tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post1975294084983947032..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: A Newbie in the "Militia"Chas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-78883417389852296832009-02-20T09:11:00.000-07:002009-02-20T09:11:00.000-07:00Here in the County Named for the Cavalry Tactician...Here in the County Named for the Cavalry Tactician, no one waits for the sheriff to deputize them.<BR/><BR/>The Sheriff's Posse has an ad in the newspaper seeking volunteers. Training required, horsemanship a plus.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-91530147080939191062009-02-19T16:10:00.000-07:002009-02-19T16:10:00.000-07:00Not much as changed on the books.The Colorado Cons...Not much as changed on the books.<BR/><BR/>The Colorado Constitution provides (and has since its adopting in 1876) that: "The militia of the state shall consist of all able-bodied male residents of the state between the ages of eighteen and forty-five yearsl except, such persons as may be eempted by the laws of the United States, or of the state." Colorado Constitution, Article XVII, Section 1. This is largely of theoretical and historical interest, but it is still there.<BR/><BR/>More notably, the Sheriff retains the power to deputize people(Section 30-10-506, Colorado Revised Statutes), has a duty to respond to prairie fires if no other arrangement is in place to respond (Section 30-10-513, CRS) and in unicorporated areas on private property (Section 30-10-513.5), and has the power to "call to their aid such person of their county as they may deem necessary" to preserve the peace (i.e. to call up a posse) (Section 30-10-516).<BR/><BR/>The power to call up a posse has been applied in recent times to provide a basis for awarding worker's compensation type benefits to people injured while assisting law enforcement at the request of law enforcement (e.g. to apprehend a fleeing criminal).Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com