The Marine Corps Air and Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Provost Marshal (head of a unit of military police) and the local California Highway Patrol office will begin working together 12/12 — and through the holiday season — in a joint effort to reduce accidents and drinking and driving. The combined mutual cooperation between the Marine Corps Military Police and State enforcement officers will begin somewhere along Highway 62. The CHP will set up DUI roadblocks with the presence of Military Police. A violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.I can't find anything about this in a regular news search (which, as we've seen, can mean very little) or on any Marine sites I've checked (although they do have a "Hwy 62 Kill Zones" slideshow here, but it doesn't mention enforcement).
I'll need independent confirmation, including the scope and nature, before I venture an opinion. Anyone with knowledge or contacts, please educate the rest of us.
I'll try calling the base later today--as I post this, it's 5:33 AM their time.
[Via Zachary G]
UPDATE:I spoke with Gy Sgt Cox, named in the linked report. Nice guy.
They've got four or five Marines observing so they can learn and apply the lessons on base. I understand concerns over mission creep, but I'm just not seeing posse comitatus as an issue here, as there is "unequivocally" no assistance or enforcement.