If Cities will get the free militia, to me it makes a bit more scence that they be a litle underpowered(roughly a 75% reduction in HP, Defence,and firepower compared to the paid for unit, (they should also have a reduced suport cost from the main units becuase they are imobile and "softer" than Profesional units)

For example, you might make the mil-Phalanx a
Units/Cost/Support/Attack/Range/Defense/Hit Points/Firepower/Movement/Vision look more like

Militia-Phalanx(SLIC trigerd)/1/1/0/2/8/2/0/1
Militia-Frydman (")/2/1/0/2/10-11/2/0/1
Militia-Arquebusier (")3/1/2/2/11/3/0/1
Militia-Musketeer (")/10/3/3/3/11/3/0/1
Militia-Rifleman (")/15/6/0/6/11/3/0/1
Militia-Machine Gunner (")/17/8/0/8/15/3/0/1
Militia-Plasmatica (")25/14/0/14/15/3/0/2,

Granted, since you dont actualy have to build the Militia units, the suport cost is a trivial mater, but my point is still(a somewhat nit-pick point i grant) the point that "homeguards" "Local Police" and "Citizen-Millitias" tend to be undertrained or under-equiped compared to the Full time troops, a problem that is only agrivated by advancing tecknology.(case in point, recently the (if im not Mistaken) LA police had a problem with a group of hevily armed Gunmen who had robed a bank, it took a considerable amount of firepower(some of it "borrowed" from local gunshops) to stop them, a simular problem happend her in Houston shortly theirafter when another pair of individuals with converted semi-automatcs and Bulit proof vests causes a simualr incident,

Also (for thous not familiar with the Med-mod mod, and having a coronary over the numbers,) the vertions are ~ 75% strength mods of the Med-mod, not the original game, for example the Med-Mod-4 Plasmatica is 2,000 50 18 0 18 20 4 3 2

(Granted we are going to have to see just how the Modified unites work in CTP2,(hopefully Armor alome fixes the Phalax Vs Everthing else bug)
(that is if it is posible to keep them Trigered only units that cant be purchased, otherwise just have them each be the most expesnive unit to buy)
, Fyrdman, Arquebusier, Musketeer, Riflemen, Machine Gunner and Plasmatica. Space

Btw, I never intended for militias to be police forces. I was thinking historically as them being civilian levees or Minutemen, with a modern equivalent being the National Guard.
They would still be less effective man-per-man than regular troops, but I fudged that by saying that you could imagine them having more men than regular units.
I remember debating this same point over emails with the creation group at that time. It's one of those 'realistic accuracy vs. gameplay' issues, which I always come down on the side of gameplay if having to choose.

"Militias are defensive units created automatically upon the founding of a city. Since militiamen support themselves by holding regular jobs, these units only require half the support that regular units require. Also, the relative readiness of militias is about the same whether the civ is at war or peace, so these units are designated as Special Forces. The training of militias is less than that of regular units man-per-man, but since the size of a city's militia would be greater than that of a single regular unit, their defensive strength is set equal to that of a regular unit.
The militia may be called out in times of civil unrest, and thus they exert martial law like regular units. However, since militias are not standing units, being called upon in times of emergency, they do not prevent slave revolts. Finally, since militias are called out to defend their homes, they have no movement or offensive capabilities."