• Puggo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yosemite is a national park, which means federal park rangers which means,

      Park ranger candidates who successfully complete training will be fully commissioned federal law enforcement officers in the NPS. They will be required to carry a gun, make arrests, conduct investigations, and perform all the other duties incumbent upon the job.

      I'm hesitant to say that a park ranger who's a federal cop that carries is going to be 99% good shit

      • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        They will be required to carry a gun, make arrests, conduct investigations

        Required to make arrests? So do they have to be able to arrest people or do they have to meet some kind of arrest quota?

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I'd wager that's just government speak for job description. Same way that if you work at maccy dees, you will have to grill burgers

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Are the Central Park Park Rangers also NYPD or is that just on top of being like the 4th biggest military in the world

        • MoneyIsTheDeepState [comrade/them,he/him]
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          2 years ago

          City, county, state, federal, postal, parks, military police for each branch I assume, sometimes deputized posses, border patrol, ICE, Capitol Police, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement (federal, DEA), Gun cops (federal, ATF)... I feel like I'm missing some

          • Redmutineer75 [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            There's also the National Guard units of each state, although they're more commonly used for disaster relief.

            • Dryad [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              I always thought the national guard was supposed to be military not cops but, you know, :same-picture:

              • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                2 years ago

                When the verdict in George Floyd's murder trial was to be announced the governor of MN marched five thousand soliders with machine guns (but no ammo lol) in to the city to crush any possibility of protest or dissent. Iirc for a few days it was the most heavily militarized city on earth.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The only two government agencies I absolutely will not fuck with are the secret service and the postal inspectors.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          The department of education has it's own armed tactical team. "Police state" is honestly inadequate at this point.