My case for citizen militias over police departments.

How many of us truly need another example of the ineffectiveness of police departments as peace keepers?

-There is no shortage of examples of the gross over use of force by American police in recent years. I believe the only solution to the subjection of state bullies is the careful integration of policies that will allow a citizen militia; being a body of able and organized volunteers, to be the methods of which we achieve a self policing society.

-Even among Libertarians, there is an expressed concern of the ability to organize a militia in a manner that will see a decrease in the abuse of power, in the means of physical aggression. I suspect however that these objections are based in the idea that a militia is a rag tag group of vigilante cowboys, which for me at least, is never what comes to mind when regarding a militia.  

The role that current state agencies could play in the formation of the militias....

-Existing state funded law enforcement agencies are very expensive to maintain but play an important role in society. However, if this role could be carried out by able and willing volunteers, as had been done in the past; we may then turn to the state as an over seer of such assemblies. 

-Existing law enforcement already maintains the training, resources, and experience to effectively police the communities of its state. The issue lays in the authority of law being sacrificed by the citizenry, and allotted to the state. This is not conducive to a free society and the consequences are made more evident, with cases of police abuse of force becoming common place in the media. 

-In my proposal, the state police would act as commissioned officers, bestowed with the responsibility of training, oversight of operations, and supervisory roles of the citizen militias. The state police would transition its resources to facilitate the militia to being the primary body of law enforcement, without sacrificing organization, effectiveness, or accountability. 

Would you prefer to maintain the ability of self defense, or constantly require a guardian for the simplest of transgressions? 

@DarienParlick