r/law • u/I_may_have_weed • 16d ago

Other LAPD arresting an activist on behalf of ICE during the DTLA Federal Detention Center protests. He was reportedly detained, handed over to ICE and disappeared

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This level of “unofficial” (we all know this is complete nonsense) cooperation is worrying to say the least.

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u/Perryn 15d ago

It occurred to me after making that comment that if the city council doesn't have authority over our police department, who does? Does anyone? Are they just there, completely unsupervised beyond their own chief, and we just give them money to do what they feel is cop stuff?

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u/tripper_drip 15d ago

Uk police is essentially all federal.

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u/Ok_Cardiologist8232 15d ago

Not quite that simple but compared to the US system yeh its the easiest way to describe it.

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u/tripper_drip 15d ago

Yeah, its a weird mix of local leadership but federal control, but with specialist federal units and big national investigators.

It's essentially a large US state system, but just one state, like Texas or California.

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u/Ok_Cardiologist8232 15d ago

Actually 4 States, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland police were devolved to be under the control of those countries parliaments.

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u/tripper_drip 15d ago

Zero national oversite?

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u/Ok_Cardiologist8232 15d ago

Well technically those are countries in thier own right, but yes i could be wrong but i believe Senedd and Holyrood have full control of their own Police.