Re: Is there a police psychology problem??
Reply #245 –
The National Guard can be thought of as today's version of the "Minute Men". Citizen-soldiers, working regular jobs to pay the bills, but on call in case of emergency by either state or federal officials. That "emergency" may involve guns--- or it may involve filling sandbags to hold back flood waters. They are NOT part of the regular army, but may be called on to fight alongside the regulars if needed. Because they're really state militias, they answer to the governors of the various states as needed-- a thing the regular army can't, by constitutional law, do. Not that this would necessarily stop regular soldiers from helping fill sandbags if the nearby town is threatened-- but the regular army can't provide police service-- the National Guard, being a state militia, can provide police service if authorized by the governor.
There-- does that confuse you enough, or should I provide a link?