That is why the Supreme Court has always ruled that the police power belongs to the states and not the federal government.
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Anything like that (such as mandatory automobile insurance) always before has been recognized as a function of the police power reserved to the states.
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Sure, adjudicators do not have the police power to cart scofflaws off to jail, but they could banish miscreants from the trading ecosystem whose rules they violated.
And the Home Office proposes to give the police the power to take DNA from people who have convictions pre-dating the database.
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When we depute to local police departments the power to shoot an aggressor against the life or property of another, that police power derives entirely from the universal, unalienable right of every person to defend his or her rights.
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Ironically, within the classical liberal tradition, Lochner is far easier to defend than Roe because the ubiquitous police power, extensively discussed in Lochner, has always given the state powers to regulate over matters of health and safety.
That gave the police the power to disperse any groups (defined as two people or more) they felt were likely to cause a nuisance to local people late at night.
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The Criminal Justice and Police Act gives police the power to arrest kerb crawlers and force them to give fingerprints and DNA samples.
"The danger is that with cuts to police budgets, police commissioners with the power to hire and fire police chiefs, this is really going to skew police resources in a political way, " she said.
These people do nothing but police the power companies who operate the plant.
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On Thursday China said that it granted its border patrol police the power to board and search ships in the area.
Arizona's governor signed a bill that gives local police the power to clamp down on illegal immigration, which is a federal responsibility.
It says this would give police the power to confiscate vicious dogs that are unlicensed, "and hopefully we can save other family's suffering like we have gone through".
They have no more power than the average security guard, but the Parks Police I spoke to do have the power of arrest, to enforce London by-laws, which cover anything, from litter to public indecency.
It is legal to use hands-free phones, sat-navs and two-way radios while driving or riding but the police have the power to stop and penalise users they think are distracted and not in control of the vehicle.
The recruitment process states that a Chief Constable is selected by the area's Police and Crime Commissioner, but the decision has to be approved by the Police and Crime Panel which has the power to veto the decision.
But if the federal government were considered to hold such a national police power, then the concept of enumerated, delegated powers to the federal level, with traditional government powers otherwise remaining with the states, would be obliterated.
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In effect, this would mean Parliament Square would be treated virtually the same as any other location used for a demonstration - but police would have the power to stop protesters from erecting tents or other structures so they could stay overnight.
Under the police reforms, the commissioner has the power to appoint and remove Chief Constables and is also responsible for controlling the police budget.
Holyrood's justice committee has issued an ultimatum to the new single police force and the Scottish Police Authority to resolve a so-called power struggle.
In a letter to assembly member Judith Cochrane, the Assistant Chief Constable Will Kerr said the police had no specific power in dealing with flags disputes.
It means police have the power to confiscate alcohol from people on streets in the Hodge Hill, Yardley, Hall Green, Longbridge, Weoley Castle areas, as well as parts of Aston and Handsworth Wood.
They're the ones who organize the picnics, coach the hockey teams, run the condo association, put together the Town Budget, supervise the courts and the police and the highway crews, even the power grid.
The commissioner, who will replace Nottinghamshire Police Authority, will have the power to choose chief constables and is expected to hold officers to account.
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The Metropolitan Police said they "do not have the power to move somebody on just because he or she chooses to sleep on street".
They worry about the growing power of the Sunni sheikhs within the police force, that could lead to more friction with the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.
But bounty-hunters have more power than the police, with far less training and accountability.
Special Constables are part-time officers with the same power as regular police.
In Mexico City, the police benefit from a favorable power dynamic.
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