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  contribute to setting the conditions for successful operations. Established precincts, zones, districts, regions,
  counties, parishes, or other mechanisms that delineate police authority facilitate commanders using
  decision making and employing military forces. Police jurisdictional boundaries may reflect dominant or
  sensitive cultural realities or fault lines that exist in a community. Some police boundaries may also exist to
  ensure that police capability is commensurate or appropriate to the criminal conditions of an area.
  Forms of Transitional Military Authority
  2-53. In general, transitional military authorities are either operational or territorial. An operational form of
  transitional military authority expands in authority as operations continue. In the territorial form of
  transitional military authority, the joint force commander establishes a separate organization under the
  direct command of the joint force commander or an authorized subordinate.
  Operational Form of Transitional Military Authority
  2-54. The responsibilities and geographic area over which a transitional military authority exercises civil
  administration may expand as operations continue. Commanders oversee civil functions of government in
  their respective operational areas. This includes ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of the local
  populace as well as providing humanitarian assistance. Under the operational form of transitional military
  authority, the chain of command retains the responsibility for authority and is supported by its staff
  structure.
  2-55. Concentrating authority and responsibility in the commander helps ensure that activities related to
  civil administration are integrated consistently with ongoing operations. These activities include
  relationships between the military force and civilians. By ensuring the integrity of unity of command in an
  operational area, commanders mitigate much of the friction associated with operations in and among the
  local populace. As the situation permits, the responsibility for civil administration transfers to the host
  nation or other civil authority to help the host nation return to full self-governance. Using host-nation
  civilian advisory groups helps accelerate this transfer of authority.
  2-56. The advantages of operational form of transitional military authority, however, are tempered by the
  rate of military activities. Generally, the higher the tempo within the operational area, the less the
  commander can address the requirements of transitional military authority. In areas where the tempo of
  operations and civil situation are consistently dynamic, civil administration policies may change frequently.
  Finally, operational headquarters are not always assigned operational areas corresponding to known
  political subdivisions. Even after hostilities, conformance of these areas to political boundaries may prove
  impossible, however desirable.
  Territorial Form of Transitional Military Authority
  2-57. In the territorial form of transitional military authority, commanders establish a separate organization
  to exercise the functions of civil administration. It may be under the direct command of the joint force
  commander or an authorized subordinate, or it may report directly to the Secretary of Defense or the
  President. The military governor may command subordinate military governors assigned to political
  subdivisions throughout the host nation. Generally, the territorial form of the transitional military authority
  follows a separate chain of command from operational forces.
  2-58. A territorial form of transitional military authority typically uses military manpower and expertise
  more effectively and economically than an operational form of transitional military authority. Established
  after the operational area is stabilized, a territorial form of transitional military authority may ensure
  improved continuity of policy and administration. It should facilitate selecting and assigning specially
  trained military personnel. A territorial form of transitional military authority operates under the stability
  principle of unity of effort and purpose, to achieve unified action.
  2-59. However, the existence of a separate chain of command within an operational area or a political
  subdivision presents unique challenges to the territorial form of transitional military authority. Activities of
  the territorial military authority must be carefully coordinated with those of operational military forces.
  These activities must not interfere with ongoing operations or expose the operational force to undue risk.