Originally Posted by ECHO24

At some point there is a thing called plain English. There is no room to reinterpret that statement. The point astro keeps banging about on the
FAA's authority, is preceded by "Although". Although the FAA retains authority, their field agents often cannot travel immediately to the location
and "the FAA is also known to delegate responsibilities to other parties" . i.e., local law enforcement agencies mentioned, in their place.

After imagining a different scenario it might take a couple of times reading it but that's what it says. And that's how it works in the real world.
The FAA is saying local law enforcement only has that authority because the FAA is granting it.

Originally Posted by ECHO24

The further it goes the further the actual statement gets lost in the chaff:

"State and local Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) are often in the best position to deter, detect, immediately investigate, and, as appropriate, pursue enforcement actions to stop unauthorized UAS operations. Although the FAA retains the responsibility for enforcing FAAs regulations, FAA aviation safety inspectors, who are the agency’s principal field elements responsible for following up on these unauthorized and/or unsafe activities, will often be unable to immediately travel to the location of an incident."

Historically, the FAA is also known to delegate responsibilities to other parties, such as ‘self-certification’ (Boeing, Lockheed, Piper, Raytheon/Beechcraft, etc).