In addition. the act fulfills another key task force recommendation by providing special authority to aid State and local governments suffering criminal justice emergencies of overwhelming proportions. The Federal Government must have authority in place and resources at the ready so as not to lose precious time responding in compelling circumstances. The recent wave of child murders in Atlanta. the drug. immigration and crime problems of south Florida are the types of problems that are simply beyond the resources of local and State government. In part M of the act we establish an emergency Federal law enforcement assistance authority to allow the Federal Government to serve as a source of financial assistance of last resort when the Governor of a State requests criminal justice emergency assistance and after consultation with the Federal agencies that make up the Federal law enforcement community. In this. as in all other aspects zf the act. we clearly limit the Federal authority in order to prohibit any hint that Federal authorities might gain control over local police forces or other local criminal Justice agencies.
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