28 CFR § 65.21 - Purpose of assistance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s65.21"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 65.21 - Purpose of assistance."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "65.21"
section_name: "Purpose of assistance."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "65"
part_name: "EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, Title II, Chap. VI, Div. I, Subdiv. B, Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance, Pub. L. 98-473, 98 Stat. 1837, Oct. 12, 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501 ); 8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Sec. 610, Pub. L. 102-140, 105 Stat. 832."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 51340, Dec. 16, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "65"
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# 65.21 Purpose of assistance.

The purpose of emergency Federal law enforcement assistance is to provide necessary assistance to (and through) a state government to provide an adequate response to an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respect to which state and local resources are inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens, or to enforce the criminal law.