Police Chief Wants Citizens As ‘Reserve Force’ To Defend Against Feds

[hertz]

Did a quick search and didn't find anything. Sorry if it has been posted.

http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/po...-against-feds/

February 13, 2013 by Tim Brown
Police Chief Wants Citizens As ‘Reserve Force’ To Defend Against Feds

My friends, there is hope. Law enforcement officers at the local level are making their stand and they want you to be a part of that. While I’ve written on various sheriffs that have made their own stance to protect their citizens from anyone attempting to confiscate guns, I recently ran across Police Chief Mark Kessler of the Gilberton Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania. He wants citizens to join with his police department in building a “reserve force” that will aid his police force should the need arise to resist Federal authorities when it comes to the Second Amendment.

I spoke with Chief Kessler and he is most definitely a patriot and a Constitutionalist. The police force is quite small in his town and, much like my own town, criminal activity is not rampant.
The reserve force will be made up of volunteers, they can be past or current police officers with act 120 training, along with non law enforcement personnel interested in joining the reserve force. All non law enforcement personnel won’t have any powers to arrest, but will be required to go through a background check, supply their own duty gear, uniform (military BDU, etc), weapons, ammunition. Everyone will be required to attend a firearms certification course to qualify with both long gun and hand gun at a rate set by the firearm instructor. There will also be hand to hand combat training, knife fighting training, urban combat training, sniper courses, search and rescue etc. The reserve force would only be called upon in the event of a Federal invasion or foreign invasion of the jurisdiction. They would not be called on in ordinary police work nor would they have arrest powers. This reserve force would be distinct from militia, according to Kessler.


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[mpan72]

Sounds like he was a LEO for the right reasons. I commend him for saying what he said on camera.

[medsteele]

Wish that was my police chief.

[bluedog46]

I too wish there were more like that.

[Justin2012]

Here is the full interview on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc344RviWYU


I have to say, I was impressed by this man. This guy is my new hero.

[chrisjp]

excellent we need more like him!!

[FMJT]

I would be first in line on that! Wish my LPD would do this

[phoenix01]

Too bad I don't live in his town. I wish my local police chief had the cojones to do this.

[B.A.]

Lol this is awesome. But my question is what's the legality of this? I know there are reserve police officers but can you specifically call upon citizens to fight the fed?

[ChamberedRound]

OK, time to move

Lol this is awesome. But my question is what's the legality of this? I know there are reserve police officers but can you specifically call upon citizens to fight the fed?

Why not? Anyone can call for volunteers for anything. They're not actual officers, have no arrest powers, and have to pay for their own gear/training.

Technically, the county Sheriff is the highest LEO in the county, and in the event of a dispute between him and local law enforcement, his authority overrides that of the police chiefs and any feds within the county. However, I don't believe there's anything in the law that prevents police chiefs from taking an anti-fed stance (and using volunteers to do it), as long as they don't act outside their jurisdiction (the township/city/municipality/etc.).

Local law enforcement's rights within their jurisdiction is protected by Home Rule, assuming the township is incorporated under a Home Rule charter, which most are.