Federal Law Enforcement and Terrorism Flashcards
Decentralization
Team Effort; equally and balanced, no one agency has authority over the other
Centralization
Top down approach; Federal orders State orders local
Constitutional Power
Police power is delegated at the state level when necessary and proper
Judiciary act of 1789
Established the Federal Court System; first 13 Federal Districts; Created US Marshal and US attorney
4 Early Law Enforcement Missions
Taxes and Tariffs
Postal System
Securing Public Facilities
Judicial System
Taxes and Tariffs
Revenue Collection; First federal agency customs
Postal System
Provided protection for delivery systems (stagecoaches, trains, mail riders
Securing Public facilities
Offered protection for high involvement meetings
Judicial System
Protects federal courts and process; US Marshal
Whiskey Rebellion 1794
Enforces tax laws; federalized militia
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
Enforces defense of our country under the threat of war
4 Laws
Naturalization Act
Alien Act
Alien Enemies Act
Sedition Act
Naturalization Act
Changes citizenship from 5-14
Alien Act
Allows deportation of any alien threatening US
Alien Enemies Act
Allows wartime arrest/deportation of a threatening alien
Sedition Act
Treasonable activity is punishable by fines/imprisonment
Anti-slave act 1819
- enforces customs laws
- allows US ships to travel along african borders with hopes to disrupt slave trade
- requires slaves to be sent back to south
Mann Act
“White Slave Act”
Transport of someone between states for prostitution is a crime
Espionage Act 1917
Spying and giving secrets is crime
Dyer Act 1919
Motor vehicle theft
knowingly steal a car and take it across state lines
Lindbergh Law
crime to kidnap for ransom, reward, or otherwise and transport them across lines
Bank Robbery Statute
prohibits taking taking or an attempt to take by force property from a bank
Prohibition Act
Bans the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol
Volstead Act
Prohibiting intoxicating beverages and to regulate the manufacture, production, use, and sale of beverages
