[WAPO] BLUF: Centralizing law enforcement also will improve oversight and reduce corruption. In the current system, corrupt cops and police chiefs often enjoy long tenures, sheltered in autonomous local departments. A statewide system offers more accountability. While concerns about misconduct or corruption are being investigated, accused officers -- or entire divisions -- could be moved to another part of the state to ease tensions in the local community and reduce opportunities for biased treatment in their home jurisdictions.[Pirate's Cove:] "It's interesting how virtually every policy from Progressives means more and more power in the hands of more centralized government, eh? They love the idea of moving everything away from the local level, where government can be more responsive, be held accountable to a better degree, where people know their government officials. This is a Progressive's wet dream. Except when it negatively impacts themselves, then they are upset.
And, of course, in Progressive World, higher level officials never ever can be unprofessional and inefficient."