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http://www.embassynews.ca/news/2013/...n-canada/43707

Canadian and American police agencies are currently locked in private talks over how to effectively launch pilot projects that would allow American agents from organizations like the FBI and the US Drug Enforcement Administration to be accredited as police officers in Canada, with the power to arrest individuals on the street like any Canadian cop.

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Specially-designated police can already conduct such operations in shared waterways, after the Harper government’s spring 2012 budget implementation legislation changed several Canadian laws.

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“I think in terms of the next decade or so, we’d certainly like to see the evolution of integrated cross-border law enforcement. We’d take our crime-fighting capability to the next level, which is bringing the [maritime] concept to the land environment.”

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“The evaluation and pilots informed us that this [a pilot program] is a concept that works, this is a concept that gives us enhanced abilities, and the concept also demonstrates that we are being accountable, and we are respecting sovereignty.”

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“If there’s an arrest, there’s two options: we could prosecute in Canada, or there’s a formal extradition request. There’s no situation here where we’re talking about someone apprehended in Canada and is summarily returned to the United States...due process that exists today will continue to apply,” he said.

My knee-jerk reaction is to oppose this, however I can see the merits of such a program and, with a fairly high level of transparency think it could be an effective tool.