killed by police because we were walking home at 2am. They stopped us and pulled guns on us for no reason other than not being white in some rich neighborhood. Happened 7 times within two weeks and we had to move to avoid being harassed further. Good times.
@@bgonzales817 Only because you have a clear bias. Lol, are you serious? How easy do you think it is to uproot your life and move? I had to move us in with my mom, lol. We tried to file a complaint, old man. It didn't change anything, especially as the cops were hostile from the start to end. They also claimed to be stopping us because people in that community called the cops on us. Accused us of being homeless and casing the neighborhood. Also of being drunk during one stop. There was literally nothing we could do. I have been dealing with being singled out by police since i was a teenager, old man.
@@wiseguy01 nah your story clearly bullshit. You clearly some young dumbass full of shit if you think im old lol. Fyi i use to break into houses sell weed in my teens. Cops still didn't try to murder me.
I looked at Google Street View near you one time and the very first spot I dropped in at had 6 cops arresting someone from a van, so I can understand the idea that they are 'more aggressive" than in Ireland.
In the US, depending on the area there may be multiple layers, each addressing a different layer or region of activity. In Chicago here we have: Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff, Illinois State Police, and finally the FBI
Good afternoon Diane, each City has there own Police force in the U.S. Here in Los Angeles we have LAPD, The Sheriff's Dept. Then just about every city in the County either has their own force or they use The Sheriff's dept. Then theirs The California highway patrol (CHP) which is the state police.
The US doesn't have a "national" police force. There are several federal law enforcement agencies like the US Marshalls, Postal Inspectors, FBI, etc...but they primarily focus on federal crime. Each of the 50 US states has it's own State Police force. This is where it gets confusing for many people. The State Police forces can perform many duties...from protecting high-ranking political officals, patrolling state highways, investigating state crimes, etc. But, in areas that are more rural...some State Police agencies act as the local police because the area is too small to have its own local police. Then, most states have a County-level force. This is "usually" called the County Sheriff. In many places, the County Sheriff's department deals with prisons, executing warrants, transporting prisoners...but (more confusingly) sometimes the County Sheriff will also act as the local police. Many counties also have their own County Prosecutor, and they act as an investigative police force, and will handle more serious crimes like murder, kidnapping, fraud, and political crime. Finally, you have local or township police departments. These are the police that patrol only within their own towns. They do traffic enforcement, investigate smaller crimes, answer disturbance calls, and handle general police work.
In the US, every city and town has its own police force. Every state also has a state police force. Some counties also have elected sheriffs and their departments, although they tend to cover more rural areas where the towns don't actually have their own police force (but that is not exclusively the case -- in NJ, we have municipal police, county sheriff depts, and state police on top of it). We don't have a national police force (by design -- it was deemed a threat to liberty and an opportunity for abuse), but we do have things like it such as the FBI, the US Marshals, and the Secret Service -- however, they have limited roles.
In the state of Texas we have constables, the Sheriff and his deputies, the City police, Texas state troopers and last but certainly not least the Texas Rangers established in 1835.
In the USA we don't really have a national police force per say. We have the FBI that can investigate federal crimes nationally and US Marshall's that help apprehend evil doers but the FYI can also apprehend suspects. The states generally have a statewide policing agency normally called the Highway Patroll, Counties have Sherriffs and Deputies as well as a Constables office, then towns and cities have their own police force. It can be very confusing.
Good point about Republic of Ireland vs. Northern Ireland in her intro. Part of the problem with the Troubles involved alleged sectarian bias within police of Northern Ireland along with British military doing quasi-police work as peacekeepers.
I've watched some videos about the Gardai training, I know they have to be fluent in Irish and English...Very interesting to see how it goes on the other side of the planet. The infographics are great but they did really skip over how involved the application process is. It usually starts with a written civil service exam, strength & agility testing, medical, psychological, background checks, and oral board interviews. Then if you get hired you will be looking at a few months of basic training and then field training. I would imagine the UK police hiring practice isn't far off.
Yes in Ireland you can demand to have your rights read to you in the Irish language. Urban legend has it if the officer cannot comply they cannot arrest you. I’d imagine in practice, they just wait for another officer to show up you can read you the rights and that police officer needs to go back and learn how to say it in Irish
That seams like a lot of deaths but when you consider Ireland death toll is in a population of ruffle 4,995 ,000 millions compared to the United States population is ruffle 335,000,000 and several million illegal immigrants that don't get accurately counted in the census so we don't really know for sure how many
I am very lucky the police in my small town are more like the Garda, very laid back more likely to stop to joke with you than pull you over to ticket you. Great video Diane, missed you on Monday.
