Kopel, David B. <br/><br/>
The posse comitatus and the office of sheriff:  Armed citizens summoned to the aid of law enforcement / 
by David B. Kopel 
 - Chicago:  Northwestern University School of Law,  Fall 2014 
 - 761-850page 
 - Vol. 104, no. 4 (Fall 2014) 
 - The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology  761-850page  Volume 104 Number 4  0091-4169 .
<br/><br/> Posse comitatus is the legal power of  sheriff and other officials to summon armed citizens to aid in keeping the peace. The posse comitatus can be traced at least as far as the reign of Alfred the Great in ninth-century England. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0091-4169 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law enforcement
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>BPer 364.05  / J827