Obama Administration Announces They Are Taking Control Of State And Local Police According to recent reports, the Obama administration has just released a controversial new plan called Task Force on 21st Century Policing. If passed, the plan would increase their control over state and local law enforcement. The U.S. Department of Justice, through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services [COPS] and Office of Justice Programs, should provide technical assistance and incentive funding to jurisdictions with small police agencies that take steps towards shared services, regional training, and consolidation, one of the proposals in the plan states. The man would force police agencies throughout the country to adhere to stricter requirements in order to receive funding. It would also allow the federal government to collect more data. There is a lack of uniformity in data collection throughout law enforcement, and only patchwork methods of near real-time information sharing exist, the plan states. These problems are especially critical in light of the threats from terrorism and cybercrime. On Monday, President Obama came forward to address the proposal. Im going to be asking Eric Holder and the Justice Department and his successor to go through all these recommendations to that we can start implementing them, Obama claimed. But a lot of our work is going to involve local police chiefs, local elected officials, states recognizing that the moment is now for us to make changes. What do you think? Should Obama, who has very little respect for the law, have more control over those who enforce it? 