Federal Interstate Police (USE)

Elisian Interstate Federal Police
Abbreviation	EIFP
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	United States of Elisia
Operational structure
Parent agency	Department of Justice
Website
eifp.gov.use

The Elisian Interstate Federal Police (AIFP) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the US Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the United States of Elisia. The AIFP is special in being the broadest law enforcement agency in US history, while also being the most restricted. The conception of the agency occurred in the early 1900's to help combat major crimes such as terrorism and arson, which peaked in 1898 with over 1,600 reported cases. During this time, the FPS would see temporarily expanded "powers" that were unenumerated after states requested federal security details for state buildings and buildings that were deemed "high-risk" for attack. These major crimes, however, did not see any assistance from the federal government in its investigations, which led to them being slow, uncooperative and in some cases corrupt.

There were some major prosecutions that would later be overturned by the Supreme Court due to violations of due process, with one such notable prosecution during this era being the Red Five. After the spectacular failure that was the Red Five, the north decided to propose a new broad law enforcement powers to be granted to the FPS but the original drafter of the Federal Protection of Officials Act vehemently refused such extensions and that, by extension, led everybody else to also decline the proposal.

The next proposal would come a year later, and having been approved by all of the southern states, led to the creation of the AIFP and the subsequent ratification of the Origination of Federal Investigations Act.

Legal Authority

In the US, the states have primary authority over many matters, including enforcing federal law. The EIFP only has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes that happen across state lines; In addition, the EIFP has the sole authority to police highways going across state boundaries, unless such states have established their own reciprocal agreements. This means that the EIFP enforces both state and federal laws, albeit with limited jurisdiction. The only exception to this is in cases of major offenses, such as terrorism and arson, where the EIFP has almost unlimited jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute it if it occurred in multiple states, if the offender crossed state lines or if the state investigating requested federal assistance. The EIFP can bring charges on both state and federal law violations, however, to keep the power of the federal government checked, the state in which the accused is resident of must grant their consent for them to be charged, and if they don't consent, then the agency cannot charge them. The only exceptions to this, are if the accused was actively spotted committing a crime or if the case was originally a federal case (such as for major offenses). Most of the time, the state's attorney will consent to the charges, and in cases where they don't, the DOJ has in some cases gone to court to force the charges through.