However, law enforcement is formally tasked with enforcing the laws that legislators sign.
In addition, the agencies tasked with enforcing these laws are underfunded and chronically short-staffed.
Moneck was one of two Pacific Coast investigators for the maritime commission, which is tasked with enforcing shipping laws.
What would either side mean for fire fighters, for homeowners, for smoke detector manufacturers, for the agencies tasked with enforcing the law, for citizens and for the government?
The Obama administration has said it, too, would like sanctuary cities to collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency tasked with enforcing federal immigration laws.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest legal authority, was tasked with enforcing the state's foundational laws and applying its promised rights and freedoms to all residents.
That, however, would be a lot to ask, given that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is tasked with enforcing the new rules at most card issuers.
These people, not just at ICE but also at other federal agencies tasked with enforcing the nation's immigration laws, are "trying to figure out how to minimize the damage".
The commission was tasked with enforcing a number of provisions contained within the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform act, which marked its five-year anniversary in July, including the pay-ratio rule.
The Low Pay Commission founding member tasked with enforcing workers' rights has pledged to jail rogue bosses and investigate failing industries as part of the government's latest response to workplace scandals uncovered at companies including Sports Direct.
Such aggressive interpretation of the rules is likely to occur again, particularly since the FEC, which is tasked with enforcing campaign finance rules, is mired in an ideological standoff, election law experts said.
