USDA OIG does not have a dedicated tactical team. They have a pool of special agents (about 150 total in the whole agency) who do *all* of the LE work of the agency, including warrant service for welfare fraud in some extremely sketchy neighborhoods. This is no different than putting M4s in patrol cars.
May 16th, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Yup. Obama is militarizing the USDA Forest Service.
Lovely.
May 16th, 2014 at 3:28 pm
USDA OIG does not have a dedicated tactical team. They have a pool of special agents (about 150 total in the whole agency) who do *all* of the LE work of the agency, including warrant service for welfare fraud in some extremely sketchy neighborhoods. This is no different than putting M4s in patrol cars.
May 16th, 2014 at 11:20 pm
Yes, it is different.
If you have a warrant to serve, and think there may be danger, you use US Marshals or the FBI for backup.
Arming every federal agency is utter fail.