I believe, the law enforcement would pretty much turn back to the Wild West style. It might be, there are no pros left, so the communities elect the best/most popular candidate or someone just takes up the job without consulting his fellow residents. And since there is not going to be judges around too much either, the result is most probably going to be the "sheriff" acting as judge, jury and executioner. If he has no actual training as a peace officer, innocent casualties are more than expected.
Quoting an old Beetle Bailey strip where Chaplain Staneglass tells Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack "If power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Having seen this happen even outside huge (inter)national emergencies, I tend to think, those people who most covet the positions of power are those who should be the last to have them...
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.
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