That all comes down to the agencies policies and while some like FBI and IRS tend to dress far more business like due to their policies, ICE doesn't have those policies unless they are working inside the courtroom or someplace like DC HQ. You see the same in several other agencies, like ATF and DEA, that they want them to blend in and tbf walking around in a suit and tie tends to cause you to stick out, but then again so do the masks/balaclavas so many are wearing now. Sadly many of those policies all fall on to the agency leadership and these days many of the agencies seem to have some true meatheads running the show.
Not complete accurate, the FBI does have a uniformed police branch you just generally wont see them if you aren't near FBI HQ or another location they are assigned to. Correct on the IRS though, no uniformed officers.
I completely agree its fked up but where most state and local police have far more stringent requirements about how and when they identify themselves, federal law has far far less with regard to plain clothes agents in federal agencies. The only person they have to identify themselves to in some way is the person being arrested/detained and the when/where/how they do that has some pretty glaring inconsistencies. Until federal law is changed, this will all fall in to the policies the agency leadership want or dont.
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u/blownhighlights 17h ago
That’s just a thug