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Re:Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him w... by smsm42 on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @05:20PM (#44371185)
There are many more armed services in the US than police/military. Dept. of Education has a SWAT team. Amtrak has armed force. US Park service has one. Really, there are so many of them.
Re:Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him w... by kube-system on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @05:45PM (#44371415)
Those are all examples of police agencies with police powers. This is in contrast to TSA officers screening your luggage, who have no police powers and are not police.

To add another example to your list -- the TSA also has their own police (e.g. Federal Air Marshal Service), but they don't work the line screening your baggage.

Re:Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him w... by smsm42 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @03:20PM (#44380950)
They are not police either. They are just armed men at government service. TSA inspectors in particular are not armed, but that's immaterial - there are other armed government workers around that could be used if needed. Police is only a tiny part of government's armed forces. It is most visible because everybody seen the police drive around, but most people never saw DeptEd SWAT team, but that doesn't change the fact a lot of those exist and are around, just a bit out of sight.
Re:Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him w... by kube-system on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @11:11PM (#44383885)
No, federal police are police. “Police” is a word that refers to a particular set of political powers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_Unite...

Re:Man 'refused entry into US' as border control catch him w... by umanwizard on Tuesday June 24, 2025 @11:01PM (#44373296)
Those are police. They can arrest you, unlike the TSA.