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Life in the USA Government and Law Police and Criminal Law
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Police and Criminal Law
Many Jurisdictions and Rules. As in many other areas of law, the various levels of government all have their own police. It's a complicated system. Police are everywhere in the United States, though fortunately they are controlled by so many different agencies that they have never been a threat to individual liberties on a nationwide basis. The minus side of the fact that there are so many different police jurisdictions is that you never really know what the rules are. For example, in one town, a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour may mean that it is safe to drive at 40 miles per hour; in the next town, the police may stop you for driving 31 miles per hour.
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