Austria is the only federation apart from Russia where the police has a single chain of command and is fully funded from the federal budget.
I suppose a uniform federal police could be created but at what price?
The price of elected office, for countless politicians all across the country.
Living in Europe, I’ve observed how the federal ownership of law enforcement works, and won’t complain about it.
Cops all attend a minimum of one year of a police academy. Idiots won’t pass the exams or the physical fitness requirements to even enter the academy process. You end up with a fairly smart rookie, and a general career path. If you screw up....you get fired and will never work again....anywhere within the country.
Speeding ticket gimmicks via the cops? They run some minor operations but it’s mostly now a blitz-camera operation that cities put up.
Austria is the only federation apart from Russia where the police has a single chain of command and is fully funded from the federal budget.
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Texas, alone, is 8 times larger than Austria.
Fed control of law enforcement in Texas would be impossible; and much less so in all of the USA.
I thought Mexico & Venezuela did too?
Austria is a tine country compared to US and its federation of fifty states.