On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:45 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Military bases are considered Federal land, and under military law
while the facility is in use or mothballed. Only when it is
decommissioned is the land returned to state control. Let some
'Barney Fife' try to follow someone onto base 'In hot pursuit' and
see what happens.

Not so. Some federal installations, such as Ft Hood, have ceded
law-enforcement control to the local authorities. The fed and the locals
have overlapping jurisdiction, but it is the local "Barney Fife" who
responds to reports of criminal activity on the base.




Ft. Hood's police force is under DOD. They are civilians and work the
gates and patrol, just as MP, AP , etc. used to do. Edwards AFB,
where I had to go to get my new ID card when I turned 65, is the same.

Jim