Posted on 04/10/2024 6:54:57 PM PDT by Libloather
The Republican leader of a suburb bordering New York City has Democrats up in arms over a plan to deputize private citizens for emergency situations.
County Executive Bruce Blakeman has continued to irk opponents on the issues of crime and women's rights as he seeks to wrestle control of the state capital and give his constituents a greater say in local policy.
I don't think you can depend on Albany or Washington, D.C., because they're more interested in giving away billions of dollars to migrants who are unvetted and bringing them to our communities than they are in protecting our communities. So, that's part of the thought process in my mind. … We need a group of citizens who are already trained, who already had experience in police departments and in the military and have them on reserve in the event that there would be a serious emergency. — Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman
Lawmakers opposing the plan are calling it a "militia," drawing comparisons to Nazi "brownshirts" and held a rally outside the executive's office calling on him to halt the proposal.
"I think it's completely disgraceful, first of all as a Jewish elected official, to insinuate that I would be associated with anything that represented the Nazi regime, especially stormtroopers," Blakeman told Fox News Digital. "It is absolutely reprehensible."
While Democratic critics of the plan are alleging the provisional deputies could be used to quell Black Lives Matter or pro-Palestinian protests, Blakeman said all he's done is create a database of potential volunteers to assist when county police are overwhelmed.
"Its just left-wing, woke, progressive stuff," Blakeman said. "They claim now that they like the police, but these are the same people who wanted to defund the police."
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not if they are stinking
like it’s something new, they’re called Auxiliaries...
at least around here they are
No body needs those kind.
Umm...militias are one of the building blocks of the Republic.
bkmk
My first thought was how Barney always got Gomer, Goober, Otis, and Old Man Jud when a crime wave was happening.
A militia is what you get when cops are not allowed to do their job.
My town has been doing this for years. It’s called a CERT team.
Community
Emergency
Response
Team
Our role is to assist local police and fire should they ever be overwhelmed by an incident with things like traffic control, advanced first aid, triage, things of that nature. Kind of one step above a Neighborhood Watch program.
The Feds paid for most of the training.
L
Have Gun, Will Travel.
Reasonable fee.
Are we talking about a civil defense Corp of equipment operators or an untrained / unarmed auxiliary that might be helpful in helping direct traffic?
Are we talking about a civil defense Corp.of equipment operators Folks who are skilled at small engine repair for fixing things like chain saws/rewinding generators or an untrained / unarmed auxiliary that might be helpful in helping direct traffic & being speed bumps😁?
Or you get a Vigilance Committee.
Yes. And? :)
“A militia is what you get when cops are not allowed to do their job.”
Or, follow corrupt local government like happened in Athens, Tennessee.
“Doing their job” is usually doing the will of the local mayor and to keep their pensions, not uphold the law.
“...deputize private citizens...”
Isn’t every deputy a private citizen before being deputized?
This is the way.
Local.
And actually building something rather than meaningless election “wins”.
For the Dems to start screeching shows what they intend in the future.
In the Finnish Civil War (after WW1) the forces that defeated the Communists were largely based on rural volunteer fire departments.
Bump!
What are the ROE!?
Shoot, then bury?
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