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I first commended the restoration of Civil Defense Battalions (CDB) on 12 September 2014. I posted again on Civil Defense Battalions on 02 July 2016, 24 September 2016, and 07 January 2021. In between those dates, I mentioned Civil Defense Battalions frequently while treating of related topics.

In the first post I listed some operation tasks for a Civil Defense Battalion:

As can be seen from initial writing, I conceived a CDB as subordinate to a jurisdiction’s law enforcement organization. Originally, I thought either police or sheriff was appropriate. Now I am convinced it must be sheriff and not police. Reason: police command is appointed whereas sheriff command is elected. In the case where a police command is elected, a CDB subject to their command would be appropriate. The point is, a CDB must be subject to elected authority. The electorate is the sovereign inside any jurisdiction. This is The American Way.

Yesterday, my sister suggested two additional tasks eminently suitable for CDB operations:

• Observe and report back on government and other organization committee and board meetings, and
  
• chaperone 8th Grade-Aged children to visit the county courthouse to grasp the seriousness of life together.

One or two members of a CDB or other civic group sits in as an observer at government council, committee, and board meetings as well as at other types of meeting, such as HOA and school boards. Almost all of these are open meetings by law. These CDB or other civic group observers do not participate in the meetings they observe, they merely report back their observations to their CDB or other civic group.

This way, the CDB or other civic group keeps track on what is happening in their areas of interest and can act with knowledge should something come up that members feel merits their attention. This is a very fine idea and a salutary task to perform.

Parents and teachers chaperone groups of 8th-grade-aged children to the county courthouse for a few hours to learn how the building works, who works there, what they do, and to observe trials, and, if a court is open and permitted, stage a mock trial among themselves, each child cycling through roles played out in a formal courtroom.

These are operational tasks for CDBs to perform. In addition, churches, civic clubs, and homeschoolers, charter schoolers, and private schoolers can perform the same salutary tasks.

The Civil Defense Battalion subordinate to the county sheriff is an old idea that must be re-appealing to many now, and for good reason. Additional studies I have done on the matter are here. A CDB subordinate to the country sheriff is the proper course for channeling the widely-felt — and justly — need for militias.

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Precursors of American Civil Defense Battalions:

Citizens’ Military Training Camp

Preparedness Movement

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