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Federal police

Federal police are the police of a federal government charged with enforcing and investigating the violations of federal laws. Federal police tend to be plainclothes detective agencies while uniformed federal police tend to be Security police forces. Some examples of federal police would be the FBI, FPS, DEA and Australian Federal Police. Although they may have nationwide jurisdiction for certain duties they usually do not have general police powers and cannot enforce local laws. Unique in its being both a federal police and a National police force is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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