Federal US Government Law Enforcement Agencies...

[natehale1971]

I've got a question... just how fast would it take for CivGov to combine all the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies that have overlapping areas of authority?

What would the federal government's alphabet soup look like by T2k?

I see the US Marshal Service actually being the only federal law enforcement agency that wouldn't be suffering from getting forced into merging into any of the other agencies. The USMS is consitutionally mandated, something that the FBI and BATF just doesn't have... someting that could see the US Marshal Service acctually absorbing other smaller agencies.

And the return of the roving US Marshal patrollig their given territory... or even given extra powers so that they can chase criminals across state or national boundries in a manner similar to the Canadian Mounties of old.

In my setting the spilt between CivGov and MilGov wasn't something that the average person knew about... they knew that their was two heiarchies that dealt with what the conditions were like where you lived.

MilGov was sections of the Country that was still under martial law, while CivGov was those sections of the Country that was under civil law because they didn't get nuked or invaded by outsiders.

Comparing the two 'camps' was something that many a citizen would talk about. With CivGov, you feared being sent to the overcrowded FEMA Camps, or you feared CivGov showing up at your family farm and first say "Nice Farm... here are 300 men, women and children who are to help you plant and harvest crops. We'll be staying with you in your home to help you keep the Dee-Pee labor in line." Because it could very quickly become the FEMA 'observer' deciding he doesn't like the way you manage and run your farm and just take over running it. It's still technically legally yours, but you are living in one of the rundown outhouses while the FEMA guys are sleeping in your bed, eating your food and making your life a living hell."

While MilGov is operating under martial law, using the UCMJ (tempered with the Constitution) as the law of the land, with roving MP Provost Martials acting in a manner like the US Marsahls Service of the Wild West... right down to using his platoon of MPs backing him up. And once you're caught, you're taking to the stockaide where you're held until a miltary tribunal/court can be established to try your case... an if convicted, punishments are either hard labour for the majority of crimes, with execution being reserved for crimes like, desert, cowardness in the fact of the enemy, treason, rape and murder.

* Dee-Pee (a D.P. or Displaced Person)

The suriving US Territorial Guard units would be something i've bene trying to figure out how'd they be used after the Mexican invasion.