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12. Why do we assume these are military?

The police have been training “volunteers” for years!

https://nationalpolice.org/volunteer/

Here are some of the duties volunteers are often asked to do by local police:

Fingerprinting
Neighborhood radar speed checking
Check on abandoned vehicles
Phone crime victims to answer questions
Doing home safety checks for vacationing homeowners
Assisting with special events
Doing bike patrols in community parks
Compile crime statistics in the community
Writing citations for handicapped parking violations
Helping with neighborhood watch
Assisting with search and rescue
Verifying vehicle window tints
Logging evidence
Tour guides
Take police reports
Working on cold case files
Assist with missing persons searches
Locate and recover surveillance video
Here are the professional backgrounds of volunteers that police departments especially need:

Religious leaders who can assist with Chaplain programs
Security specialists who can conduct security reviews at schools and other institutions
Individuals proficient in another language to help with translation
Mental Health Professionals who can counsel victims of crime
Veterinarians to provide care for police canine units
Banking and financial experts to assist with financial fraud and identity theft cases
Illustrators to do composite drawings of suspects
Dog trainers to assist with police canine units
Computer programmers