Yes, I would say the root problem is the government has outsourced its responsibility to a non governmental entity. Non governments should never have law enforcement authorities.
The historic reason for these powers is that it is often difficult to tell in the moment who has jurisdiction. Especially if it's a moving vehicle that can cross state lines.
Railroad police arrest and detain the suspect(s) and turn them over to whatever locale is determined to have jurisdiction after the fact. At the time those laws came into being, there was no really good way around this.
Railroad police arrest and detain the suspect(s) and turn them over to whatever locale is determined to have jurisdiction after the fact. At the time those laws came into being, there was no really good way around this.