The position of Serjeant-at-Law (servientes ad legem), or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are writs dating to 1300 which identify them as descended from figures in France prior to the Norman Conquest.
If a patrol sergeant is not available, the trooper is required to call a sergeant at a state police headquarters.
He said he did place a call to the House sergeant-at-arms -- the top law enforcement official in the House -- to restore order in the committee, a decision he called "proper and appropriate".
As the CIA wrestled with its own computer breaches, the Senate sergeant-at-arms, the chamber's law enforcement office, was tasked with investigating how, exactly, the Senate investigators originally obtained the Panetta Review.
And the Senate's chief law enforcement office, the sergeant-at-arms, has already declined to explore that avenue due to the lack of original computer records.
They passed a resolution to allow the senate sergeant at arms to request the assistance of any law enforcement officer in this state to find and return any senator who is absent without leave.
Sergeant at arms, an officer of a legislative body, court of law, or other organization who preserves order and executes commands.
Federal law technically allows Congress to order its sergeant-at-arms to arrest Holder and detain him in the Capitol jail while its members hold a trial for contempt.
In Washington, House Republicans and Democrats met separately with the sergeant-at-arms and with officials from the United States Capitol Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who urged them to appoint a security coordinator in their home districts and to reach out to local law enforcement agencies for assistance, while also staying in contact with officers at the Capitol.
While representatives of the United States Capitol Police and the office of the House sergeant-at-arms told lawmakers that the attack on Ms. Giffords was not part of a wider threat, they are urging them to review their security arrangements, make contact with local law enforcement officials and name a staff member as liaison with law enforcement.
