From the brown shirts to Iran's SAVAK/SAVAMA, The Paki's ISI, the Russian chekists, MGB, MVD, NKGB and the KGB, there has always been a 'state police force/security service/spy network' that is nothing more than a personal gang of thugs that are run by whoever is in power at the time in that country.

Why not spend money improving the local police forces?
Why not invest in their academies? Take soldiers who opt out of their service and train them for a law enforcement career? Offer them incentives, just like the military does, for schooling? Housing? Retirement?

The government has invested in them, why can't the private sector reap the benefits of a their experience and training? While a soldier may not have the same type of training to deal with regular police situations, It's worth a look at what they have to offer. This smacks of another personalized promise to gain the votes of people who only react to words, not deeds.

I wonder what he meant with this statement? "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set."

That statement alone reassures me that if elected, Bo will do everything in his power to keep the 57 United States safe with his plans of a national security force.