Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-82.174.232.120-20160322172325/@comment-26172435-20160323080338

Found it!

I summarized a conclusion on Shire military in this thread. At that time there were several discussions on lore-based improvements regarding the Shire and the Dunedain.

Quoting myself here:

AlteOgre wrote: In addition to the proposal of Ithilion I'd say we stick to lore for all armed Hobbits and implement a structure of: 1) Thains, who also hold the position of clan Chieftains and can be used to hire other units from; 2) Shiriffs, as proposed by Ithilion; 3) Bounders, idem dito. Weaponry following lore. I do like the uniqueness of the Shiriff slingshots, and the fact that they can also be practically justified for pony riding law enforcers.

I think that would offer a solution to the problem that lead to the suggestion in the first post.