Obscure Legal Question about Posse Comitatus

[Eric_II]

Regarding modern day interpretation of Posse Comitatus law in New York State. This from Wikpedia:

At common law, posse comitatus (Latin for “the power of the county”) referred to the authority wielded by the county sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male over the age of fifteen to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon; compare hue and cry. It is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes.

My question. Is it possible today for a person to be conscripted by the sherrif (or any authority for that matter). I assume that conscript means that the consciptee has no say in the matter. Does the Patriot act mention this at all?

Eric

[Eric_II]

bump,

And what would the consequences of non compiance?

[Billdo]

New York Judiciary Law § 400 provides:

§ 400 Sheriff may command power of county to overcome resistance. If a sheriff, to whom a mandate is directed and delivered, finds, or has reason to apprehend, that resistance will be made to the execution thereof, he may command all persons in his county, or as many as he thinks proper, and with such arms as he directs, to assist him in overcoming the resistance and, if necessary, in arresting and confining the resisters, their aiders and abettors, to be dealt with according to law.

[Quartz]

Hue and Cry in the U.K. is a rather more immediate affair than the Posse.

HUE AND CRY, Eng. law. A mode of pursuing felons, or such as have dangerously wounded any person, or assaulted any one with intent to rob him, by the constable, for the purpose of arresting the offender. 2 Hale, P. C. 100.

Or http://www.fact-index.com/h/hu/hue_and_cry.html

[Bricker]

The Patriot Act is silent on the matter.