Individual UK police forces were created through acts of Parliament, and after an act was passed making UK policing universal, each force was monitored by the central "Inspectorate of Constabulary." Parliament passed two more acts; "The Police Act of 1946" merging towns with counties reducing the number of forces to 117, and the "1964 Police Act" reducing forces to 67.
The US just blanket legalized every local paramilitary. Any random-ass local law could give you the right to create your own personal police force.
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> It's easier than you think to create your own police department in the United States.
> Yosef Maiwandi formed the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority -- a tiny, privately run nonprofit organization that provides bus rides to disabled people and senior citizens. It operates out of an auto repair shop. Then, because the law seems to allow transit companies to form their own police departments, he formed the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority Police Department. As a thank you, he made Stefan Eriksson a deputy police commissioner of the San Gabriel Transit Authority Police's anti-terrorism division, and gave him business cards.
The US just blanket legalized every local paramilitary. Any random-ass local law could give you the right to create your own personal police force.
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> It's easier than you think to create your own police department in the United States.
> Yosef Maiwandi formed the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority -- a tiny, privately run nonprofit organization that provides bus rides to disabled people and senior citizens. It operates out of an auto repair shop. Then, because the law seems to allow transit companies to form their own police departments, he formed the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority Police Department. As a thank you, he made Stefan Eriksson a deputy police commissioner of the San Gabriel Transit Authority Police's anti-terrorism division, and gave him business cards.
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