Creation Of A Permanent Federal Police Force
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The recently renewed Patriot Act contains a section that allows the creation of a permanent federal police force:

"A permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division,'" empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence"...

..."Or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."

Here is the text of Sec. 605 of the Patriot Act, allowing this Creation:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?dbname=cp109&sid=cp109Ct6ND&refer=&r_n=hr333.109&item=&sel=TOC_208072