Especially in California with the massive brain trust available in Silicon Valley, I’m surprised some enterprising law enforcement officials never thought to form a posse to go after computer criminals. Heck, “Possees for The Safety of the Children” to track down kiddie porn pushers could have been a hell of a vehicle for publicity.
Jurors often report how serving on a jury changes their views on criminal justice.
I suspect that a similar mandatory, limited-time requirement to serve in law enforcement would do the same. And it might not be the worst thing to happen to the country.
Legitimate question: is there anything wrong with having a law like this in the books in case an (elected?) Sheriff needs to activate it in some emergency? I could see it theoretically becoming necessary in a small town in the event of a legitimate disaster.
(I didn't even know what a posse was until I read this)
It's not about whether it's legal per se... the article is written with a sense of "Can you believe this insane law was still on the books until recently?" It really doesn't seem particularly insane, or even bad, to me.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 31.2 ms ] threadJurors often report how serving on a jury changes their views on criminal justice.
I suspect that a similar mandatory, limited-time requirement to serve in law enforcement would do the same. And it might not be the worst thing to happen to the country.
(I didn't even know what a posse was until I read this)