What an odd carve-out. I take it there's one for bank robbery and kidnapping too. I saw the powers to investigate air piracy and murders of state and local LEOs. Seems like the FBI has morphed into a "hard shit grab bag", even in a post-9/11 DHS world. US Marshals and Secret Service have generally have specialized duties, although Marshals provide security for transporting nonconventional weapons and the Secret Service is responsible for counterfeiting as a legacy from the Civil War.
PS: "FBI police" is apparently not a redundant term for a specialization of LEO. Federal police for FBI facilities.
Read it again: in violation of the laws of a State or political subdivision ... (at the request of a LEA, so this is not preemption or for instances of sovereign immunity that already exist)
That's immunity from state and local laws in the course of the investigation of serial killers. It's presumed to be the temporary elimination of procedural and sovereignty limitations on police powers exercisable by federal LEOs. Although police can legally blow-up someone's house in the pursuit of a kidnapping suspect (sovereign/qualified immunity), they're not about to commandeer national guard tanks to run through some poor farmer's field looking for a serial killer. I think it might permit the legal theory for domestic drone assassination (Reaper-launched AGM-114R9X or AGM-114R) or sniper shot by executive order or supervising federal agent of a confirmed alleged serial killer who maybe planning or in the process of an imminent attack on a victim. (Exceedingly-rare circumstances but require legal footing for official actions that might be unconventional or technically illegal to protect the public. IIRC, the county sheriff is the supreme LEO of most lands. Some states and counties attempt to "nullify" federal LEA abilities by statute, which sets up a states' rights challenge in Constitutional gray areas.)
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[ 5.6 ms ] story [ 26.5 ms ] threadPS: "FBI police" is apparently not a redundant term for a specialization of LEO. Federal police for FBI facilities.
That's immunity from state and local laws in the course of the investigation of serial killers. It's presumed to be the temporary elimination of procedural and sovereignty limitations on police powers exercisable by federal LEOs. Although police can legally blow-up someone's house in the pursuit of a kidnapping suspect (sovereign/qualified immunity), they're not about to commandeer national guard tanks to run through some poor farmer's field looking for a serial killer. I think it might permit the legal theory for domestic drone assassination (Reaper-launched AGM-114R9X or AGM-114R) or sniper shot by executive order or supervising federal agent of a confirmed alleged serial killer who maybe planning or in the process of an imminent attack on a victim. (Exceedingly-rare circumstances but require legal footing for official actions that might be unconventional or technically illegal to protect the public. IIRC, the county sheriff is the supreme LEO of most lands. Some states and counties attempt to "nullify" federal LEA abilities by statute, which sets up a states' rights challenge in Constitutional gray areas.)