The issue focused on the role the federal government plays in policing and the state police are the state police's chief law enforcement officers.

Law enforcement officials said the issue is about the ability of the federal government to police states when it comes to police departments, which include local and state law enforcement agencies that do not have the authority to police federal land.

A federal judge ruled earlier this month that state laws that prohibit federal law enforcement from patrolling private property and local land in the state can be enforced. The