Don't know if it's true this is something Trump wants to do...federalize cops. What are the pros/cons and what would YOU support? Why?

It wouldn't surprise me. I am neither in favor or against the policies of the government. (John 17:16)

When we "federalized" public education, it slid down the garbage shute. Let's see, local police federalized, can you say storm troopers? 

The militarization of our police and sheriff departments has been ongoing for a number of years.  You see police responding to something on the news, and often you cannot tell them apart from the military.  

Under the 1997 NDAA, the 1033 program was created which has transferred billions worth of surplus military equipment to police across the country.  This was an interactive published in 2014 that allows you to look up by state and county what your area has received.  (My county shows 18 pages in acquisitions...two pages less than the county where Detroit is located.)

https://bridge.caspio.net/dp.asp?AppKey=36701000b255adcfe6ca4b13a8a4

Until 2015, this was also available to departments dedicated soley to K-12 schools, and included such equipment as M-14s, M-16s and MRAPs.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/what-obamas-new-military-equipment-rules-mean-for-k-12-school-police-20150529

This equipment must be used within one year, or be returned.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-required-military-gear-year-return/

Which might explain the "SWATification" in American policing.  

"Consider that in 1980, there were roughly 3,000 SWAT team-style raids in the US. By 2001, that number had grown to 45,000 and has since swelled to more than 80,000 SWAT team raids per year. On an average day in America, over 100 Americans have their homes raided by SWAT teams. In fact, there are few communities without a SWAT team on their police force today. In 1984, 25.6 percent of towns with populations between 25,000 and 50,000 people had a SWAT team. That number rose to 80 percent by 2005."

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/are_police_in_america_now_a_military_occupying_force


No, I do not support it.  

not sure what you mean by that