The closest the U.S.A. has come to a National Police Force is the Department of Homeland Security. Before that it was the FBI which is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which after about its first 10 years of existence was allowed to carry side arms for self protection and even shotguns and tommy guns in their vehicles so that they could "defend themselves" as they closed in on their criminal gangs who were taking advantage of the limitations of other law enforcement agencies by jumping from county to count or state to state. The FBI would turn over their findings (evidence) to the local Federal (or sometimes state) district attorney to bring charges in Federal (or state) Court which would hopefully result in a nice, long sentence in a Federal (or state) prison.
There's no national police force due to the 10th amendment, however, due to the interstate commerce clause in the constitution, the FBI came into being, but their jurisdiction is limited to interstate issues.
There are several federal agencies that can be considered part of a national police force, perhaps most notably the FBI. Even the post office has its own national police force. However, those agencies are dedicated to crimes that violate federal laws or that involve crossing state lines, and many of the agencies are focused on very specific crimes, such as the postal service's police, who are, naturally, focused on crimes related to the mail.
Also , US railroad companies have their own private police forces . Their jurisdictions are all properties owned by the RR company across all state lines . Offenders of RR laws can be charged with Federal offenses .
The salaries for a rookie officer in New York should be taken with a grain of salt. The cost of living is higher there, so all figures need to be adjusted.
Each City has a police force, each County has a Sherrif's police, each state has a State Police, and either the U.S. Marshals or the FBI are a federal police.
each state has a state police force. we also have county police and city police. so for some people they have a 3 tiered police system overlooking them. not to mention several federal law enforcement agencies
It's not fair to compare the two like that. England is the size of 1 American state. The USA is huge. So yeah, there's going to be more crime, there's going to be more people, more everything. A more accurate comparison would be American police vs all of Europe.
4:54 There are different divisions of law enforcement. Here is a short list. Federal Level: US Marshals, Border Patrol Military (I believe the Marines are the only ones who can arrest people). State Level: Highway Patrol they are called Troopers. Texas also has the Texas Rangers (since Texas use to be a country the Texas Rangers where equivalent to US Marshals.) County Level: The Sheriff City Level: Police Officers.
There are some counties that have police departments (county police). The big difference between county police & sherriffs offices has to do with who is in charge; police chiefs are selected and hired by whoever runs that particular municipality or region, as opposed to a sherrif, who is elected by the people who live in that county.
@@crash406 The Sheriff is the top law official in the county. The only person that my be his equal is a Game Warden. Game Wardens are the only ones who don’t need a warrant to search your property.
@@TR4200 tell to a third of my National Guard unit. My former squad leader, who's now a platoon sergeant, is a patrolman for a county police department (Prince Georges County, near DC).
@@crash406 County police are not Sheriffs. The fact they are called county police means they are county policy officers. Sheriffs deputies have constitutional authority. If you’re National Guard unit was in DC anytime in the last year to handle the inauguration or last summers chaos. They were more likely to have been deputized by the US Marshals so they could arrest people. Otherwise the National Guard is just there for crowd control among other things.
@@TR4200 we wound up being deputized by the Secret Service, the Park Police, Metro PD, AND the Capitol Police.....ALL AT THE SAME TIME !!!! ...and we wind up there for EVERY inauguration. I do happen to know quite a few members of the 'blue line club'. One retired from his department at the rank of Sergeant Major.
The FBI is a "national police force". It stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although they also do anti espionage work and some work with police in other nations.
And let's not forget the US Secret Service (Dept of Treasury/Homeland), the US Marshalls Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Immigration and Customs Enforcement...by the strictest definition - a central government law enforcement agency - then the United States has several 'national police forces.'
In Florida we have State Police. Sheriff's Department and Local Police. The Local Police are usually for cities and towns. The Sheriff's Department traversed the whole state, They Handle Warrants, Arrest and speeding tickets, and Crash Investigations. The state Troopers also do Crash Investigations, the State Troopers have different delegated authority over State Safety along With the Sheriff's Department. All My Interactions with any Florida Law Inforcement (State Trooper or Sheriff's Department) have zbeen with out problems and Most Were Present, since I moved to Florida I think they're all great and our Police Forces (Law Enforcement) are very Professional.
Keep in mind that is 18,000 jurisdictions with different laws. With about 900,000 police. How can anyone keep track and know if they are breaking a law or not?
3:00, COPS isn't a "show" with actors and scripts. It's just footage from people who ride with the police and bring their cameras. 5:00, No, not really. The FBI investigates federal crimes, but mostly it's State Police, County Police, and a lot of individual cities have their own jurisdiction as well
I was hoping this confirmed that British cops are just as they're portrayed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz.
I LOVE that film
@@DianeJennings Me too! "He's not Judge Judy and executioner!"
Ya , and wouldn't enforcement be the best you can imagine !
I can confirm cake fines are a real thing.
That is such a great movie.
