If you go back to my original post you will see that I said nothing to imply that civilian law enforcement is anything other than civilian. I described the people who tried to detain the "jogger" as civilian AND non law enforcement. I meant they were neither military or law enforcement. Therefore having no authority to detain private persons except under extraordinary circumstances that seemingly did not exist in this case.
Under the theory of governmental power that underlies our system, no agent of government has any authority that wasn't temporarily loaned to them, during good behavior, by The People, wherein it naturally and originally resides.
