ELI5: Who gives authority to a police department? Lets say a new town were to be founded somewhere in the US, how is the local law enforcement agency brought up in that town? Submitted by Interesting-Leek-202 t3_10pq72r on January 31, 2023 at 5:52 AM in explainlikeimfive 10 comments 14
PartTimeBarbarian t1_j6lvox6 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:23 AM They usually establish a contract to get coverage from another PD until they can create their own. There are cities in LA that have no PD and instead have contracts for the LA sheriff's to cover the area. Permalink 7
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