What power does a courtesy patrol have to act if a service member or civilian disregards orders or requests to correct deficiencies?

2014-12-25T04:07:43-05:00

Courtesy Patrols (CP) are not military police; their authority, I believe is limited to their communication and the good discipline of the said offender. With courtesy patrols being an NCO or officer and dealing with SMs which they might outrank said offender is a no brainer for they have general military authority over them. You can say a civilian or a military dependent (MD) can be banned from the PX or commissary all day for failing to adhere to the CP request in reference to to post regulations but how would the CP go about collecting personal information from said civilian for MD if they fail to comply? Do they chase them down, demand an identification card, and if they refuse, hold them down and acquire that information some how or should they call the MPs? Speaking of MPs, I am an MP and if I every received a complaint like that it would certainly be a low priority complaint to send my subordinate patrol out to their location to investigate said offense. I also would not be obligated to hand over said offender's personal information to the CP because with an MD, minor civilian attire offenses are not chargeable under U.S. codes nor state, and certainly not UCMJ, but I would pass it up to my watch commander, and I would advise the watch commander make it a unit issue and to withdraw any further involvement and deny the CP of any personal information.

Response by SSG Richard Reilly made Apr 21 at 2015 1:49 PM

2015-04-21T13:49:12-04:00

Article 9 UCMJ.

Response by MAJ Ronnie Reams made Jun 29 at 2015 5:40 PM

2015-06-29T17:40:22-04:00

Do not know about now, but used to be the CP could write up a DR, just like a MP.