Another hypocritical Hick / DP thread

[DireWolf]

This may not be the best place to toss this out (likely worthy of it's own thread), but this is something I've been thinking about as a way to short-circuit a lot of shit (this thread brought it back to the front-of-mind), and while not ideal for a number of obvious reasons, definitely would seem to be better than nothing and might level the playing field a bit....What if....

Considering the non-stop grabbing efforts, as well as both the "lack of agency/LE restrictions" and the MIL->LE gifting programs that I keep reading about, what if a group of sheriff's dept.'s started up something similar to what you have in AZ with the volunteer deputy program, but with a twist. Anyone who lives in-county and can pass the appropriate background/screening can become an official volunteer deputy and can be "issued" latest/greatest equipment....This could also be used to put a positive spin on the "gifting" program, since equip could effectively be "re-gifted" (issued) to volunteer deputies.......

This would also really help out budget-constrained county depts., and would go light-years toward preventing various forms of abuse-of-power.....

Just a thought......