TY  - SER
AU  - Kopel, David B.
TI  - The posse comitatus and the office of sheriff: Armed citizens summoned to the aid of law enforcement 
SN  - 0091-4169
U1  - BPer 364.05 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - ---Chicago
PB  - Northwestern University School of Law
KW  - Law enforcement
N2  - 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
ER  -