State and local officers need to be flying at the request of their agency. In other words, it has to be work related, and it will require their superiors to sign off on their trip.
That is reassuring? You suggest the number of official trips would be limited. But Homeland Security should look into the possibility that cops can and will be co-opted by the jihadists. These bad guys LOOK for exceptions to exploit. They don’t respect law enforcement and quite frankly, the Moslems would HAVE to be trying to identify cops to use. It’s Terrorism with a capital T.