[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.