The United States has a fragmented system of law enforcement. Its federal system of government creates a dual system of government where the federal system co-exists with the state system. The co-existing systems are established under the 10th Amendment, which provides that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” As a result, law enforcement exists at the federal to enforce federal laws, while another law enforcement system exists at the state, which is also empowered to create political Continue reading...