Geographic Jurisdiction

Because they do have so much responsibility, their investigative authority is the broadest of all federal law enforcement agencies. The FBI also stresses long term, complex investigation, emphasize close relations and information sharing with other federal, state, local, and foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. A significant number of FBI investigations are conducted

Local law enforcement agency officials who basically represent cities, townships and villages, are mainly the initial enforcement front for criminal’s laws and traffic laws. The mayors, municipal police officers and chiefs among others, protect citizens and enforce laws although they are limited to their assigned jurisdiction. Local law enforcement may provide crime prevention, community policing programs and other programs to help in protecting its jurisdictions. One of the main role of the State law enforcement is to patrol and enforce the laws on state highways and rural areas. The also back up the sheriffs and local law enforcement areas when called to do so.

Local law enforcement is a very diverse field ranging from simple School police to regional police, each deriving a part/all its authority from the local governing body. There main purpose is to investigate local crime along with protecting the local populace inside its jurisdiction. The United States initial

Subject matter jurisdiction allows a court the authority to only hear case that are in regards to a specific topic. Although restrictive in its ability to hear cases based on the topic, subject matter jurisdiction can specialize in a specific case type. Courts such as tax, federal claims and bankruptcy are examples courts which have subject matter jurisdiction.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has the reputation as the world’s premier law enforcement agency with a vision to stay ahead of the threat through leadership, agility, and integration. (FBI's Strategy, 2017). As an intelligence-driven and threat-focused national security organization, the mission of the FBI is to protect the American people by upholding the Constitution of the United States, defend the US against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats; uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the US; and provide leadership and guidance of criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, international agencies and partners. (Today's FBI Facts & Figures, 2014).

Although, it may seem the FBI knows about the majority of criminalistics situations; they have been doing this job for many years and many years to come. John continues, “The FBI originated from a force of special agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (2).” This organization has been serving justice since the Roosevelt years in the early 1900’s. Everything the FBI is capable of, could not be demonstrated with perfection if it was not for their structure. This structure consists of being part of the U.S. Department of Justice, which is headed by the United States Attorney General. The authority they are granted are to enforce the law on a federal level (Sections 533 and 534, Title 28 of the U.S. Code). These are the ways the Federal Bureau of Investigation works from the agencies missions, history of the agency and the impressive structure of the agency, which makes them one of the major aspects of the federal law to the United States of America. From the approval of President Roosevelt to establish the beginning of the FBI,

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, is a law enforcement and national security organization. “The mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners” (“Quick Facts”). There are many different qualifications and requirements to become an FBI Special Agent but the salary and career outlook make them worth it.

3. A defendant is caught up in a federal drug sting. When state or local law enforcement officers encounter a particularly large or sophisticated drug ring, they will often ask federal agencies to assist them on the investigation. During such operations, state and federal agencies often come to an agreement on jurisdiction. If the federal government takes control, defendants will end up being charged for federal drug crimes. This is true even if a defendant played a minor role in the alleged crime.

Mike, a Utah resident, sues Jim, a Nevada resident for $60,000 in Nevada’s Federal District court for negligence (a state law civil suit).  Jim argues that the case should be dismissed for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction.  Is he right?

Diversity jurisdiction and federal question jurisdiction are the two most common and the most important. One of the primary reasoning for diversity jurisdiction is to prevent state courts from being potentially biased when the two suing parties reside in different states and the hearing is in a state that could be favorable for the in-state party. Diversity jurisdiction occurs when the case involves parties are from different states and the disputed amount exceeds $75,000. Federal question jurisdiction would exist when a basic portion so the plaintiff’s case involves a part of the Constitution, laws, or treaties for the United States. For example, a plaintiff is suing a police department over mistreatment due to race or sex. (Mallor, 2016, p. 35). More information can be found at

The principle role of police organizations is to uphold and enforce the law. Police organizations achieve this by safeguarding life and property, maintaining public order, and through detecting and preventing crime. Policing at the state level is composed of separate police organizations. At the state level we have the City or Local Police, County Sheriff and State Police, also known as Highway Patrol or State Troopers. The U.S. government gives each state the authority to self-govern so each state has its own Penal Codes and every state policing organization follows its own Penal Code. Policing at the Federal level is composed of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Federal policing agencies oversee all federal laws.

Jurisdiction simply refers to the authority of a court to hear a case. The two main jurisdictional barriers are the geographic location and the topical issue at hand. Geographic location simply addresses the territorial location of the case at hand. For instance, if a misdemeanor such as petty theft occurred in a Tennessee county, it would likely not be heard by a Kentucky district court because the geographical

The FBI is large in size and consists of thousands of agents, personnel, technicians, and administrators working from 11 different divisions/branches. They are headed by a director who is supported

The agencies contained in the U.S. Department of Justice are: The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation, which there modern priorities are:

Statutory exclusive jurisdiction is a form of the international jurisdiction, which is always regulated by the mandatory norms of the law and which may not be overridden by an agreement on jurisdiction by the defendant’s voluntary submission to the different forum. It has imperative character and stands on the fact that the matters involved in the exclusive jurisdiction rules are closely linked to the state sovereignty or the territory of the state and in these situations, the state interest prevails over the private. This means that the state has a special interest to make its’ courts hear the dispute despite other controversial circumstances (such as for instance the agreement on the jurisdiction of a different court), exclude any possibility to transfer the case and the most important, do not allow the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, which are made with the violation of the exclusive jurisdiction rules. This special state interest is legally justified and admissible. Therefore, the provisions of the exclusive jurisdictions prescribe that, if the subject matter of the dispute is one of the specifically indicated therein, only the courts pointed there have jurisdiction to hear the dispute and settle it.