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  2. List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies

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    This is a list of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies — local, regional, special and statewide government agencies (state police) of the U.S. states, of the federal district, and of the territories that provide law enforcement duties, including investigations, prevention and patrol functions.

  3. List of law enforcement agencies in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Ohio. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies , the state had 831 law enforcement agencies employing 25,992 sworn police officers, about 225 for each 100,000 residents.

  4. Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Although the Twenty-sixth Amendment passed faster than any other constitutional amendment, about 17 states refused to pass measures to lower their minimum voting ages after Nixon signed the 1970 extension to the Voting Rights Act. [5] Opponents to extending the vote to youths questioned the maturity and responsibility of people at the age of 18.

  5. Category : Human rights enforcement agencies in the United States

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    This category includes federal and state agencies which enforce human rights or civil rights. Pages in category "Human rights enforcement agencies in the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

  6. Federal law enforcement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal agencies work with other law enforcement during events, such as presidential visits to the UNGA in NYC. Pictured: USSS, DSS and ATF. Federal law enforcement in the United States is more than two hundred years old. For example, the Postal Inspection Service can trace its origins back to 1772, [4] while the U.S. Marshals Service dates to ...

  7. Human rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In June 2020, a report from the University of Chicago Law School stated that law enforcement policies in the police departments of 20 largest cities in the United States failed to meet basic standards under international human rights guidelines. According to the report, law enforcement forces are authorized to commit ‘state-sanctioned ...

  8. Columbus Division of Police - Wikipedia

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    The Columbus Division of Police (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. It is the largest police department in Ohio, and among the twenty-five largest in the United States. [2] [3] It is composed of twenty precincts and numerous other investigative and support units. Chief Elaine Bryant ...

  9. Police power (United States constitutional law) - Wikipedia

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    The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...