The basis of law enforcement in a "civil" society is predicated on 99% of the population obeying the law. Huntsville population is about 200K. There are 300 sworn law enforcement officers in HPD. remove detectives, training, desk personnel, vacation, retiring, maybe there would be 225 available on a daily basis for enforcement. Divide that by three shifts. So 75 per shift. That works out to one officer per 2600 people. If 10% of the populations says screw it then that's 260 per officer.
That's why of course all law enforcement agencies have tiers of support. City A can ask for assistance from reserves, county, and city B plus the feds and ultimately call out the National Guard. But when there is no support from the counties and the National Guard just might not show up. All the state can do is discharge them. There isn't anything punitive or UCMJ (only applies when on Federal Active duty) so what's the govenor going to do?
