From: lumpy@digitalcartography.com   
      
   miso@sushi.com wrote:   
      
   > In the case of EDW, I doubt the KCSD   
   > would be dispatched to LA county,   
   > but they could certainly chase   
   > someone from Kern to LA county.   
      
   Are those SO deputies working on the base   
   or is it just part of the regular county   
   patrol areas?   
      
   If they're on base, they might likely be   
   a contracted operation if EDW contracts with   
   the SO for it's law enforcement. LA County   
   is particularly famous for that. LASO is   
   the largest contract law enforcement   
   agency in the country.   
      
   If it is a contract operation, it's likely   
   that the deputies have jurisdiction over   
   the entire area, regardless of county.   
   And if they're enforcing federal laws,   
   they would typically be marshal'd by   
   the federal court to give them   
   federal arrest powers.   
      
   But in any case, as any sheriff will tell you,   
   always enlist the help of others, whether they   
   know it or not..;-) Thus the theory of them   
   seeing you on the perimeter and knowing you'll   
   phone in a 'real' problem.   
      
   On the last day of school, and halloween, when   
   the young hoodlums typically are out doing their   
   egg throwing mischief, we used to "deputize" a bunch   
   of the known pranksters and give them an HT on their   
   own VHF channel (not on a regular, busy dispatch channel).   
   They might have still egged some houses and cars, but   
   in some cases it might have kept them from being the   
   trouble "makers" and made them the trouble "reporters"   
   of more serious stuff like shootings and burgs.   
      
   Sgt Lumpy   
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