1. A multi-staged services policer comprising: one or more processors; a downstream services policer; a first upstream services policer to: receive a traffic unit; analyze said traffic unit; based on said analysis, transmit said traffic unit to said downstream services policer; and receive feedback from said downstream services policer; and a second upstream services policer to transmit traffic units received at said second upstream services policer to said downstream services policer based on an analysis specific to said second upstream services policer, wherein said downstream services policer is configured to afford a higher priority to traffic units received from said second upstream services policer than to traffic units received from said first upstream services policer.