Oh I get it. “Raised the hackles...” Isn't that hysterical? Aren't those folks at sr clever? The prose just sparkles.
But I digress. Here's the thing I wonder. What on earth is a “civilian”? Wiktionary says: a person who isn't a member of the military armed forces. So far as I know, the Spokane Airport Police are not a military organization.
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