Local police JOIN the military!
Posted: March 29th, 2009, 11:20 pm
Duh your local police JOIN the military, already?
This is the reason we need to promote the OATH KEEPERS info EVERYWHERE!
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Civilian and Military Law Enforcement Cooperation
http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine ... id=22004
By John F. Awtrey, Director, Office of Law Enforcement Policy and Support, Department of Defense, and Jeffery Porter, Office of the Provost Marshal General, Department of the Army, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Criminal activity and increased threats to public safety are the concerns of both civilian and military law enforcement agencies. Resources such as money and people are strained in both environments. And both civilian and military agencies seek innovative ways to meet increasing demand for services.
Working together can help civilian and military police agencies make the most of available resources and provide the expected level of services to their communities. This article focuses on the differences and similarities of civilian and military law enforcement and describes ways to improve cooperation.
Key Differences
The Department of Defense and its component military services maintain installations and facilities across the country. Each has a population of active duty personnel, family members, and civilian employees who depend upon their civilian neighbors and businesses. Military communities have many of the same infrastructure elements and services as their civilian counterparts. But although the provision of law enforcement services appears similar, there are some key differences.
Military Law Enforcement Culture: The first cultural element is jurisdiction. Military law enforcement agencies can have exclusive, concurrent, or proprietary jurisdiction for police and criminal investigative activities involving the following:
• Criminal activities on domestic and foreign military bases
• All military personnel regardless of location
• Security and terrorism interests worldwide
• Fraudulent activities involving military procurement worldwide
• Other special interests unique to the military environment
This means that although military law enforcement's jurisdiction is generally limited to military installations and facilities, its interest may also follow military personnel and Department of Defense special interests wherever they are found.
Military Authority: The second key element is authority that is governed by Title 10 and Title 18 of the United States Code, which establishes the law enforcement authority and responsibility for the military.
Under Title 10 of the United States Code, military police, security forces, and Department of Defense criminal investigative organizations enforce the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The UCMJ is the military's criminal code. Frequently, civilian agencies regard the UCMJ as applying only to "military offenses" such as absent without leave or desertion. The UCMJ is essentially a complete set of criminal laws. It includes crimes punished under civilian law, such as murder, rape, drug use, larceny, drunk driving, and writing bad checks, but it goes beyond that to punish other conduct that affects good order and discipline in the military. To help civilian agencies understand the UCMJ, it is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.army.mil/references/UCMJ1.%20html.
Under Title 18 of the United States Code, the Assimilative Crimes Act provides that many local and state criminal codes may be assimilated for law enforcement and criminal investigation purposes. For example, Department of Defense policy authorizes the assimilation of state traffic codes for enforcement on military facilities, thereby reducing the need to enforce and learn two different codes that affect both communities.
Military Operations: Military police, security forces, and Department of Defense criminal investigators perform duties that are common among all law enforcement personnel. But they may have the additional responsibility of being the warriors who attend the national defense mission of the U.S. government. That defense mission is an "additional duty" of military law enforcement, but one that makes them different from their civilian counterparts. These military law enforcement cultural elements should be kept in mind as you read this article.
Similar Characteristics
Although there are differences, military and civilian law enforcement agencies are similar in many respects. The similarities enable cooperation between military and civilian law enforcement agencies.
For a copy of A Guide for Better Relationship:
Civil Law Enforcement and the Military, call
Larry Haynes at 800-THE-IACP,
extension 234, or write him
at [email protected].
This is the reason we need to promote the OATH KEEPERS info EVERYWHERE!
__________________________________=
Civilian and Military Law Enforcement Cooperation
http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine ... id=22004
By John F. Awtrey, Director, Office of Law Enforcement Policy and Support, Department of Defense, and Jeffery Porter, Office of the Provost Marshal General, Department of the Army, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Criminal activity and increased threats to public safety are the concerns of both civilian and military law enforcement agencies. Resources such as money and people are strained in both environments. And both civilian and military agencies seek innovative ways to meet increasing demand for services.
Working together can help civilian and military police agencies make the most of available resources and provide the expected level of services to their communities. This article focuses on the differences and similarities of civilian and military law enforcement and describes ways to improve cooperation.
Key Differences
The Department of Defense and its component military services maintain installations and facilities across the country. Each has a population of active duty personnel, family members, and civilian employees who depend upon their civilian neighbors and businesses. Military communities have many of the same infrastructure elements and services as their civilian counterparts. But although the provision of law enforcement services appears similar, there are some key differences.
Military Law Enforcement Culture: The first cultural element is jurisdiction. Military law enforcement agencies can have exclusive, concurrent, or proprietary jurisdiction for police and criminal investigative activities involving the following:
• Criminal activities on domestic and foreign military bases
• All military personnel regardless of location
• Security and terrorism interests worldwide
• Fraudulent activities involving military procurement worldwide
• Other special interests unique to the military environment
This means that although military law enforcement's jurisdiction is generally limited to military installations and facilities, its interest may also follow military personnel and Department of Defense special interests wherever they are found.
Military Authority: The second key element is authority that is governed by Title 10 and Title 18 of the United States Code, which establishes the law enforcement authority and responsibility for the military.
Under Title 10 of the United States Code, military police, security forces, and Department of Defense criminal investigative organizations enforce the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The UCMJ is the military's criminal code. Frequently, civilian agencies regard the UCMJ as applying only to "military offenses" such as absent without leave or desertion. The UCMJ is essentially a complete set of criminal laws. It includes crimes punished under civilian law, such as murder, rape, drug use, larceny, drunk driving, and writing bad checks, but it goes beyond that to punish other conduct that affects good order and discipline in the military. To help civilian agencies understand the UCMJ, it is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.army.mil/references/UCMJ1.%20html.
Under Title 18 of the United States Code, the Assimilative Crimes Act provides that many local and state criminal codes may be assimilated for law enforcement and criminal investigation purposes. For example, Department of Defense policy authorizes the assimilation of state traffic codes for enforcement on military facilities, thereby reducing the need to enforce and learn two different codes that affect both communities.
Military Operations: Military police, security forces, and Department of Defense criminal investigators perform duties that are common among all law enforcement personnel. But they may have the additional responsibility of being the warriors who attend the national defense mission of the U.S. government. That defense mission is an "additional duty" of military law enforcement, but one that makes them different from their civilian counterparts. These military law enforcement cultural elements should be kept in mind as you read this article.
Similar Characteristics
Although there are differences, military and civilian law enforcement agencies are similar in many respects. The similarities enable cooperation between military and civilian law enforcement agencies.
For a copy of A Guide for Better Relationship:
Civil Law Enforcement and the Military, call
Larry Haynes at 800-THE-IACP,
extension 234, or write him
at [email protected].