Interesting
Facing tighter budgets, law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly turning to civilians to respond to some calls that sworn officers and deputies are usually responsible for.
That means people calling 911 to report a traffic accident, a burglarized home or a stolen car may be greeted by a civilian in a polo shirt instead of a gun-toting officer.
Seems they’re not actually, as David put it, calling out the militia but rather are hiring unarmed people to do some work. I had a few friends that did similar type of stuff back in the 1990s.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
In Oakland, Ca. many uniformed, gun carrying police officers are volunteers. Hmm, maybe that explains something.