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Sounds great. In the U.S. I wouldn't be surprised to see such a group develop a shared identity with the regular police and become corrupt, but maybe it's worth a try.

>>_bxg1+(OP)
The thing we already have is worth a try?

Every police department with more than a couple officers has an official structure for reporting abuse to leadership (either police leadership, or civilian leadership). State agencies and police forces absolutely have jurisdiction to investigate local departments, and the FBI and DOJ can investigate anyone they want.

>>pc86+mB
By having a team of people whose only job is to investigate the police, they look bad if they don't uncover issues like this.

I suspect the mistake in the US is that all the people who could punish the police are 'too busy' with other things. Make a dedicated team who has nothing else to do, and suddenly they'll be snooping around like journalists looking for dirt so they can make a conviction and get a promotion.

>>london+3D
Exactly this.

FBI doesn't want to investigate LAPD. They need LAPD, down the line, when there's some case for which they'll need cooperation.

What's needed is a Federal policing agency tasked with investigating and prosecuting police misconduct. That's the whole remit; police misconduct is their alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.