8:56 "The murder rate per capita in the US is still 30 times higher than in the UK"
There's a lot of misinformation in this video, but this is one of the most egregious.
Murder rate, US, 2020: 7.8 per 100,000 (this is a HUGE increase from just a few years ago; it was 4.44 in 2014 and 4.96 in 2018).
Murder rate, UK, 2020: 1.0 per 100,000 (a significant drop; it was 1.2 in 2018)
Obviously, 7.8 / 1.0 is not 30.
yeah, they also fail to mention the amount of illegal guns in the US and the major large criminal enterprises/organizations we have here as opposed to the UK.
There are actually several federal law enforcement agencies, each charged with enforcing different federal laws. The FBI handles political corruption, kidnapping and a sundry list of others. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives...well...that is fairly self-explanatory. The Secret Service handles counterfeiting (as well as protecting the president) and they are now part of the Department of Homeland Security. Other law enforcement agencies within DHS are the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Protective Service. If two or more agencies are involved, a lead agency will be assigned by the White House - though more often than not, it falls to the FBI.
There are also the US Marshals, the Drug Enforcement Agency and just about every federal department has their own police (such as the Capitol Police to protect Congress) or investigators to deal with the mission of that agency.
On the state level, there is usually just the state police. Counties have elected sheriffs and their deputies. Cities and larger towns usually have police departments. Often, you will find that even universities and colleges have their own police forces which may or may not be sworn certified police officers with the power to enforce laws in that state. In addition, there are state game and fish enforcement, environmental enforcement and probably a few I haven't covered.
There is no shortage of law enforcement officers in America. Many of them have overlapping duties. Plus there may be several private agencies involved in security and quasi-law enforcement matters.
Policing is just chaos here, which is why we have so many problems.
Hey, don't forget about the postal inspectors. They have badges, guns and arrest powers.
And out of all of those, country sheriffs and Customs and Border Patrol are the only ones that have any constitutional remit to exist.
Literally every single one of the other agencies are unconstitutional.
There are 23 US States with higher populations than Ireland. In fact, New York City alone has a higher population than all of Ireland. Each city has its own police. There is also the FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the US Marshall's office. Each state has State police and Highway Patrol.
Also the Texas Rangers
And each county has an elected Sheriff who has deputies. In total there are about 65 separate Federal law enforcement agencies and 27 offices of Inspector General, all able to carry firearms, and with the power to arrest people.
Let alone 39 of the states are larger than Ireland too.
"where would you like to be a cop?" "Ireland!" had me rolling a little bit.
I didn't hear any of the noises that you were afraid we would hear. This was interesting history and comparison, thanks.
I’m so glad! 🎉
They took the show "COPS" off the air about a decade ago. Apparently there was some concern that people were committing crimes just to get on TV!
One of my employees was rejected by the LAPD because she went to Vegas despite have an unpaid debt. It was a very difficult process.
Hi Diane! Thank you for reacting to it! 🙆♀️
Thanks for the thanks!
Technically the “national police force” is the FBI. Also, it’s a bit more complicated than just states having their own police forces. Each county in America has its own police force, and most cities have their own separate police forces. There is also the Army National Guard which acts like “State Police Special Forces”. They are usually used to quell large riots and other types of mass civil unrest.
Along with the ATF, Secret service, ICE, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, National Park Service, Home Land Security, and so on.
Don't forget the state Division of Twig Pigs (DNR)
And each branch of the US armed forces has a Military Police force , except for the Space Force wich relies upon the US Air Force for security . The entire US Coast Guard is technically a Law Enforcement of the US Department of Transportation and Homeland Security with global authority . There are the US Marshalls , Secret Security , and US Postal Police under Federal authority . I was in the US Navy for ten years . Two of those years I was a US Navy Military Policeman stationed in Japan . Under the SOFA ( Status Of Forces Agreement) with Japan I had limited authority to detain and question Japanese citizens when necessary . I also patrolled on Japanese soil with a shotgun in my vehicle , while the only Japanese National Policeman carrying a handgun was the Watch Sergeant .
Technical the US does not have a national police force.
@@victorwaddell6530 The Coast Guard used to be part of DOT, until after 9/11, when they got put into DHS. Amusingly, the Secret Service used to be a special detail for the Department of Treasury, but they also got lumped into Department of Homeland Security.
Something I've always been amused about with the Coast Guard; they're the only agency outside of the Department of Defense that uses the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) as a 'disciplinary tool' (I imagine since they would have a need to make mutiny punishable).
