[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR65.21]

[Page 163]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 65--EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Purpose of Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance
 
Sec. 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.