Dear Editor,
The federal government is increasingly meddling in and taking control over local law enforcement, threatening the autonomy of local police and leading to a federalized national police force. State legislators must enact strong legislation nullifying nationalized law enforcement and reject all federal law-enforcement grants.
One of the many ways America is exceptional is that it is the only country whose law enforcement is completely locally controlled. Every other country has at least some national control over law enforcement. Furthermore, under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has no role in domestic law enforcement; such activities are reserved to the states and, by extension, localities.
However, this important feature is under attack in the United States. Initiated and led by communists and Marxists, there is an active push to destroy locally controlled police and replace them with a nationalized police force. Unfortunately, many “conservatives” have also supported greater federal involvement and oversight in law enforcement.
One of the primary methods for undermining locally controlled police is federal grants. Although the federal government has no constitutional authorization to fund local law enforcement, the number and quantity of law-enforcement grants have ballooned.
Local police and county sheriffs are key to protecting citizens against tyranny, but in countries with federalized police, nothing is stopping the central government from violating people’s God-given rights.
The autonomy of our local police is paramount to the survival of our Republic. Accordingly, Please contact your City Counselors, and urge them to defend both the U.S. Constitution and locally controlled law enforcement.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rick Martin, Laramie, Wyo