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At 6/12/09 07:08 PM, physicsman09 wrote: No, Police Departments are not part of the DoD.

A Private in the Army could go tell the Chief of Police to go screw himself and get away with no punishment.

A higher ranked Officer could be put in charge, he could put the Private in charge of a Major. Even though its uncommon it does happen.

I guess the same thing would happen for Military/Police interactions.

Jurisdiction determines who orders who around.

Military is federal so largely would be put in control if there was a situation where they need to work together. It's feasible though that there could be some form of situation where federal assistance is being provided but jurisdiction is given to the police based on their personal experience in the situation. Though such incidents would be few and far between I would imagine.

It depends if you mean local or national

The rank is the same for military force and auxiliar forces (police, firemen, etc.).

I think you should ask the nearest police station

As far as I know, they have completely separate jurisdictions, with completely separate hierarchies.

A low-ranked policeman does not have to obey any command of a high ranked army officer, and vice versa.

Except in matters that fall within their jurisdiction (e.g. if a member of the military was say, committing a crime).

At 8/3/09 03:08 AM, MercatorMap wrote: Police still have arrest authority over military personnel during regular peace time.

So don't think you can drink and drive as an enlisted man and tell the cop to shove it up his ass.

Exactly what MercatorMap said.

I live near an army base and we recently had the Department of Transportation roll through to inspect the local commercial vehicles. They were pulling over everybody, including the army. The army has also been given shit because of the way they drive on civilian roads, they were following so closely behind one another on single lane highways that you'd pretty much have to pass the whole convoy because you couldn't squeeze in between two vehicles.

At 8/3/09 01:34 AM, TheFaces wrote:

At 8/3/09 12:46 AM, HandsomePete wrote: One could include the FBI as a police force. I'm making it fully encompassing.

No. The FBI is a specialized task force. Get it right.

They're in the department of Justice. Read through the article, and see them called "The nation's only national police force."