All Special Forces teams, agencies, officers, and other law enforcement personnel comprise the United States law enforcement landscape, and are divided into three broad categories: local, state, and federal.
Each has their own jurisdictions and responsibilities in American society, but all of them have one mission-to protect and serve Americans citizens' interests.
Using a combination of specialized skills and training, field and survival gear, tactical weapons, and other resources-they successfully enforce the law and protect your very way of life.
Four Little-Known Facts About U.
S.
Police Agencies Possibly Trivial, Yet Fascinating, Technique Routinely Used by the Police Have you ever noticed that when the police pull someone over, they usually touch the trunk bare-fingered? This isn't merely coincidence; police are trained to do this to leave their fingerprints on the car should, God-forbid, anything happen to them whilst they are consulting with the suspect in the driver's seat.
They also do this to ensure that the trunk is firmly shut-lest someone pops out and gives the officer a nasty surprise.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Known globally as one of the most elite law enforcement agencies around, the FBI is based in Washington, D.
C.
and operates upwards of 500 offices in the U.
S.
Additionally, it has a smaller network of international offices in various U.
S.
embassies-dubbed legal attachés.
According to the official website, the FBI operated on a fiscal budget of well over seven billion dollars in 2010.
Furthermore, they've used such resources to preempt and counter terrorism, fight computer crime, white collar crime, curtail WMD proliferation, capture nationally-wanted felons, and to accomplish many more objectives important to keeping the U.
S.
safe.
How FBI agents got the moniker 'G-men' You've probably heard the expression 'G-men', as it generally refers to FBI agents.
While it was never made official, countless stories of a gangster of yore, named George Kelly (aka 'Machine Gun Kelly'), are said to have inspired it.
This gangster apparently, whilst being held up by federal agents and his hands in the air, screamed "don't shoot me, G-men!" The FBI has never collaborated this account, but there is a modest body of evidence to back it up.
What, exactly, do the U.
S.
Marshalls do? The U.
S.
Marshalls Department is an especially interesting arm of the government-it functions much like that of other Executive-level enforcement agencies, capturing nationally-wanted criminals, but also serves the federal/state prison system and the Judicial branch.
Deputy Marshalls protect federal judges, jurors and witnesses in federal cases; they help to manage federal prisons and transfer federal prisoners; and they direct the Witness Security Program (also known as the Witness Protection Program).
Furthermore, the Marshalls Department manages and sells/reinvests all federally seized and forfeited property of criminals through its DOJ-sponsored Asset Forfeiture Program.
Each has their own jurisdictions and responsibilities in American society, but all of them have one mission-to protect and serve Americans citizens' interests.
Using a combination of specialized skills and training, field and survival gear, tactical weapons, and other resources-they successfully enforce the law and protect your very way of life.
Four Little-Known Facts About U.
S.
Police Agencies Possibly Trivial, Yet Fascinating, Technique Routinely Used by the Police Have you ever noticed that when the police pull someone over, they usually touch the trunk bare-fingered? This isn't merely coincidence; police are trained to do this to leave their fingerprints on the car should, God-forbid, anything happen to them whilst they are consulting with the suspect in the driver's seat.
They also do this to ensure that the trunk is firmly shut-lest someone pops out and gives the officer a nasty surprise.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Known globally as one of the most elite law enforcement agencies around, the FBI is based in Washington, D.
C.
and operates upwards of 500 offices in the U.
S.
Additionally, it has a smaller network of international offices in various U.
S.
embassies-dubbed legal attachés.
According to the official website, the FBI operated on a fiscal budget of well over seven billion dollars in 2010.
Furthermore, they've used such resources to preempt and counter terrorism, fight computer crime, white collar crime, curtail WMD proliferation, capture nationally-wanted felons, and to accomplish many more objectives important to keeping the U.
S.
safe.
How FBI agents got the moniker 'G-men' You've probably heard the expression 'G-men', as it generally refers to FBI agents.
While it was never made official, countless stories of a gangster of yore, named George Kelly (aka 'Machine Gun Kelly'), are said to have inspired it.
This gangster apparently, whilst being held up by federal agents and his hands in the air, screamed "don't shoot me, G-men!" The FBI has never collaborated this account, but there is a modest body of evidence to back it up.
What, exactly, do the U.
S.
Marshalls do? The U.
S.
Marshalls Department is an especially interesting arm of the government-it functions much like that of other Executive-level enforcement agencies, capturing nationally-wanted criminals, but also serves the federal/state prison system and the Judicial branch.
Deputy Marshalls protect federal judges, jurors and witnesses in federal cases; they help to manage federal prisons and transfer federal prisoners; and they direct the Witness Security Program (also known as the Witness Protection Program).
Furthermore, the Marshalls Department manages and sells/reinvests all federally seized and forfeited property of criminals through its DOJ-sponsored Asset Forfeiture Program.
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