MP were never considered to be real police officers.I can tell by your level of explanation the level of your training. One of the main reasons where civilians were concerned civil police automatically took jurisdiction. The finer points of the law without violating someones civil rights were just a touch beyond the abilities of kiddy cops. Jack Reacher is fictional. I cannot and will not answer for everyone local police department. That's the responsibility of the voters in the that jurisidiction. I suspect they got what they asked for same as political representation.

What gave them the right? The people of the USA voted in a group called congress and that group voted in those laws and civics 101

To keep his wife from beating him up. He was safer there than in the house. The major categories of crime were theft/burglary, household disputes and violence, DUI/DWI just another corner of middle Americana. Our jail population went up from Thanksgiving to Christmas because of the menu (50% unemployment in Panama itself). Prison sentences also offered school's in carpenters, plumbers, electrician, welders. They were popular. I had one arrest where the guy broke in the post office glass door with a two by four and then assumed the position and recited the rights card. He had done three of four and couldn't find work so went back for meals and training as a welder. Biggest problem was paying somebody to get a job and then to get paid and then to get the money to a bank or some safe area from the bank. It was interesting...

When our jobs left along with the Carter Church Kennedy I declined to work in the same field and went back into the military (infantry) where it was safer.

Panama Canal Zone. We had the CZ Company which ran the canal and the CZ Government which iprovided the rest of our version of Americana. I was in the CZP which like the other three federal police agencies of those times were - for the most part - local street and neighborhood police. The others were Washington DC Police, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, and White House Police. We had two Magistrates one each for the north and south sides of the zone and one higher if memory serves. Appeals went to the District that handles New Orleans etc. We had police powers over the entire zone including the military police who were limited to uniformed military only. Off post or if a dependent, employee or any form of civilian was involved we were the only police that counted. In sixty some years we lost one officer to a motorcycle accident. We also had a Bush Patrol for the interior of the zone, and worked with Immigration and Customs and when one of the Judges needed something or in prisoner transfer. Other than that we were Officer Friendly always present at school bus time.

Where did you get the crazy idea that your drive way was private property or off limits to public officials in the performance of their duty. LMFAO How droll. Where did you get the idea that you definition of private property means anything to the left?

We often took the the route left open to street police of protecting citizens while not ruining the lives of individuals. All our clientele were military or civilian government employees or their family members.

Accordingly we wielded an extreme amouont of power. Something as simple as the date to appear which could be any date we street police chose. within a certain amount. Before, on, or after a payday often made a difference. Deciding who to charge and with what. A speeding military vehicle operator given orders to drive faster by a senior officer often resulted in a warning for the driver and an arrest for the offending officer. The charge was misprision of office - a felony. Back to the DUI or DWI amazing how many cold not remember where they parked the automobile the next day. We were able to divert the real problem people into various programs on many occasions. On the other hand when it was truly deserved we could exhibit no mercy at all.

Officers with the least accident rates including those involving passengers and ambulance calls invariably wrote the most warning tickets

Per the law where I served as a police officer inserting a key never mind turning it on showed intent to drive and if DUI or DWI at the time qualified as a DUI/DWI charge. the one and only main reason we asked for the ignition keys. A night in the drunk tank was better than a seeing the Judge on one of those charges.