In a Call to Decision 02 January 2013 interview with North Carolina State cop, Lieutenant McCoy, he stated that Martial Law training began in May 2012, is nothing new, except the training has since been “stepped up”.
McCoy relaid how over the past decade the Federal government pumped millions of dollars into local law enforcement agencies, to the point they now “own them”. I can attest to that regarding state National Guard (militia). During the 1990s the Federal government offered billions in extra funding to state National Guard, with the catch that the governors had to essentially turn over their right to authorize activation of their respective Guard units to the Federal government.
Listen to interview here (02 January 2013 interview).