A posse was made up of ordinary citizens of the town.
Back in the 1960s there was a push to form a Federal Police Force. Since it was never done, the Feds have decided to arm local police to do their bidding.
I still remember when BILL CLINTON gave the police force of Los Angeles thousands of FULL AUTO M-16s. He also gave them bayonets.
The first SWAT teams were formed after the debaucle at the Howard Johnson’s shootout in New Orleans in 1973.
The first SWAT teams were formed in the 1960s as early as 1964.
""A more prominent early SWAT team was established in the Los Angeles Police Department in 1967, by Inspector Daryl Gates. After that, many United States law enforcement organizations, especially the police departments of major cities, as well as federal and state agencies, established their own elite units under various names.""