US Law Enforcement Response, Time, Scale and Coordination (Galveston, TX)

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by Icelander

Legally, the PCs are actually technically in the clear.

It seems to me that the excluded agencies will be looking for a reason why the PCs did what they did. If they are satisfied with "they're adrenalin junkies who really didn't want to be excluded from the bust", which is after all a real thing that happens, then they don't need to go further.