Finally, some newer crimes, such as cybercrime, can be fought only by using an extensive array of technology that exceeds the scope of police technology proper.
World Cups and similar mega-events like the Olympics lead to increases in the size and scope of police forces, often in the name of protecting visitors.
On the local level, the ACLU of Maryland plans to craft legislation for someone on the Baltimore City Council to sponsor, which would limit the scope of police surveillance and/or increase the level of civilian oversight.
John J. Chrystal III, the president of the Newark Superior Officers Association, said Mr. McCarthy was "acting outside the scope" of the police director's duties, which Mr. Chrystal said were to set policy and to direct the police chief, who is the head of the department.
But many fear his new justice minister, Alexandre de Moraes, will reduce the scope of federal police activities.
But they also must not lose sight of the bureau's important work in fighting domestic crimes that are beyond the scope of local police.
With doubts shadowing the quality and scope of the police work, the prosecution and the defense will be left to tackle critical questions even as they debate the evidence.
While the scope of the police investigation is centered on the four reported attacks at Prospect Park, Councilwoman Quinn worries that other assaults against gay men may have gone unreported by their victims, some of whom might not be openly gay, and others who simply might fear the publicity that could surround such a case.
She noted that Santiago had previously lied in the scope of his police work, issuing summonses to an innocent person to help a friend of his in a bizarre revenge scheme.
The most startling revelation may have been the scope of the new police investigation, covering many more potential victims than the 4,000 previously said to have been identified in the notes of one of the men jailed in 2007.
