SOTT – This action by French mayors comes at a time when France is under a national state-of-emergency (…) Along with the title, increased security measures were granted to police. These new powers granted increased search and seizure abilities including no warrant searches. Police are also allowed to seize computer and mobile data without court approval. Adding guns to the streets on the hips of patrolman, whether you approve of it or not, is a sure sign of the emerging global police state that has been pioneered in the United States.