I'm not sure where a question like this belongs. As it doesn't pertain to the Second Amendment, but does have to do with laws.
Does anyone know why we have town police, county police, and state police? It seems like it would make more sense to have one policy entity in the state and just have the state police with stations where the current town and country stations are. Wouldn't a centralized police agency be much more convenient all around? Apart from Federal agencies, it would eliminate jurisdiction. There would be a flat standard for filing paperwork and information would move through the police a lot faster if it was all one entity. It just seems strange that we still have three different types of police in one state. Is there any upside to it? Is it simply the fact that different counties have different laws? And different laws require different training and knowledge.
Does anyone know why we have town police, county police, and state police? It seems like it would make more sense to have one policy entity in the state and just have the state police with stations where the current town and country stations are. Wouldn't a centralized police agency be much more convenient all around? Apart from Federal agencies, it would eliminate jurisdiction. There would be a flat standard for filing paperwork and information would move through the police a lot faster if it was all one entity. It just seems strange that we still have three different types of police in one state. Is there any upside to it? Is it simply the fact that different counties have different laws? And different laws require different training and knowledge.