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Law enforcement agencies
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Law enforcement agency.
Other exemptions from laws
Law enforcement agencies have other exemptions from laws that allow them to operate in a practical way. For example, many jurisdictions have laws that forbid animals from entering certain areas for health and safety reasons. LEAs are typically exempted from these laws to allow dogs to be used for search and rescue, drug search, explosives search, chase and arrest, and other uses. Members of LEAs may be permitted to openly display firearms in places where this is typically prohibited to civilians, violate various traffic laws in the course of their duties, or detain persons against their will. These exemptions extend to international organizations such as Interpol, an international organization that is essentially stateless but must operate from some physical location. Interpol is protected from certain laws of the country where it is physically located.