His history is misleading. First US cops were the military such as the US Cavalry. Most towns in the early US had a judge/magistrate (1700's) who relied on local men to do policing and bring in alleged criminals for trial. Daniel Boone was one such example as was Judge Roy Bean in Texas. US Marshalls began in 1789 and helped in areas where there was no local Sheriff. Texas Rangers started in 1823. Pinkerton Agency, a private, non-governmental group started in 1850. Other states started their own units like the Arizona Rangers in 1901. Now most states have police on the state, county, township, and city levels, either three or four levels. The national level is mostly covered by the FBI, ATF. DEA. Immigration, and US Marshall while all US Departments (including Agriculture) have their own police and SWAT units. Selling illegal, unpasteurized bad milk? Yes, the USDA cops will be a callin' on you. Stealing mail? Yes, the Postal Office has cops with guns and badges too.
C’mon Diane, you’ve been to Texas. You’ve seen how common guns were there! The USA having so many guns shouldn’t be a surprise.
Old joke:
"Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss.
H@ll is where the cooks are British, the police are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians."
That is hilarious.
It takes a brave person to go after a violent criminal when not carrying a pistol.
It does. When the likelihood of them carrying a pistol is low, it evens things up
Even braver knowing they are armed.
Happy Weird Wednesday! I really enjoy this video.
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I’m so glad I actually got to see this video. The last one got claimed before I could watch it 🙁. Good video Diane.
It’s up as a linked file on Patreon Trudes!
here in Iowa . we have a state wide Sheriffs Department plus a local Police Department based in each city or town .
In college I was delivering a pizza in fancy hotel and the guy at the room grabbed it, slammed the door, refused to answer, and pay me. I went to the lobby at reported it to the manager. She motioned with her hand, pointing and said "Joe". Joe was an off duty, very muscular local cop doing security for the hotel. He went up to the room, me behind him, pulled out a very large, real gold badge while obviously holding his black 9mm pistol on the ready. My money came forth in mere, awkward seconds along with a substantial tip and apology. Thank you, Joe!
Each city has their own police department. There are also county police, sheriffs departments, some rural counties have Constables that assist, and each state has State Police. There is no national police. Although the FBI might be considered that.The reason that our police carry guns is because everyone else has access to guns also. Thanks for sharing this D. Take care! ❤️U☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸
FBI and/or the US Marshals. Treasury Dept has some law enforcement responsibilities as well.
I was raised in a small Michigan town which has a large university, as well a Chippewa reservation just outside of town. It is also a county seat, and has a state police post. So there are city police, county sheriffs deputies, state troopers, tribal police, and campus police -- ALL in one small town.
And towns and villages police forces.
L S :"The reason that our police carry guns is because everyone else has access to guns also."
What matters is not whether most people have access but whether they have to deal with criminals who would murder them. Most European police carry guns even though few people in those countries have access. The U.K. is an outlier among Europe.
@@fsilber330 I think it does matter. Can you tell who the criminals are by looking at people or whether or not they’re carrying a weapon? Few people doesn’t mean all people. There’s also other weapons that are considered deadly such as knives.
Teddy Roosevelt, a guy you need to do a video on, started his career Police Commissioner of New York City. He reformed the NYPD and issued copper police badges to the officers. That is why they are called “coppers” or “cops” today. Also if you had a Teddy Bear as a child, that was named after Teddy Roosevelt. There was a famous story involving him and a bear when he was President.
He did a lot of wild things
Any national agency have a very specific job structure. Each town, village, city and state have their own police force.
So great to have your video available in the US. Stupid buzz feed for blocking it in the States.
It was soooo stupid. Hopefully they release it in … 🕰… 28 days
Hello Diane ! There are many layers of police departments in America , from Federal , State , County , City , private , and some others you wouldn't expect . US Military forces have Military Policeman units . American railroad companies have private police forces . The US Postal Service has a police force . Every state has a Division of Game and Wildlife police force to catch poachers and illegal fishermen . The US Food and Drug Administration has a police force . Nearly every college and university has a campus police force . Hospitals and medical clinics have some form of police or security . American Public Schools K-12 don't usually have a police force Per Se , but many have a local police officer on campus . Some stores might employ a local police officer to moonlight as security off-duty . American pawn shops and gun stores allow their employees to open carry while at work . Many personally owned convenience stores allow their staff to carry concealed .
COPS - Longest running reality TV show. it started the reality show genre.
I visited Ireland back in 2019 for a wedding and stayed in Dingle. One of the nights I went out to a bar/club, and no one would leave the bar at 3 am when they were closing. The bar called the police to kick everyone out. As soon as the police arrived, everyone there started cursing/yelling at the cops. I was legit scared for my life lol, thinking the cops would start beating the shit out of people like here in the US. Cops ended up being super cool and even let us hang outside on the street for another 30 minutes to drink and party. Definitely an eye opener lol.
An Garda have to be some of the nicest police I have ever dealt with. I was busking back in 1978. A crowd of about 30 or 40 people had gathered, waiting for the light to change and two Garda moved through the group to advice me I couldn't solicit funds and then left. I was in shock.
