Saturday, December 17, 2011

Federal police - just how many?

When you think of Federal police, you might first think of the FBI and then the Border Patrol. How many more are there?

A December 17 article in the Law section of the Wall Street Journal starts with the headline, "Federal Police Ranks Swell to Enforce a Widening Array of Criminal Laws".

Only a portion of the article can be read in the free introduction, after which subscribers (only) can read the full article. But try on these federal police agencies for starters:

the Environmental Protection Agency
the Labor Department
the Education department
the National Park Service
the Bureau of Land Management
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency known for its weather forecasts.

Do you think that Whoopi Goldberg's gross conduct on The View might have come to the attention of the cops from NOAA, after she polluted the air last week?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What about ATF? Or are they a sub-set of FBI?

Anyway, little did I know that I really didnt have to cruise the lowly street corners to score my stash... all I had to do was go to a Bears game! DOH!

I used to say "if it weren't for Pro sports, we'd need more prisons." I have to amend that by saying "BECAUSE of Pro sports, we need more prisons!" DOH II!!