Federal law enforcement is limited to enforcement of the
laws of the United States. State and local officers may enforce state or local laws
equally. The Federal law enforcement arm is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On the
state and local level, it may be a state police department, a state law enforcement
division, a county sheriff, etc. Persons charged with federal crimes are brought to
trial in the Federal District Court of that jurisdiction. It is important to note that
Federal Courts only have jurisdiction if a federal violation has been alleged.
Similarly, state or local violations are tried in the local courts, which vary from
state to state. Federal District Courts are uniform throughout the United States; but
state and local courts as well as law enforcement arms, vary in title and laws which
they enforce.
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