8:21 I know this looks shocking, but you have to remember the population difference between each nation. If I did the math right, per 1000 people the UK is higher with a 7.438 per 1000 while US is at 0.003 per 1000.
When any of the laws of the state are broken a highly organization swings into action. "They maybe called the state militia, state police ,or the highway patrol!"
Diane, Harris County, which is Houston Texas, has 58 separate police departments. County, several cities, each school district has a PD, each district in the county (8) has a PD.
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Harris County is also equal to Ireland in population. 😎
Interesting that following a sudden exit from Ireland Diane is now studying more about the police forces of the UK and US. One has to wonder exactly what ED did back in Ireland that she is still on the run from.
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🤫 shhhhhh Walter!!
@@DianeJennings remember she’s a entirely different person, so you’re safe and sound Diane!
If I am not mistaken I think our Irish Angel actually did a video about breaking the law.??
she killed her editor and is now impersonating her
No Cops is not the longest running TV show ever. And originally the cops on the show wore body cameras, better than using dash cams.
"I'm not British"
Literally comes from the British Isles.
A large police cruiser is colloquially called a "paddy wagon". There is an Irish connection. Once upon a time, there were a lot of Irish cops in the United States, and the Irish cop stereotype still exists today.
Maybe in a 1930's gangster movie. I haven't ever heard "paddy wagon" used unironically in real life.
Ms Jennings, what you have to remember is that the differences between Ireland and the US is we are a couple of 500 times the size of Ireland are 99% different. We have state police, county Sheriffs and municipal police. Each has a specific job. Yes, each has many common law enforcement duties but each jurisdiction has it's own special laws.
I love hearing the different with all Police forces work the world.
Love the videos!
IDK about southern Spain, but the cops in Barcelona carry military style automatic firearms - G36 assault rifles, I believe. As a US citizen, that caught me off guard... On the flip side, Spanish police are extremely good looking!
COPS recently returned to television after a couple years hiatus. There's a show in the states centered around body cam footage. It's intense. There's the fbi which the investigative body of national policing and there's the u.s. marshalls that arrest of criminals crossing state lines.
In my state, there's a county sheriff who brings viewers on patrol every Friday night (sometimes random other times). While he and his partner sometimes have to do a car chase or some other cop work. Mostly they are going around and talking to people in the communities of the county.
@Conservitarian 17 with Bob and Pat. Correct.
No national police force here. We do have separate forces for states, territories, city, town, special branches for state parks/beaches/etc, county, parish (non religious). We also have a constabulary that assists sheriffs and deputies as deliverers of process and court officials. It's a bit much.
the tv shows cops is about finding the most wild people and putting them on tv its one of the longest running series with high viewership. there's a movie called run ronnie run (2002) where a guy gets arrested a lot like the tv show cops. there's national guard for the whole U.S. each city has a police force, counties have sheriffs, each state has state troopers aka highway patrol. places that keep the most peace and good vibes are the best. Ireland sounds the best to me to be a cop if I was a cop. You did a good job on your video today, Diane I think it turned out well I did not notice loud background noises from the lawn mowers and kids playing in the swimming pool.
Good… ED killed them all ahem
… I mean requested they pipe down
@@DianeJennings Right, sometimes you have to get your work done by a certain time so I can relate to that. Sending good vibes to you and the universe treat yourself and chewie to a good meal.
There are common jurisdictional disputes in the US due to frequent overlap between various law enforcement agencies (city, county, state, federal agencies, sometimes even military police).
Ahhh that’s very interesting
@@DianeJennings yep. Watch "Rambo" or "The Fugitive", and you'll see those "pi$$ing contests".
@@LindaC616 it's actually the opposite. Usually if we can pawn it off on another jurisdiction, we will.
The Sunday TV SHOW Meet the Press has been on tv since the 1947. Cops started in 1989.
Many universities have their own police force, and they are also seen around the area, not just on the actual campus.
I was stationed in the U.K. With the American Air Force in the 1980s. When you first got to any base, your had an orientation day, which almost always included a briefing by the local po po. The constable that briefed us told us not to be surprised that if we got pulled over and the officer realized he had a Yank on his hands gets very wary, as American GIs have a tendency to go “John Wayne” on unarmed police officers.
My dad was a cop so I’ve thought of this stuff a lot since immigrating southward. I’ve found the cops in Oz almost apologetic when they pull me up for something. Nothing like the objectivity or occasional smart-arse I’ve had in the US. I figure because of the smaller population the police down under think of their role more in the community context rather than their career.
I think it's the American Accent is why they're apologetic. They actually apologized to me and let me continue smoking on a train platform in Melbourne after I said "it's okay where do I put it out?" They just kept saying " No worries, continue mate" which left me kinda in shock after I seen they sent 2 of them out for me.
