Our Colonial Fathers used 'Committees of Safety' militia units organized and deputized by the local Sheriff to provide the needed manpower for local law enforcement, local civil unrest (Indian wars), and response to natural disasters, etc. There is no reason the local militia groups could not be organized under the banner of 'Committees of Safety' or ' Standing Sheriff's Posses'. The Local Sherif and State's legislatures could provide the essential resourcing, training, equipment, and legal authority to perform local law enforcement and security... They could assist in patrolling local properties for trespass, vandalism, robbery, assaults, illicit drug and sex, trafficking ... All Criminal State VIolatons using a regulated, deputized, volunteer force. This force could also be used for local disaster response and searches for missing persons and children.
Private individuals and groups can contact their local sheriff and suggest standing committees of safety or posse be formed... donations for its organization, equipping, and administration could be solicited... similar to those collected for the volunteer fire department. In fact, volunteer firefighters could become part of the posse or committees of safety. Men like Pres. Trump could help create, fund, and organize such groups nationally. We need a NATIONAL ORGANIZATION with experts capable of assisting local sheriffs with all the legal and organizational hurdles to make this program work nationally. The goal should be for every local sheriff to have a large standing posse or committee of safety at his command to provide law and emergency services for their populations.
We must rely on local law enforcement and emergency relief more and more... as the state and federal government appear either unwilling or unable to provide the services needed to guarantee our republican form of government and are reluctant to administer the law and protect private property from foreign agents, local criminals, and avoidable civil unrest. These committees of safety or sheriffs posses/militia can step in to fulfill governments' responsibility for such security and protection.
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This is an excellent idea.
In addition -- whether or not there is success with the local sheriff -- everyone who sees what is coming in our country needs to (1) become a (sensible) prepper. -- get your family in a position where they are able to sit out a serious and prolonged breakdown in the social order and (2) organize a neighborhood protection group with like-minded people who live near you -- a group able to deal with mass casualties, looters, downed power lines, etc. A lot of what you need to know can be found in the two-volume Civil Defense Manual (CivilDefenseManual.com). If we had a few thousand such groups around the country, embracing a couple of million Americans, we would be in much better shape to face whatever is coming.
Where are the nation's constitutional sheriffs?
It is said Sheriffs have more Authority then local police . Is that true ?
Yes, they have much more authority than local police...
Next... any ideas?
Aren't all Sheriffs Elected and there for Constitutional ? You question would indicate there are two types of Sheriffs , ones who are Constitutional and ones who are not Constitutional .
Some states don't have Sheriff's others don't have Constitutional Sheriff's... Elected sheriffs are accountable directly to the citizens of their county, the constitution of their state, and ultimately the United States Constitution. These are Constitutional Sheriff's and many of them are ignorant of their power.
Depending on their support from the Governor and local Judges a County Sheriff could arrest federal agents operating in their counties without proper jurisdiction or for violations of State Law and the State Constitution. This could become critical if Biden uses his executive orders to seize assault rifles. A sheriff can and should ignore that EO and take action to notify any federal LEO or other state agency that tries to seize the weapons of citizens in his jurisdiction will be arrested for theft, indicted, tried, and sent to prison.
see: Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association - Wikipedia
How To Find Out If Your Sheriff Is A Constitutional Sheriff – Const...
Sheriffs in the United States - Wikipedia
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The day of need is upon us... let us remember the fallen this Memorial Day and let the Sheriff's of our Nation organize Posses and Committees of safety to guard our Constitutional rights... under the umbrella of the local Sheriff and his Constitutional and statutory duty to protect and defend the Constitutions of his State and Nation.