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Mexico may eliminate municipal police over corruption

Here's an extraordinary proposal coming out of Mexico:Mexico's president is vowing to push forward a plan that would eliminate local police departments and replace them with state law enforcement agencies. ...Mexico's federal police is leading the war on drugs, but Calderon said he would like to see state police play a stronger role if the government agrees to disband weak and corrupt municipal forces. Mexico has 2,022 municipal police forces, while 12 of Mexico's 31 states have police departments.I don't have an opinion on the merits of this proposal, though I'm fascinated by the fact that Mexico's 31 states have fewer police agencies combined than the 2,500+ law enforcement agencies in Texas. Municipal police are often corrupt in Mexico, but if they were to switch to all state police it could just create one-stop shopping opportunities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).