2:57 COPS! was the original reality show. *Bad Boys theme songs* taken off the air a few years ago.
I luv that song though!
I'm assuming you know, I'm not British..." Yeah, the accent was kind of a giveaway.
Yes and you like most are an intelligent person. But every single day, I get comments referring to me being British. I’ve never been British in my life 😖
In the US there's a police show called Reno 911 and it's probably the most realistic police show there is
I like hearing the big different Police forces around the world.
But, remember, the UK police do not have to pay 25% of their wages for medical benefits while working
Does Ireland have fewer police officers? Yes, there are more people in the Houston Metro area than there are people in Ireland. The murder rate in 2018 in the U.S. was 4.96 per 100,000, and the murder rate in the UK was 1.2 per 100,000. I don't know how they got 30 times greater. Last I saw, that was 4.13 times greater and not 30 times. That is the last year statistics for both countries. Ireland has about 0.86 per 100,000. That means that there was 43 murders in Ireland in 2018.
Hey Di, you got this one past the internet police. :)) Nice. I'll break down 🇨🇦 quick for you. RCMP are our national force which have jurisdiction just about every where but are typically found in smaller towns and my road systems. Larger city's have municipal police. Some provinces have their own force as well. Plus there are bylaw officers, boarder services, and fish and game. They all are packing heat and have the right to arrest or use lethal force. 🤔 I guess I feel pretty safe??? Thanks for the clip my dear. Most of us never deal with cops and 99% of my personal interactions have been favorable. Thanks again. 🇨🇦
Hi, American here. Every city, county, and state has a police force. And yes, there is a national police, U.S. Marshals
In the USA -
Each state has their own State Police.
Each county has a County Sheriff (sheriffs are the only the only law enforcement elected by the voters)
County Deputies are hired by the Sheriff.
Each city has their own city police force.
4:32 The Pinkerton Detective Agency was the first private law enforcement agency in the United States. Every major railroad in the North America has its own police department. The Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency is considered to be the first railroad police.
We do have State Police to monitor state highways and large expressways. We also then have town, or borough cops. And we have county sheriffs. All have different duties.
In the US, there are federal police who have certain jurisdictions or areas of responsibility and authority, there are have state police, which largely provide traffic policing between the various counties within each state, there are county sheriff departments that handle the county jails and often contract with small towns and unincorporated areas to provide policing, and finally there are individual police departments that serve cities and towns large enough (or ambitious/independent enough) to have their own police department.
In the US there are many federal agencies that take care of specific types of crime nationally. The most well known is likely the FBI. Each state has state highway patrol aka state troopers. Each county in each state has a county Sheriff's department. Cities may or may not have a city police force. My town is really small and rural so we don't have a city police force. The county Sheriff's department takes care of us.
There is a proverb that says "Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, and the politicians are German. Hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, and the politicians are French."
No National Police . But there are Federal agencies like FBI that perform some "police" work . Also , within States there are County police forces . In NY , there are many police forces throughout the state .
I'm somewhat early this time. Being American stationed in the UK (twice), there are some similarities but they are very different. Police in the UK can be seen just out and about in the town center to keep peace around the clubs. You don't see that much in the states. The FBI and US Marshalls are somewhat the "national" police force here
Interesting!
In Arizona we have a constables which are an extension the court and they handle tenate, evictions, real estate and property seizures.
It is true, there is a show called COPS.
Hi Diane! Last night I had a dreams of mufflers, and this morning I woke up this morning exhausted. Happy Wednesday!
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You have city police, county police, state police, then federal, FBI, ATF, ICE, there is alot. In the United States every state is self governoring. That is why every state has different laws.
Good one Jennings. 🍀
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Just throwing this out there. As a brown man from Mansfield TX (the last city to give up segregation in TX) ive always had a good experience with police.
As a brown woman from Texas, me and my black fiancé were repeatedly stopped and nearly killed by police because we were walking home at 2am. They stopped us and pulled guns on us for no reason other than not being white in some rich neighborhood. Happened 7 times within two weeks and we had to move to avoid being harassed further. Good times.
@@wiseguy01 i find that incredibly hard to believe. Took yall 7 times before yall decided to move and not once did yall file a complaint?
@@bgonzales817 Only because you have a clear bias. Lol, are you serious? How easy do you think it is to uproot your life and move? I had to move us in with my mom, lol. We tried to file a complaint, old man. It didn't change anything, especially as the cops were hostile from the start to end. They also claimed to be stopping us because people in that community called the cops on us. Accused us of being homeless and casing the neighborhood. Also of being drunk during one stop. There was literally nothing we could do. I have been dealing with being singled out by police since i was a teenager, old man.
@@wiseguy01 nah your story clearly bullshit. You clearly some young dumbass full of shit if you think im old lol. Fyi i use to break into houses sell weed in my teens. Cops still didn't try to murder me.
