Every metropolitan region in the US needs to elect a modern tribune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_of_the_Plebs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_of_

Every metropolitan region in the US needs to elect a modern tribune. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_of_the_Plebs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_of_the_Plebs A modern tribune should play both the role of sheriff and prosecutor. The powers of a tribune should be constrained to act for the people against government agencies. To that end, they would have power to arrest and detain government officials, convene grand juries, and prosecute trials. To do their job, a modern tribune and their family would require lifetime immunity from local law enforcement. To enforce this immunity, any interaction by local law enforcement would need to be punishable by suspension and jail time and the burden is strict liability. But the tribune could not be a position of total local authority. Their powers would need to be constrained to local government officials. And they would need to be under the jurisdiction of country Sheriff's or State police. This would break the incestuous relationships between the DA office, the police, and the judiciary.