I see their long game as a nationalized police force. If they think our current forces are militarized, they haven’t seen nothing yet.
A county sheriff who's a pal of mine asked his county budget authority for a few thousand dollars, far less than the amount needed to buy or equip a new county patrol car, for payment of a county sheriff's posse, should such a thing be useful in our future.
They asked him how much he had in mind for payment of these reserves, and how many he had contemplated swearing in. His answer was simple: one dollar a year per reserve deputy. And the amount he named just happened to equal the number of registered voters in the county, at a dollar each.
My best estimate is that they'll approve it.