Julia Cowley

I can't, I mean, I'm sure there's times where there were disagreements.

There's no doubt about that.

But, you know, I'm thinking of the cases that I work jointly, specifically with the Massachusetts State Police.

And my experience is,

was phenomenal working with them.

And I made friends.

But I do know that just the agencies themselves can not get along, but the individual relationships are really what make the investigations, make the cases.

And I think most FBI agents will tell you that.

The entities may fight, but when the people actually work together and they get to know each other, the working relationships are very strong.

Crimes against children.

No, it's not like that.

And you make a really good point about the task forces.

And the reason why we have that is so that we can have input from everybody.

And, you know, I supervised a gang task force and we had state and local law enforcement on our task force from all over the region.

So if you had something like, let's say, a specific city or town, you could call your task force officer and they'd get you what you needed or put you in touch with who you need to be put in touch with.

So you always have knowledge about what's going on in that particular town or city through your task force officers.

They know you.

They know you through your task.

That's why we do it.

And it's really important.