Military support of domestic law enforcement operations: Working within posse comitatus

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin | December 1, 2001| | Copyright

Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

-Posse Comitatus Act of 18781

Military support of domestic law enforcement, especially in the counterdrug arena,2 has steadily increased over the past 20 years despite the ominous-sounding penalties of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 that created a general prohibition against using military personnel in ...

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