I looked at Google Street View near you one time and the very first spot I dropped in at had 6 cops arresting someone from a van, so I can understand the idea that they are 'more aggressive" than in Ireland.
Stalker 😜
In the US, depending on the area there may be multiple layers, each addressing a different layer or region of activity. In Chicago here we have: Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff, Illinois State Police, and finally the FBI
Good afternoon Diane, each City has there own Police force in the U.S. Here in Los Angeles we have LAPD, The Sheriff's Dept. Then just about every city in the County either has their own force or they use The Sheriff's dept. Then theirs The California highway patrol (CHP) which is the state police.
Also each state has its own police department and most towns have a police department unless its a small town the state department usually covers it
The US doesn't have a "national" police force. There are several federal law enforcement agencies like the US Marshalls, Postal Inspectors, FBI, etc...but they primarily focus on federal crime.
Each of the 50 US states has it's own State Police force. This is where it gets confusing for many people. The State Police forces can perform many duties...from protecting high-ranking political officals, patrolling state highways, investigating state crimes, etc. But, in areas that are more rural...some State Police agencies act as the local police because the area is too small to have its own local police.
Then, most states have a County-level force. This is "usually" called the County Sheriff. In many places, the County Sheriff's department deals with prisons, executing warrants, transporting prisoners...but (more confusingly) sometimes the County Sheriff will also act as the local police. Many counties also have their own County Prosecutor, and they act as an investigative police force, and will handle more serious crimes like murder, kidnapping, fraud, and political crime.
Finally, you have local or township police departments. These are the police that patrol only within their own towns. They do traffic enforcement, investigate smaller crimes, answer disturbance calls, and handle general police work.
In the US, every city and town has its own police force. Every state also has a state police force. Some counties also have elected sheriffs and their departments, although they tend to cover more rural areas where the towns don't actually have their own police force (but that is not exclusively the case -- in NJ, we have municipal police, county sheriff depts, and state police on top of it). We don't have a national police force (by design -- it was deemed a threat to liberty and an opportunity for abuse), but we do have things like it such as the FBI, the US Marshals, and the Secret Service -- however, they have limited roles.
I enjoy hearing about the different from America Cops & British Cops.
Each state has a police force and within those states each county has a police force, additionally each city has a police force.
In the state of Texas we have constables, the Sheriff and his deputies, the City police, Texas state troopers and last but certainly not least the Texas Rangers established in 1835.
In the USA we don't really have a national police force per say. We have the FBI that can investigate federal crimes nationally and US Marshall's that help apprehend evil doers but the FYI can also apprehend suspects. The states generally have a statewide policing agency normally called the Highway Patroll, Counties have Sherriffs and Deputies as well as a Constables office, then towns and cities have their own police force. It can be very confusing.
The British police not only have the nickname, Bobbies but also Peelers, because of Robert Peel.
Good point about Republic of Ireland vs. Northern Ireland in her intro. Part of the problem with the Troubles involved alleged sectarian bias within police of Northern Ireland along with British military doing quasi-police work as peacekeepers.
The problem with the troubles was paramilitary criminal gangs murdering people, selling drugs and running protection rackets.
Yup. I'm in Australia and we don't have pepper spray here either. It's like the UK or Ireland, except that cops here do carry guns.
I've watched some videos about the Gardai training, I know they have to be fluent in Irish and English...Very interesting to see how it goes on the other side of the planet.
The infographics are great but they did really skip over how involved the application process is. It usually starts with a written civil service exam, strength & agility testing, medical, psychological, background checks, and oral board interviews. Then if you get hired you will be looking at a few months of basic training and then field training. I would imagine the UK police hiring practice isn't far off.
Yes in Ireland you can demand to have your rights read to you in the Irish language. Urban legend has it if the officer cannot comply they cannot arrest you. I’d imagine in practice, they just wait for another officer to show up you can read you the rights and that police officer needs to go back and learn how to say it in Irish
"You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to the presence of an attorney. You have the right to sing the blues."
That seams like a lot of deaths but when you consider Ireland death toll is in a population of ruffle 4,995 ,000 millions compared to the United States population is ruffle 335,000,000 and several million illegal immigrants that don't get accurately counted in the census so we don't really know for sure how many
I am very lucky the police in my small town are more like the Garda, very laid back more likely to stop to joke with you than pull you over to ticket you. Great video Diane, missed you on Monday.
The closest the U.S.A. has come to a National Police Force is the Department of Homeland Security. Before that it was the FBI which is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which after about its first 10 years of existence was allowed to carry side arms for self protection and even shotguns and tommy guns in their vehicles so that they could "defend themselves" as they closed in on their criminal gangs who were taking advantage of the limitations of other law enforcement agencies by jumping from county to count or state to state. The FBI would turn over their findings (evidence) to the local Federal (or sometimes state) district attorney to bring charges in Federal (or state) Court which would hopefully result in a nice, long sentence in a Federal (or state) prison.
