There are documents posted to this forum, in earlier threads, of original documentation regarding the use of surplus military small arms being issued to local PDs. The CD Auxiliary Police were intended to supplement the local PDs if/when necessary. The law required that the guns designated for CD use be so marked and, not having any equipment to do so, they used scribes or electro-pens to do so. It is easy to find contemporaneous newspaper articles showing local CD Auxiliary Officers in training, being sworn in, engaging in exercises, etc.

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Kevin Williams SWCA1649 HF208