[PapaBear3625]

Police serve at the behest of their cities and are authorized by their state, and Deputies serve at the behest of their counties and are authorized by the state. Neither Police nor Deputies enforce Federal Law, they enforce State Law and therefore are not subordinate too nor answer too Federal Law Enforcement....unless it involves a Federal case and their chain of command authorizes cooperation.

That was before federal law enforcement grant money became a significant part of the local police budget -- money that can be cancelled if cooperation is not given.

[brent13a]

That was before federal law enforcement grant money became a significant part of the local police budget -- money that can be cancelled if cooperation is not given.

That affects huge departments in big cities but that doesn't affect the bulk and majority of local law enforcement which is comprised of medium-to-small town's departments and the bulk of counties that don't have millions of people.
Also, I'm not sure what exactly you think these law enforcement grants are for......mainly 1 time equipment buying.
The Feds do NOT have a stranglehold on law enforcement departments (save for huge ones) like they do on whole States.