Comments on: Should we use our military personnel to help the local law enforcement agencies?

By: watchman_1900

watchman_1900 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:23:15 +0000

,No look up posse comatatos I am not sure of the spelling. By law military cannot enforce civilian law

By: Michael R

Michael R — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:19:07 +0000

That would only happen if martial law was declared. I

By: Chad N.

Chad N. — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:08:43 +0000

Kinda late for this question, we already do. SWAT teams suplied with militarty equipment and training and tons of military technology used in standard law enforcement today.

no, we dont have soldiers operating as police because that would imply martial law, but our military definately contributes vast amounts of technology and equipment to local law enforcement already.

If you live in a major metropolitan area, your local SWAT team probably has armoured troop carriers and quite possibly a tank or assault vehicle or 3. Last time I checked nobody needed a tank to to do a traffic stop or investigate a breaking and entering.

By: peter s

peter s — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:05 +0000

No, against Constitution, but has been done by US government against Revolutionary and WW1 vets, and Hawaiians, and native Americans of all tribes.
Force begets force, if a weapon is invented it will be used, and military is too smart to fall for this except General Douglas MacArthur, and Washington.

By: nenealne

nenealne — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:48:32 +0000

wake up there are the military(police)

By: Citicop

Citicop — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:40:39 +0000

No. In order to help protect the rights of the populace, it is illegal to use the military on American soil for domestic purposes.

Trust me, you DON’T want soldiers doing domestic policing.

The name of the relevant act is the The Posse Comitatus Act

The whole text of the relevant legislation is as follows:

Sec. 1385. - Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus
“Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both”.