>>The actual explanation for this discrepancy is that the CSI are Cardassian, while the L&O are Goa'uld - not from the same universe. One is from the CBS, the other from NBC.
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>IOW they're fictional?

Having not met either of them in real/surreal life, I would assume so.

>>But as JH once said, there may be about fifteen different polices operating in your street, each specialized for their own kind of crime, and they may as well have their own crime labs (where they develop new stuff, I suppose). Which leads to two conclusions: crime may pay, if you somehow manage to either charge for coordinating their turfs (turves?) where they overlap or if you invent a new kind of crime for which none of them are specialized yet.
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>I noticed years ago in Boston - City police, metro police, BPD, etc. (not necessarily those names but lots of different uniforms and badges).

So much easier for a gang of impostors to create their own police force - just have a consistent audio and visual clues (i.e. standardized slang, uniforms, weapons), and you can't be distinguished from the genuine article :). I mean, one more police unit among a dozen others, plus a dozen security companies with similar uniforms... who would notice?

Ooooooops... almost forgot - this idea is hereby copyrighted, copylefted, -upped, -downed etc. Justin Cayce said so.