Constitutional Security Force Develops As Result of Police Chief’s Efforts

I wrote last week about Police Chief Mark Kessler’s call to citizens of Gilberton Borough, Pennsylvania to join him and his police department in putting together a “reserve force” that could be called upon to help defend the city in the event of a foreign invasion or more precisely an invasion of the Federal government to confiscate firearms. Well, the response by readers and police departments across the country has been nothing short of incredible and as a result Kessler has expanded his small town “reserve force” to now include states nationwide. He is now referring to the movement as a “Constitutional Security Force.”

I spoke with Chief Kessler a day or so after I released the article and he said the encouragement and response was tremendous. In fact, he indicated to me at that time that he was unprepared for the desire of other police departments to implement something similar in their areas, but he welcomed the opportunity to lead in that endeavor.

Several people wrote to Chief Kessler and several people even wrote to me expressing their support of such a movement and wondered how they might become involved.

As a result, Kessler posted the following about how others can become involved and now anyone, not matter their location, can become part of the Constitutional Security Force. Kessler writes:

I was discussing all the liberal energy to pass weapon ban with a reporter from the American Thinker. I told her I think the million dollar question is why do they want to grab the guns. Well your comment is why in a nutshell. BTW, this morning I purchased a sweet little Ruger 10/22 takedown but unfortunately I was involved in a freak boating accident this afternoon.

Reagan encouraged militias, and there were some resultant problems, so it is important to make sure to do it right.

I see two potential directions.

The first is the “Sheriffs First” state legislation, that before federal agents perform law enforcement functions of any kind in a county, they must have at least the permission of the Sheriff. This would also use the common law designation of the Sheriff as the leader of the militia, with all able bodied men and women as members of the posse comitatus, and thus all have LEO authority to own guns in the face of federal disarmament efforts.

The second possible direction is that if the Sheriff is unwilling or indifferent to perform this role, or worse, is hostile to civil rights. In that case it is up to the citizenry to form a county wide vigilance committee, taking both the county self defense paramilitary and LEO role against criminals.

Because the weaknesses of hierarchical organizations are known, such a vigilance movement would have to be decentralized into a matriarchal organization, with no clear leaders, so it could not be easily “decapitated”.

Some counterculture organizations have already done this as a defensive technique, and even the federal government seems incapable of stopping their activities. The techniques they know to suppress organizations just do not work.

Of these two things, the first idea is the best and preferred, the second only if they have to.

Can't be that hard to find ONE literate LEO!

I would imagine that they can all at least read. Writing seems to be more of an issue.

Really?

Looks like it. Now you can start your own group to police the police and call it "The Apostrophe Police". {;^)

I doubt that I can support this idea.

In our common law (UK) history, police power was strongly resisted because municipalitiy police do not well represent the law. They are interested in the city needs. The true law enforcement of our roots, even into today, is the sheriff. He truely represents the law, the law of the land.

There is a theme therein, cities are full of Democrats and require more stringent law to the point of making infraction law, since many people are so close together.
Rural settings are more likely Republican, since less law, especially infraction law is needed, for less people with more room.

Short general rule: sheriffs good, police bad. Not always true but...

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