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Originally Posted by rcaf_777
Perhaps Lt OX can answer this? which US Agencies can swear in Deputies?
I seem to recall John Wayne doing a lot of that in his movies, I dont know if the US Marhalls Service still have that power.
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I believe that if push came to shove all police can "Deputies" someone, as in that case all that they are doing is acting under the authority of the one who did so. You do not see it much as if I as a federal officer deputies you and you do something wrong it is on me. With the standards that there are today it is so easy for someone with out training to mess up. At the academy they talked about this just a bit, mostly with things such as if the officer is in a fight for their life and tell someone on the street to do some thing that person is covered.