Military patrols start Friday night in downtown Columbus

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Military patrols start Friday night in downtown Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ga. --
Starting at 10 o'clock Friday, two senior non-commissioned officers from Fort Benning will be on courtesy patrol. The soldiers will be wearing arm bands that read, "Courtesy Patrol."

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Kinda standard thing really, especially if the troops are acting rowdy in town.

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Dumbasses.

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i didn't realize military troops could patrol civilian areas without martial law

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i didn't realize military troops could patrol civilian areas without martial law

Sort of. They technically have no police powers, even with military members. They can however make legal orders to soldiers.
Nothing like martial law at all. Even if the SNCOs weren't with the police, they still have the legal military authority to give orders off base to members outside their command.

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Sort of. They technically have no police powers, even with military members. They can however make legal orders to soldiers.
Nothing like martial law at all. Even if the SNCOs weren't with the police, they still have the legal military authority to give orders off base to members outside their command.

right...but they are still patrolling in a police fashion and my understanding is that martial law needs to be declared...this should not be happening at all...it sets very bad precedent

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right...but they are still patrolling in a police fashion and my understanding is that martial law needs to be declared...this should not be happening at all...it sets very bad precedent

Then your understanding of the situation is flawed. Martial law needs to be declared for the military to have legal authority over civilians. They have no such authority and the police are almost certainly the originators of this program.

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this used to happen all the time at atlantic beach, NC area. But these were armed MPs who could and would arrest intoxicated marines.

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Then your understanding of the situation is flawed. Martial law needs to be declared for the military to have legal authority over civilians. They have no such authority and the police are almost certainly the originators of this program.

i don't care where this originated....its wrong. our military has no jurisdiction in civilian areas. they should not be patrolling at all. if they came across military persons involved in a crime, they have no authority to "do" anything....other than what a normal civilian can do.

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this used to happen all the time at atlantic beach, NC area. But these were armed MPs who could and would arrest intoxicated marines.

the military has powers of arrest in civilian areas? where do they get the jurisdiction?

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i don't care where this originated....its wrong. our military has no jurisdiction in civilian areas. they should not be patrolling at all. if they came across military persons involved in a crime, they have no authority to "do" anything....other than what a normal civilian can do.

No... they always have had the authority to order military persons. Even in matters that are not included in civilian law. I had to have a clean shaven face every day, even if I was on leave. If I was found out in town without one, I could still be charged.

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the military has powers of arrest in civilian areas? where do they get the jurisdiction?

It's the same as officers of neighboring towns have some jurisdiction in each others town.

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It's the same as officers of neighboring towns have some jurisdiction in each others town.

i don't believe that is accurate...at all.

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No... they always have had the authority to order military persons. Even in matters that are not included in civilian law. I had to have a clean shaven face every day, even if I was on leave. If I was found out in town without one, I could still be charged.

thats different...they couldn't arrest you off base for not shaving...once you come back on base...then they have jurisdiction over you.

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thats different...they couldn't arrest you off base for not shaving...once you come back on base...then they have jurisdiction over you.

They can't arrest you now. They could, and still can, order you you to go back to base.