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In January, without any recognizable corporate media coverage, Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat, introduced H.R. 675. The bill would amend title 10 of the United States Code and extend to civilian employees of the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. The bill was referred to the Armed Services Committee on January 26, 2009.
Filner’s bill would amend the United States code with the following: “Sec. 1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense: authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms… for
H.R 675 which has no co-sponsors yet, would effectively turn the military into law enforcement, also give many other non-law enforcement the power to arrest and carry firearms.
Basically, this would serve to merge the police and military even further, and at the same time drastically expand the size of the available forces to be used against the American people, which it's quite obvious at this point the Federal Government is gearing up to wage war against the American people, turning the police state against them, enslaving them, destroying the Constitution, and also setting up their world dictatorship to lord over us as some sub-human species of slaves.
Sec. 1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense: authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms
‘(a) Authority- The Secretary of Defense may authorize any law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) to execute and serve any warrant or other process issued under the authority of the United States;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) to make arrests without a warrant--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
1‘(A) for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of that officer; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(B) for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing the felony; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) to carry firearms.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(b) Persons To Have Authority- Subsection (a) applies to any law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense whose duties include--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) enforcing laws enacted for the protection of persons and property;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
1‘(2) preventing breaches of the peace and suppressing affrays or unlawful assemblies;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) conducting, supervising, or coordinating investigations of criminal activity in programs and operations of the Department of Defense; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(4) enforcing any rules or regulations with respect to Department of Defense property prescribed by duly authorized officials.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(c) Guidelines on Exercise of Authority- The authority provided under subsection (a) shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines issued by the Secretary of Defense and approved by the Attorney General.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(d) Definition of Law Enforcement Officer of the Department of Defense- In this section, the term ‘law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense’ means a civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is any of the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(1) A Federal police officer or detective as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 0083 (or any successor to that series).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) A game law enforcement officer or special agent as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 1812 (or any successor to that series).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(3) A criminal investigator as classified by the Office of Personnel Management Occupational Series 1811 (or any successor to that series) and not employed as a special agent of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (or any successor to that service).’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘1585b. Law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense: authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Originally posted by wonderworld
What happened to the Bill of Rights?
Remember, they NEED us. They NEED us.
We don't need them -- THEY NEED US. That's why they've spent so much time/money/resources on this eternal struggle to capture our minds. So far they're done a good job
Originally posted by Kaytagg
I sort of think he'll come and go, as Bush did, Americans will elect another bush/obama type of president, and things will slowly get worse, as they have been since Reagan/Thatcher.