There's no national police force due to the 10th amendment, however, due to the interstate commerce clause in the constitution, the FBI came into being, but their jurisdiction is limited to interstate issues.
There are several federal agencies that can be considered part of a national police force, perhaps most notably the FBI. Even the post office has its own national police force. However, those agencies are dedicated to crimes that violate federal laws or that involve crossing state lines, and many of the agencies are focused on very specific crimes, such as the postal service's police, who are, naturally, focused on crimes related to the mail.
Also , US railroad companies have their own private police forces . Their jurisdictions are all properties owned by the RR company across all state lines . Offenders of RR laws can be charged with Federal offenses .
The salaries for a rookie officer in New York should be taken with a grain of salt. The cost of living is higher there, so all figures need to be adjusted.
That’s a good point!! Thanks for the thanks!!
Each City has a police force, each County has a Sherrif's police, each state has a State Police, and either the U.S. Marshals or the FBI are a federal police.
City/town police, county sherrif office, state police, US Marshals, then FBI .... there are others but that's a quick hierarchy
each state has a state police force. we also have county police and city police. so for some people they have a 3 tiered police system overlooking them. not to mention several federal law enforcement agencies
Go to downtown Compton around midnight sometime and walk around to see why there are so many murders!
It's not fair to compare the two like that. England is the size of 1 American state. The USA is huge. So yeah, there's going to be more crime, there's going to be more people, more everything.
A more accurate comparison would be American police vs all of Europe.
Hi Diane and chewie!! I recommend watching the American tv show COPS and Dog the bounty hunter too
4:54 There are different divisions of law enforcement. Here is a short list.
Federal Level: US Marshals, Border Patrol Military (I believe the Marines are the only ones who can arrest people).
State Level: Highway Patrol they are called Troopers. Texas also has the Texas Rangers (since Texas use to be a country the Texas Rangers where equivalent to US Marshals.)
County Level: The Sheriff
City Level: Police Officers.
There are some counties that have police departments (county police). The big difference between county police & sherriffs offices has to do with who is in charge; police chiefs are selected and hired by whoever runs that particular municipality or region, as opposed to a sherrif, who is elected by the people who live in that county.
@@crash406 The Sheriff is the top law official in the county. The only person that my be his equal is a Game Warden. Game Wardens are the only ones who don’t need a warrant to search your property.
@@TR4200 tell to a third of my National Guard unit. My former squad leader, who's now a platoon sergeant, is a patrolman for a county police department (Prince Georges County, near DC).
@@crash406 County police are not Sheriffs. The fact they are called county police means they are county policy officers. Sheriffs deputies have constitutional authority. If you’re National Guard unit was in DC anytime in the last year to handle the inauguration or last summers chaos. They were more likely to have been deputized by the US Marshals so they could arrest people. Otherwise the National Guard is just there for crowd control among other things.
@@TR4200 we wound up being deputized by the Secret Service, the Park Police, Metro PD, AND the Capitol Police.....ALL AT THE SAME TIME !!!!
...and we wind up there for EVERY inauguration.
I do happen to know quite a few members of the 'blue line club'. One retired from his department at the rank of Sergeant Major.
Each county has a police force, and some cities/towns have their own police force.
You always fascinating Diane
The FBI is a "national police force". It stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although they also do anti espionage work and some work with police in other nations.
And let's not forget the US Secret Service (Dept of Treasury/Homeland), the US Marshalls Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Immigration and Customs Enforcement...by the strictest definition - a central government law enforcement agency - then the United States has several 'national police forces.'
@@DAColbourne I wasn't trying to create an exhaustive list.
@@thebkg no they're not. The 10th Amendment bans a national police force.
In Florida we have State Police. Sheriff's Department and Local Police. The Local Police are usually for cities and towns. The Sheriff's Department traversed the whole state, They Handle Warrants, Arrest and speeding tickets, and Crash Investigations. The state Troopers also do Crash Investigations, the State Troopers have different delegated authority over State Safety along With the Sheriff's Department. All My Interactions with any Florida Law Inforcement (State Trooper or Sheriff's Department) have zbeen with out problems and Most Were Present, since I moved to Florida I think they're all great and our Police Forces (Law Enforcement) are very Professional.
Keep in mind that is 18,000 jurisdictions with different laws. With about 900,000 police.
How can anyone keep track and know if they are breaking a law or not?
3:00,
COPS isn't a "show" with actors and scripts. It's just footage from people who ride with the police and bring their cameras.
5:00,
No, not really. The FBI investigates federal crimes, but mostly it's State Police, County Police, and a lot of individual cities have their own jurisdiction as well